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" The crime junkie's guide to criminal law : "
Jim Silver.
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BL
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990519
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b744889
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| Main Entry
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Silver, Jim,1963-
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The crime junkie's guide to criminal law : : from Law and order to Laci Peterson /\ Jim Silver.
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| Publication Statement
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Westport, CT :: Praeger,, 2008.
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x, 198 pages ;; 24 cm
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0275994147
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: 9780275994143
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| Notes
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Includes index.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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| Contents
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Setting the stage -- Recipe for crime -- Homicide -- Murder -- Voluntary manslaughter -- Involuntary manslaughter -- Rape -- Assault -- Kidnapping -- Acquisition offenses -- Burglary -- Arson -- Perjury -- Solicitation -- Conspiracy -- Attempt -- Accomplice liability -- Justification -- Necessity and duress -- Entrapment -- Intoxication -- Insanity -- The exclusionary rule -- The Fourth Amendment : arrests -- The Fourth Amendment : search and seizure -- Self-incrimination -- Pretrial proceedings -- Trial -- Right to counsel -- Guilty pleas -- Sentencing -- Double jeopardy.
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| Abstract
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This volume was written with the intent of being a field guide to the legal concepts indigenous to crime dramas and Court TV. It is written specifically for the millions of crime junkies who make up the audiences for the variety of crime dramas that blaze across our screens night after night. This book is a guide to criminal law that uses actual trials alongside plots and characters from popular television shows to illustrate criminal law issues like degrees of murder, the defense of intoxication, search warrants, insanity pleas, and the purposes of various pretrial hearings. The author offers a concise, informative, and entertaining explanation of everything readers need to know to truly appreciate crime stories (real and fictional) and understand how criminal law really works.
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Criminal law-- United States, Popular works.
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Criminal procedure-- United States, Popular works.
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Criminal law.
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Criminal procedure.
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United States.
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| Dewey Classification
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345.73
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KF9219.85.S55 2008
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