Constitutional Law for Criminal Justice Professionals

by Kären Matison Hess, J. Scott Harr, Kären M. Hess

Book Overview

This constitutional law text focuses primarily on the Fourth Amendment (reasonable search and seizure) and Fifth Amendment (double jeopardy, testifying against oneself), since they are the most relevant to criminal justice issues. The authors have written other successful texts in the areas of criminal procedure and criminal justice employment.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0314204148
• ISBN13: 9780314204141
• Release Date: June 1997
• Publisher: Wadsworth Publishing Company
• Length: 405 Pages
• Weight: 0.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 8.2" x 10.3"

Customer Reviews

Good...but out of date already...

This book helps explain all of the amendments and is a good textbook for college. The only issue that I had with this book was that in the Second Amendment part of the book they state that no court has ruled in favor of individual rights vs. state rights. This was all changed with the District of Columbia v. Heller, 554 U.S. (2008) case. Where the Supreme Court held that the Second Amendment to the United States Constitution protects an individual's right to possess a firearm for private use. It was the first Supreme Court case in United States history to directly address whether the right to keep and bear arms is a right of individuals or a collective right that applies only to state-regulated militias. So essentially this changes one of the main points that the textbook was trying to make. Other than that I found the book to be quite interesting and a very easy read. I would recommend it to anybody that would like to learn more about the American Constitutional Laws. I just hope they update the book soon.

Great Textbook

This text is one of the best one out there. I hope that you have a class using this book. It is well organized and provide much useful information for daily life.