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Great book
The book was sent on time, and it cost less then other places that I looked at.Nice shape, and a great place to buy from.Kudo's!

CADAVER DOG HANDBOOK
This is an excellent book! Great for the civilian SAR Dog Handler or a person jutst doing research on the subject.
Best Reference Book Out There
I found this handbook well written, organized and thorough. A must have for anyone interested or involved in this specialized field of cadaver dog handlers. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Criminal Procedure    2. Forensic Science    3. Forensic anthropology    4. Police dogs    5. Political Freedom & Security - Law Enforcement    6. Politics / Current Events    7. Reference    8. Science    9. Science/Mathematics    10. Training    11. Criminal investigation & detection    12. Law / Forensic Science   

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Useless waste of time, money, and effort
It is a shame that professors force their students to shell out big bucks to buy casebooks that don't help.
Do support Dressler's income by buying his supplements
Do yourself a favor...if you are assigned this textbook go ahead and buy the Black Letter Outline series by Dressler even if you don't use it until closer to finals. It gives you what you need to know and simplifies things so that you don't have to search round and round for it in the textbook. It's unfortunate Dressler feels the need to sell his supplements and as a result has to make his textbook so crappy. And yes, it really IS that bad.

Buy a companion guide!
The text is not a good tool for 1Ls to learn crim law by itself.Most of my classmates and I found the text to be poorly organized and written - especially for those just trying to grasp the intricacies of crim law.Probably a better book for studying statutory interpretation or philosophy of crim law.Prepare to become intimate with the MPC if you are assigned this text.I highly recomend a companion book for the text, one keyed to it such as Blackletter outline by Dressler or the Understanding Crim Law companion by Dressler.I used both and they saved me from utter confusion. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Cases    2. Criminal Procedure    3. Criminal law    4. Law    5. United States    6. Courts & procedure   

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Used 7th edition as secondary material for teaching undergrad CrimLaw
The layout of the book is user friendly, and the case extracts are concise.I designated it as a reference book for my students and placed it on call in the library for them to review.It can be overly simplistic for an advanced reader, but on target for a good majority of freshman students.Maybe the 8th edition will show some evolution.

no recommendation
I used Criminal Law by Gardner and Anderson as my text when I taught an undergrad Criminal Law class.I found it overly simplistic, even for that level, and left my students with too many loose ends.The case excerptsused are drastically edited, sometimes only a sentence, which does not helpdemonstrate the proposition the cases supposedly stand for.It seemed thatthe authors also spent an inordinate amount of text on relativelyunimportant topics.I also found the instructor's edition to be unhelpful. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Cases    2. Criminal Procedure    3. Criminal law    4. Criminology    5. Law    6. Legal Reference / Law Profession    7. United States    8. Law / Criminal Procedure   

Subjects:  1. Criminal Procedure    2. Criminology    3. Jurisprudence    4. Social Science    5. Sociology    6. Crime & criminology    7. Law / Jurisprudence   

Subjects:  1. Criminal Justice Administration    2. Criminal Law - General    3. Criminal Procedure    4. Criminal justice, Administration of    5. Criminology    6. Criminology Research    7. Law    8. Legal Reference / Law Profession    9. Methodology    10. Research    11. Social Science    12. Sociology    13. Crime & criminology    14. Law / Criminal Procedure   

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a terrible textbook
This book was one of the worst text books I have ever read. Many of its sources were outdated. It failed to give a complete review of the field, neglecting several important theories. It also failed to discuss even theslightest hint of research that supports or challenges the theories it doesdiscuss. Furthermore, it is not only biased but fails to give acomprehensive discussion of the subjects in which it has a bias preventingthe reader from making an informed opinion. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Criminal Procedure    2. Criminal justice, Administrati    3. Criminal justice, Administration of    4. Criminal law    5. Criminology    6. Law    7. Penology    8. Police    9. Sociology    10. United States    11. Crime & criminology    12. Law / Criminal Procedure    13. USA   

