This volume is a comprehensive guide to the substantive and procedural criminal law of Maryland. This book contains a table of maximum and minimum punishment for offenses and a Fourth Amendment checklist.

This state-specific guide to criminal justice includes comprehensive coverage of criminal law and the courts, the police, corrections and the juvenile justice system. Also included are state-specific crime statistics as well as coverage of sentencing, drugs and crime and capital punishment.

"In order to perform the many functions of a law enforcement officer in Maryland, it is essential that a law enforcement officer is versed in the criminal law. The elements of the carious crimes that police are sworn to uphold are varied; simplistic in some cases and more complicated in others. This manual attempts to provide the elements of many crimes in a manner that is easy to grasp and, at the same time, provides the police officer and criminal justice students with the necessary knowledge to evaluate whether or not the elements are present to make an arrest (probable cause) and assist in a criminal conviction (proof beyond a reasonable doubt)"--page 2.

This volume is a comprehensive guide to the substantive and procedural criminal law of Maryland. This book contains a table of maximum and minimum punishment for offenses and a Fourth Amendment checklist.