The criminal justice system is complicated, understand it and your rights
Criminal law is full of complex rules and procedures, but this book demystifies them. It explains how the system works, why police, lawyers, and judges do what they do, and what suspects, defendants, and prisoners can expect. It also provides critical information on working with a lawyer.
In plain English, The Criminal Law Handbook covers:
- search and seizure
- arrest, booking, and bail
- Miranda rights
- arraignment
- plea bargains
- trials
- sentencing
- working with defense attorneys
- common defenses
- constitutional rights
- juvenile court
- preliminary hearings
- appeals, and
- public defenders
- victims’ rights
This edition is completely updated, covering the latest Supreme Court rulings.
Table of Content
Introduction
1. Talking to the Police
2. Search and Seizure
3. Arrest: When It Happens, What It Means
4. Eyewitness Identification: Psychology and Procedures
5. Booking and Bail: Checking In and Out of Jail
6. From Suspect to Defendant
7. Criminal Defense Lawyers
8. Understanding the Attorney-Client Relationship in a Criminal Case
9. A Walk Through Criminal Court
10. Arraignments
11. Developing the Defense Strategy
12. Crimespeak: Understanding the Language of Criminal Laws
13. Defensespeak: Common Defenses to Criminal Charges
14. Discovery: Exchanging Information With the Prosecution
15. Investigating the Facts
16. Preliminary Hearings
17. Fundamental Trial Rights of the Defense
18. Basic Evidence Rules in Criminal Trials
19. Motions and Their Role in Criminal Cases
20. Plea Bargains: How Most Criminal Cases End
21. The Trial Process
22. Sentencing
23. Appeals
24. How the Criminal Justice System Works
25. Juvenile Courts and Procedures
26. Prisoners’ Rules
27. Looking Up the Law
Glossary
About the author
Sara Berman is a graduate of the UCLA School of Law. Sara currently serves as the Director of Academic and Bar Success Programs for the Access Lex Center for Legal Education Excellence. She has served for decades in faculty and administrative leadership roles in law schools in California and Florida, and is the author of numerous articles and books, including Pass the Bar Exam: A Practical Guide to Achieving Academic & Professional Goals and Bar Exam MPT Preparation & Experiential Learning For Law Students: Interactive Performance Test Training, both published by the American Bar Association. Sara is also the co-author along with Paul Bergman of Nolo’s Represent Yourself in Court: How to Prepare and Try a Winning Civil Case.
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