Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

An introduction to criminal procedure -- The sources of criminal procedure -- Searches and seizures -- Stop and frisk -- Probable cause and arrests -- Searches and seizures of property -- Inspections and regulatory searches -- Interrogations and confessions -- Eyewitness and scientific identifications -- The exclusionary rule and entrapment -- Civil and criminal remedies for constitutional violations -- The initiation of the legal process, bail, and the right to counsel -- The courtroom : the pretrial and trial process -- Sentencing and appeals -- Counterterrorism.