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Review Essay: Casebooks, Social Context, and Criminal Procedure for Law Enforcement

del Carmen, R., & Walker, J. T. (2006). Briefs of Leading Cases in Law Enforcement (6th ed.). Cincinnati, OH: Anderson, pp. 306 Holtz, L. E. (2004). Contemporary Criminal Procedure: Court Decisions for Law Enforcement (8th ed.). Longwood, FL: Gould, pp. 946

Ohio University, Athens

In this essay the author reviews a couple of the most prominent criminal procedure casebooks for criminal justice students. In particular, the author focuses on the question of how well these texts function as training tools for nonlawyers who require a working understanding of criminal procedure for law enforcement. After providing a general review of these titles, the author situates the strengths and weaknesses of these texts within a growing debate over the best approaches to teaching criminal procedure to undergraduate criminal justice students.

Key Words: casebooks • criminal procedure • law • social context • undergraduate students

Criminal Justice Review, Vol. 32, No. 4, 423-430 (2007)
DOI: 10.1177/0734016807310671


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