Criminal Procedure: Law and Practice,
11th Edition

Rolando V. del Carmen, Craig Hemmens

ISBN-13: 9780357763636
Copyright 2025 | Published
540 pages | List Price: USD $287.95

Packed with examples from real-world situations faced by today's law enforcement professionals, Del Carmen/Hemmens' CRIMINAL PROCEDURE: LAW AND PRACTICE, 11e, gives you a practical and authoritative look at the most current guidelines in criminal procedure. Comprehensive and accurate without burdening the reader with irrelevant details, the text includes cutting-edge coverage of the law as it relates to arrests, searches and seizures, vehicle stops, use of force, interrogations and line-ups. It also discusses current topics such as use of force, vehicle searches, stop and frisk, racial profiling and seizures of text/email messages. Interesting case briefs, sample police forms, hypothetical cases and coverage of the most recent Supreme Court decisions keep the text as relevant as ever. Its reader-friendly presentation makes law enforcement concepts easy to understand and apply.

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1. The Court System, Sources of Rights, and Fundamental Principles.
2. Overview of the Criminal Justice Process.
3. Probable Cause and Reasonable Suspicion.
4. The Exclusionary Rule.
5. Stop and Frisk and Stationhouse Detention.
6. Arrests and Use of Force.
7. Searches and Seizures of Things.
8. Motor Vehicle Stops, Searches, and Inventories.
9. Plain View, Open Fields, Abandonment, and Border Searches.
10. Lineups and Other Means of Pretrial Identification.
11. Confessions and Admissions: Miranda v. Arizona.
12. Basic Constitutional Rights of the Accused during Trial.
13. Sentencing, the Death Penalty, and Other Forms of Punishment.
14. Legal Liabilities of Law Enforcement Officers.
15. Electronic Surveillance and the War on Terror.

  • Rolando V. del Carmen

    Rolando V. del Carmen is Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Criminal Justice in the College of Criminal Justice at Sam Houston State University in Huntsville, Texas. He was assistant dean and associate professor of a school of law in the Philippines and has held various administrative and academic positions in the United States. In addition, he has taught at various universities and has written extensively, including numerous articles on legal issues and more than ten books. A consultant to criminal justice agencies in a number of states, Dr. Del Carmen served a six-year term to the Texas Commission on Jail Standards. He earned the Fellow Award (1990), Bruce Smith Award (1996), and Founders Award (2005) from the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences. He holds a B.A. and a bachelor of laws degree from the Philippines, a master of comparative law from Southern Methodist University, a master of laws from the University of California at Berkeley, and a doctor of science of law from the University of Illinois.

  • Craig Hemmens

    Craig Hemmens is Chair and Professor in the Department of Criminal Justice & Criminology at Washington State University. He holds a J.D. from North Carolina Central University School of Law and a Ph.D. in Criminal Justice from Sam Houston State University. He previously served as Department Head and Professor in the Department of Criminology and Criminal Justice at Missouri State University, and as Chair of the Department of Criminal Justice, Director of the Paralegal Studies Program, and Director of the Honors College at Boise State University. Professor Hemmens has published twenty books and more than two hundred articles and other writings on a variety of criminal justice-related topics and Bruce Springsteen. His primary research interests are criminal law and procedure and corrections. He has served as the editor of the Journal of Criminal Justice Education (2003-2005) and as President of the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences (2012-2013).

  • Updated with current issues and developments from the field, the 11th edition of this popular criminal procedures text keeps up with the most current laws and procedures through relevant United States Supreme Court cases through the 2022 term. Expanded coverage of today's high-profile issues including detailed discussions of use of force, vehicle searches, racial profiling, seizures of text/email messages, the use of technology in law enforcement and many other relevant topics is featured.

  • To provide maximum learning reinforcement, each chapter begins with learning objectives that are carefully matched to end-of-chapter summary sections and linked to corresponding quiz/test items in the accompanying Instructor's Manual and Test Bank.

  • Helping readers sharpen their critical-thinking skills, "In Action" boxes and brief hypothetical cases in every chapter present practical scenarios and thought-provoking discussion questions that challenge students to apply the chapter's key concepts to real-life examples and arrive at well-reasoned conclusions. These features have been updated and revised for the 11th edition.

  • The "Myth vs. Reality" feature debunks common misconceptions about criminal procedure such as how a police officer may conduct a frisk after he or she makes a stop based on reasonable suspicion, or that the sole purpose of the exclusionary rule is the deterrence of police misconduct.

  • A wealth of examples from real-world situations faced by law enforcement officials provides a practical, complete and accurate look at legal guidelines on criminal procedure without over-burdening the reader with unnecessary details. The extremely clear, reader-friendly text makes law enforcement concepts easy to understand and apply.

  • Rich pedagogical aids integrated throughout the text include introductory chapter outlines, key terms, definitions of legal terms, key cases, hypothetical cases and case briefs. The U.S. Constitution is included in an appendix for easy reference.

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