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Apprehending and Prosecuting the Drunk Driver: A Manual for Police and Prosecution

Here is the legal, scientific and practical guidance law officers need to ensure the effectiveness of each drunk driving stop, search, arrest and prosecution


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Publisher :Matthew Bender
Format: 1 volume, looseleaf , BOOK
ISBN: 9780820511979
  $303.00
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    Here is the legal, scientific and practical guidance law officers need to ensure the effectiveness of each drunk driving stop, search, arrest and prosecution. Includes detailed discussion of all essential procedures including:

    • Recognizing drunk driving characteristics of a vehicle in motion
    • Evaluating sensory clues of alcohol and drug impairment during face-to-face encounters
    • Administering field sobriety tests and preliminary breath tests
    • Deciding if probable cause for arrest exists
    • Determining if "fresh pursuit" is warranted
    • Reading Miranda rights and implied consent warnings
    • Administering chemical tests after arrest
    • Labeling and preserving test samples
    • Videotaping suspects
    • Handling a drunk driving-related vehicular homicide case
    • Deciding between plea bargaining and trial
    • Preparing the prosecution witnesses and presenting the case
    • Selecting the jury

      Comes with handy pocket-sized field manual with concise, easy-to-read guidelines you can refer to on the spot.

      First published 1992

      1 volume, looseleaf, updated with revisions.

    Chapter 1 Introduction to Problem of Drunk Driving and Related Offenses
    Chapter 2 Effects of Alcohol
    Chapter 3 Detecting and Stopping the Drunk Driver
    Chapter 4 Pre-Arrest Screening: Field Sobriety Tests and Roadside Breath Screening
    Chapter 5 Arrest and Booking Procedures
    Chapter 6 Blood-Alcohol Concentration (BAC)
    Chapter 7 Chemical Testing
    Chapter 7A Breath Alcohol Ignition Interlock Devices (BAIIDs)
    Chapter 8 Problems Involving the Injured Drunk Driver
    Chapter 8A Vehicular Homicide and the Intoxicated Driver
    Chapter 9 Driving Under the Influence of Drugs
    Chapter 10 Drunk Driving Prosecution: Pre-Trial Considerations
    Chapter 11 Drunk Driving Prosecution: The Trial
    Chapter 12 Police Civil Liability in Drunk Driving-Related Cases
    Index

     

     

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