Criminal Evidence is a well-respected and trusted introduction to the rules of criminal evidence for criminal justice students and professionals. Part I of this book generally follows the order and logic of the Federal Rules of Evidence in its explanation of how evidence is collected, preserved, and presented in a criminal court proceeding. Part II provides a selection of edited, relevant criminal court cases that reinforce these basics and provide the context of how these rules are currently practiced. Readers gain an understanding of how concepts of evidence operate to convict the guilty and acquit the innocent.
This 14th Edition provides many updates, new references to recent Supreme Court cases, and a current version of the Federal Rules of Evidence. Student aids include chapter outlines, key terms, concepts lists, a glossary, a table of cases cited, and online case study questions. Teacher resources include an Instructor's Guide, test bank, and PowerPoint slides.
Updated with all the newest relevant law, this book is appropriate for undergraduate students in criminal evidence and related courses.
Support material for the 14th Edition includes PowerPoint slides, Instructor's Guides with test quesitons, and a "comparison map" pointing to differences between the 13th and 14th editions.
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Jefferson L. Ingram holds the rank of Professor in the Department of Political Science at the University of Dayton. He has a B.S. in secondary education, an M.A. in American history, and a Juris Doctor in law. He is a member of the Ohio Bar, the Florida Bar, the Bar of the federal courts for the Southern District of Ohio, and the Bar of the Supreme Court of the United States. He is a co-author (with Jacqueline R. Kanovitz and Christopher J. Devine) of Constitutional Law for Criminal Justice, 15th Edition (2018) and has authored several books on criminal procedure.
Klappentext
Criminal Evidence is a well-respected and trusted introduction to the rules of criminal evidence for criminal justice students and professionals. Part I of this book generally follows the order and logic of the Federal Rules of Evidence in its explanation of how evidence is collected, preserved, and presented in a criminal court proceeding. Part II provides a selection of edited, relevant criminal court cases that reinforce these basics and provide the context of how these rules are currently practiced. Readers gain an understanding of how concepts of evidence operate to convict the guilty and acquit the innocent.
This 14th Edition provides many updates, new references to recent Supreme Court cases, and a current version of the Federal Rules of Evidence. Student aids include chapter outlines, key terms, concepts lists, a glossary, a table of cases cited, and online case study questions. Teacher resources include an Instructor's Guide, test bank, and PowerPoint slides.
Updated with all the newest relevant law, this book is appropriate for undergraduate students in criminal evidence and related courses.
Inhalt
PART I: History and Approach to the Study of Evidence
Chapter 1: History, Development, and Approach to the Study of Rules of Evidence
Proof by Evidence and Substitutes
Chapter 2: Burden of Proof
Chapter 3: Proof via Evidence
Chapter 4: Substitutes for Admission of Evidence: Judicial Notice, Stipulations, Inferences, and Presumptions
General Admissibility Tests
Chapter 5: Relevancy and Materiality
Chapter 6: Competency of Evidence and Witnesses
Evidence via Witness Testimony
Chapter 7: Examination of Witnesses
Chapter 8: Privileges
Chapter 9: Opinions and Expert Testimony
Chapter 10: Hearsay Rule and Exceptions
Chapter 11: Documentary Evidence
Chapter 12: Real Evidence
Chapter 13: Results of Examinations and Tests
Exclusion of Evidence on Constitutional Grounds
Chapter 14: Evidence Unconstitutionally Obtained
PART II. Judicial Decisions Relating to Part I
Table of Cases in Part II
Cases Relating to Chapter 1
Cases Relating to Chapter 2
Cases Relating to Chapter 3
Cases Relating to Chapter 4
Cases Relating to Chapter 5
Cases Relating to Chapter 6
Cases Relating to Chapter 7
Cases Relating to Chapter 8
Cases Relating to Chapter 9
Cases Relating to Chapter 10
Cases Relating to Chapter 11
Cases Relating to Chapter 12
Cases Relating to Chapter 13
Cases Relating to Chapter 14
Appendix I: Federal Rules of Evidence-2013
Glossary
Index of Cases
Subject Index