Police Witness [electronic resource] : Effectiveness in the Courtroom

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Whitaker, Michael W.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Evidence, Criminal--United States.

Police witnesses--United States.

Witnesses--Protection--United States.

Witnesses--United States.

Local Subjects:

Evidence, Criminal--United States.

Police witnesses--United States.

Witnesses--Protection--United States.

Witnesses--United States.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (127 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Other Title:

Police Witness

Place of Publication:

: Charles C Thomas, 1985.

Summary:

The Boundaries; Words of the Witness; The Tables Turned; Selective Evidence Gathering; Basic Rules of Evidence; The Terror of Cross-Examination; Special Problems; Winning the Jury's Attention; Pitfalls; Filling in the Gaps; The Small Case; The Whole Truth. Appendices.

Contents:

""HALF TITLE: THE POLICE WITNESS""; ""TITLE PAGE: THE POLICE WITNESS""; ""DEDICATION""; ""FOREWORD""; ""PREFACE""; ""CONTENTS""; ""THE POLICE WITNESS""; ""I: THE BOUNDARIES""; ""II: WORDS OF THE WITNESS""; ""III: THE TABLES TURNED""; ""IV: SELECTIVE EVIDENCE GATHERING""; ""V: BASIC RULES OF EVIDENCE""; ""VI: THE TERROR OF CROSS-EXAMINATION""; ""VII: SPECIAL PROBLEMS""; ""VIII: WINNING THE JURY'S ATTENTION""; ""IX: PITFALLS""; ""X: FILLING IN THE GAPS""; ""XI: THE SMALL CASE""; ""XII: THE WHOLE TRUTH""; ""APPENDIX I""; ""APPENDIX II""; ""INDEX""

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

0-398-08991-4

OCLC:

855969896