Briefs of Leading Cases in Law Enforcement

Rolando V. del Carmen retired in May 2011 as Distinguished Professor of Criminal Justice (Law) in the College of Criminal Justice, Sam Houston State University. He has authored numerous books and articles in various areas of law related to criminal justice. He has won all three major awards given by the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences, and has taught numerous graduate and undergraduate classes in law and has been a mentor and friend to many of his students. Jeffery T. Walker is Professor and Chair in the Department of Justice Sciences at the University of Alabama at Birmingham. He was formerly at the University of Arkansas, Little Rock, where he served as Professor of Criminal Justice and Criminology and Chair of the Department of Criminal Justice. Walker has written 10 books and more than 70 journal articles and book chapters. He has obtained more than $9 million in grants from the Department of Justice, National Institute of Drug Abuse, and others. He is a past President of the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences. Editorial experience includes service as Editor of the Journal of Criminal Justice Education, and Journal of Critical Criminology. Walker also served as a Special Agent with the Air Force Office of Special Investigations (AFOSI), conducting major felony crime investigations. Walker received his B.S. in Personnel Management and Computer Science from the University of Arkansas in 1984, and his M.A. in Criminal Justice from the University of Arkansas, Little Rock, in 1988. He completed his Ph.D. in Criminal Justice from Sam Houston State University in 1992.

1. Probable Cause 2. The Exclusionary Rule 3. Stop and Frisk 4. Arrest and Other Seizures of Persons 5. Seizures of Things 6. Searches—In General 7. Searches after Arrest 8. Searches with Consent 9. Vehicle Stops and Searches 10. Searches of People in Vehicles 11. Roadblocks 12. Electronic Surveillance 13. Plain View and Open Fields Searches 14. Searches by Dogs 15. Computer/Cell Phone Searches 16. Use of Force 17. Confessions and Admissions: Cases Affirming Miranda 18. Confessions and Admissions: Cases Weakening Miranda19. What Constitutes Interrogation for Miranda Purposes? 20. Lineups and Other Pretrial Identification Procedures 21. Right to Counsel Related to Policing 22. Entrapment 23. Legal Liabilities