Criminal procedure : principles, policies, and perspectives / by Joshua Dressler, Frank R. Strong Chair in Law, Michael E. Moritz College of Law, THe Ohio State University; George C. Thomas III, Rutgers University Board of Governors Professor of Law, Judge Alexander P. Waugh, Sr., Distinguished Scholar of Law, Newark.

Includes bibliographical references (pages ix-xiv) and index.

The criminal process : failures, choices, and legitimacy -- Fourth Amendment : an overview -- Passing the threshold of the Fourth Amendment -- The substance of the Fourth Amendment -- Remedies for Fourth Amendment violations -- Confessions : the voluntariness requirement -- Police interrogation : the self-incrimination clause -- Police interrogation : the Sixth Amendment right to counsel -- Entrapment -- Eyewitness identification procedures -- Pretrial release -- Case screening -- Preparing for adjudication -- The role of defense counsel -- Plea bargaining and guilty pleas -- The trial process -- Sentencing -- Double jeopardy -- Post-trial process : correcting erroneous verdicts.