Subjects:  1. Criminal Procedure    2. Law   

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research!
I ordered my book during the end of the week and had my book for class on Monday.The book was in exellent condition!Thanks! ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Criminal Procedure    2. Criminal justice, Administrati    3. Criminal justice, Administration of    4. Criminology    5. Methodology    6. Research    7. Social Science    8. Sociology    9. Crime & criminology    10. Law / Criminal Procedure    11. Social research & statistics   

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A must have for a criminal procedure class
This book is a clear and concise rendition of the law regarding criminal procedure.It includes all the cases that one would find addressed in a criminal procedure class.This book is worth its weight in gold if you area law student.It not only substituted flawlessly for my textbook (whichincidentally was written by the same two authors) but it was much easier tounderstand.The nuthsell series is one of the best outline seriesavailable in my opinion. I should point out however that the format is notthat of a traditional law outline.It reads like a book rather than like aregular bulletted outline.However I found that the narrative format madeit easy to understand the material.And unlike other outlines, this bookcan stand on its own for a quick overview of a topic rather than othertraditional outlines which require some familiarity with the subject beforethe outline makes any sense.I would reccomend this book and this seriesto anyone who needs to learn (quickly) about an area of law. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Criminal Procedure    2. Law    3. Legal Reference / Law Profession    4. United States    5. Courts & procedure    6. Criminal law   

Subjects:  1. Cases    2. Civil rights    3. Criminal Investigation    4. Criminal Procedure    5. Law    6. Legal Reference / Law Profession    7. United States    8. Crime & criminology    9. Criminal law    10. Social Science / Criminology   

Subjects:  1. Capital punishment    2. Criminal Procedure    3. Criminal justice, Administrati    4. Criminal justice, Administration of    5. Law    6. Penology    7. Sociology    8. United States   

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A college-type text; excellent info. on U.S. prisons!
This text provides both an excellent overview and an indepth analysis of the state of prisons in the United States.The graphics and tables are simply outstanding and are excellent teaching tools! ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Corrections    2. Criminal Procedure    3. Criminals    4. Criminology    5. Penology    6. Punishment    7. Rehabilitation    8. Social Science    9. Sociology    10. United States    11. Law / Criminal Procedure    12. Penology & punishment    13. Rehabilitation of offenders   

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Exceptional Book
Bruce Berg does it again.Another exceptional book that anyone interested in the subject must have.This book features many design characteristics that make it easy and even fun to read.No matter what book you currently count on for Criminal Investigation, if you don't have this text in your library, you are lacking the finest text on the subject. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Criminal Investigation    2. Criminal Law - General    3. Criminal Procedure    4. Forensic Science    5. Law    6. Political Freedom & Security - Law Enforcement    7. Politics / Current Events    8. Sociology    9. Jurisprudence & General Issues    10. Law / Criminal Law   

Subjects:  1. Legal Reference / Law Profession    2. Criminology    3. Courts & procedure    4. Criminal law    5. Law / Criminal Procedure    6. Law    7. Criminal Procedure   

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Criminal Investigation
The reason why I bought this text book is because I am having a sergeant exam and this is the text book I have to read and study from. Amazon.com was available for me so Iordered the book. I don't know where else I would've ordered the book from. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Criminal Law    2. Criminal Law - General    3. Criminal Procedure    4. Law    5. Legal Reference / Law Profession    6. Criminal investigation & detection    7. Law / Criminal Law   

