Criminal Procedure: Principles, Policies, and Perspectives

by Joshua Dressler, George Thomas III, Daniel Medwed

For more than two decades, Criminal Principles, Policies, and Perspectives (and its softcover versions, Criminal Investigating Crime and Criminal Prosecuting Crime ), written by Joshua Dressler, George C. Thomas III and, in the past two editions, Daniel S. Medwed, has sought to inspire students to analyze and critique constitutional and non-constitutional criminal procedure doctrine.

The book features careful case selection and editing that includes dissenting and concurring opinions when useful in understanding and critiquing the law. The Notes and Questions are uniformly thoughtful and sometimes even intentionally (and, the authors hope, not unintentionally) humorous.

The Eighth Edition includes most of the cases and material that users have told us were successful in the past. The book continues to include “in the trenches” material that gives students an idea of what life is like inside the squad car, the interrogation room, and the courtroom. Among the changes and additions to the new

1651 pages, Hardcover

Published February 22, 2023

Reviews

[Bruno Franco Netto · Rating 3 out of 5]

Decent criminal procedure book. Lots of cases, thorough and complete.