The Law of Interrogations and Confessions Lisa M. Meeks Using examples from recent practitioner

Using examples from recent practitioner projects

Drawing from his background in sociology and extensive study of the human/animal relationship

The authorities completely surrendered the city to the mercy of mobs roaming the streets--mobs supported by the cheers of thousands of bystanders

and the caregivers' burdens and stress

''--Chapter 2

The Law of Interrogations and Confessions Lisa M. Meeks Using examples from recent practitionerThe Law of Interrogations and Confessions traces the evolution of the primary approaches that U. S. courts have taken to regulating the interrogation of suspects by law enforcement officers. It examines the due process approach to the voluntariness of statements; the short lived "focus of the investigation" test of Escobedo v. Illinois; the landmark Fifth Amendment approach announced in Miranda v. Arizona; and the Sixth Amendment's right to counsel