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Criminal Procedure: An Introduction for Criminal Justice Professionals, Second Edition

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  • Neal R. Bevans
Series / Aspen Criminal Justice Series
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Book length
470 pages
Publication Date
2020-09-15
Edition
Second Edition
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Criminal Procedure: An Introduction for Criminal Justice Professionals is a student-friendly, practical, and timely overview of the essential topics in the field. Designed with the student in mind, Neal R. Bevans brings his wealth of experience as a prosecutor, defense attorney, and author to this accessible textbook. With broad coverage that emphasizes how criminal procedure works in the real world, students will gain a solid foundation in the fundamentals of the law, as well as an understanding of how to apply what they have learned.

New to the Second Edition:

  • Now covering only criminal procedure, the text offers a focused introduction to the field.
  • Reorganized and expanded with new chapters on Constitutional Issues and Evidence and The Exclusionary Rule
  • Chapters on the Fourth and Fifth Amendments reorganized to improve the teachability of the material.
  • New cases included throughout the book
  • Improved and expanded end of chapter exercises and practice questions for test review
  • Updated with the latest developments in Criminal Procedure

Professors and students will benefit from:

  • Broad coverage that includes both traditional and cutting-edge topics
  • Well-crafted pedagogy, including learning objectives at the start of each chapter; boldfaced legal terms, with definitions in the margins; figures and charts that visually translate concepts and procedures; and end-of-chapter questions, activities, and assignments to enrich learning.
  • Scenarios that exemplify how the law is applied in practice.
  • Edited cases at the end of each chapter.
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About the authors
Neal R. Bevans

Mr. Bevans is a graduate of the University of Georgia (Order of Barristers, 1988) and a current member of the Georgia Bar. Mr. Bevans has had a varied background in law. While attending law school, Mr. Bevans worked year-round as a title examiner for a real estate firm.

Following his graduation, he became an Assistant Solicitor General in Atlanta, Georgia. Mr. Bevans specialized in Domestic Violence and DUI prosecutions for over two years before being recruited and hired by the prestigious firm of Chambers, Mabry, McClelland & Brooks, where he worked as a private attorney representing numerous insurance companies.

Mr. Bevans subsequently left private employment and returned to government service as an Assistant District Attorney in Atlanta. In his many years as a prosecutor, Mr. Bevans tried over 150 jury trials. He has prosecuted rapists, armed robbers, and murderers. One of his prosecutions, Georgia v. Mobley, was even featured on Court TV.

Mr. Bevans devoted a great deal of his time as a prosecutor to sexual assault and white-collar crime cases, even serving for a time on specialized teams devoted exclusively to those offenses. Mr. Bevans was also an adjunct instructor at the North Georgia Police Academy.

Mr. Bevans has been a full-time paralegal instructor at Western Piedmont Community College since 1996. He has been recognized as one of the state leaders in Online and Distance Education. He has appeared as a speaker and panelist at numerous state seminars and presentations on many aspects of Online Instruction.

Mr. Bevans has written numerous articles, was a regular columnist for Legal Assistant Today magazine, and has written 8 textbooks on various legal topics related to the law and the paralegal profession.
Product Information
Edition
Second Edition
Publication date
2020-09-15
Copyright Year
2021
Pages
470
Paperback
9781543824773
Subject
Criminal Procedure
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