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Know what you are looking at
I am a graduate student of Dr. Hickey's at California State University, Fresno.I came to this institution specifically as a matter of curricula, and I must say that after a review of the literature both broad and exhaustive Dr. Hickey's book is the closest thing we have to the reality of our special killers' doctrine.What is most compelling about this piece of literature is the open mentality that is greatly lacking in nearly every other book out there.We have relied to a great extent on the works of the FBI and, in a much more aniquated way, the works of Freud and the general positivists.
Excellent book, but I really like the CD-ROM
This is an excellent reference book, but what really makes it stand out is the "Mind of a Killer" CD-ROM included with it.
!Warning!
After reviewing and studying the material within this cover, you will see life in a different way. We all want to see the good in people; As any physical realm, there is the duality from good to evil. What exactly happens when what we see the destructive nature of man? What makes the destructive destructive? Who are they? What do they think? Where do they come from? and What will they do next?
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Subjects:  1. Criminal Procedure    2. Criminology    3. Murder victims    4. Psychology    5. Serial murderers    6. Serial murders    7. Social Science    8. Sociology    9. United States    10. Anthropology    11. Law / Criminal Procedure   

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The book you will use for years.
This is the book that I go to when people ask me about criminal law procedure. The text is comprehensive from investigation and examination to execution of sentencing. If your CJ curriculum uses this book and you are debating on whether to buy it, buy it. I have an earlier version and although it may be dated, it would be in case law only. Because of the breadth of information compiled in this text, I used this book alone for a ton of my classes.

Criminal Procedure : Law and Practice (with CD-ROM and InfoTrac)
This was a life saving

Law Enforcement Basic Session Training
As the Training Program Assistant at the Calcasieu Parish Regional Law Enforcement Training Academy, I would like to express that this textbook is a wonderful addition to our facility during the cadet's fifty-two hour Criminal Procedure block of instruction. The attending cadet's have considered these textbooks as their bestfriend during their basic training sessions and have given high reviews.At this time we are currently looking into the possible purchase of the fourth or fifth edition of this textbook for our future basic sessions. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Criminal Procedure    2. Criminology    3. Legal Reference / Law Profession    4. Social Science    5. Sociology    6. Crime & criminology    7. Criminal law    8. Law / Criminal Procedure   

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Just the Facts
I am a Field Training Officer for a large Southern California law enforcement agency and the most difficult part to teachnew officers is how to write a proper report.I have trained over 30 law enforcement officers with various educational backgrounds and all of them have had problems with police report writing. I consider this book to be an excellent reference to improve your report writing skills. I have encouraged every new officer that I have trained to purchase this book.
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Subjects:  1. Composition & Creative Writing - Academic    2. Composition & Creative Writing - General    3. Criminal Investigation    4. Criminal Procedure    5. Criminology    6. Handbooks, manuals, etc    7. Language Arts / Linguistics / Literacy    8. Law    9. Police reports    10. Reference    11. Report writing    12. Research And Report Writing    13. Crime & criminology    14. Social Science / Criminology   

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very complete book
this is a very informative book, providing many answers to questions you may not have asked.Safety, procedures, legal liability issues, diving operations are all thought about and discussed. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Criminal Investigation    2. Criminal Procedure    3. Disaster Relief & Rescue Operations    4. Internal Medicine    5. Law    6. Police divers    7. Political Freedom & Security - Law Enforcement    8. Politics / Current Events    9. Scuba & Snorkeling    10. Search and rescue operations    11. Underwater Medicine    12. Underwater crime investigation    13. Technology, Engineering, Agriculture, Veterinary Science   

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Nice
My book arrived within five days of placing my order, which was wonderful because I started class the very next day. There was some writing in it as described, but I don't care because it's a book, and as long as I can read the text, that's all that's really important. Anyway, the book was in great condition, it was the right edition, and it's easy to read. Thanks for the great service!

Good Reason It's a CLASSIC! (9th Ed./InfoTrac Incl.)
"Must-have" if you're interested in law or law school bound...Superb reference and learning book (there is also a Study Guide -- harder to find); you'll keep this book for years of use! If you take a Criminal Justice course, this is the text you should hope the prof demands.It is truly the best out there.Yes, it's pricy - but worth every dollar. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Criminal Procedure    2. Criminal justice, Administration of    3. Criminology    4. Social Science    5. Sociology    6. United States    7. Courts & procedure    8. Crime & criminology    9. Criminal law    10. Law / Criminal Procedure    11. Sociology, Social Studies