Donnelly, Goldstein & Schwartz: Criminal Law

A Review of Criminal Law. By Richard C. Donnelly, Joseph Goldstein and Richard D. Schwartz

Havard: The Detection of Secret Homicide

A Review of The Detection of Secret Homicide. By J. D. J. Havard

Silving: Constituent Elements of Crime

A Book Review of Constituent Elements of Crime by Helen Silvin

Mayers: Shall We Amend the Fifth Amendment?

A Review of Shall We Amend the Fifth Amendment? ? By Lewis Mayer

Scientific Investigation and Defendants\u27 Rights

Advances in science, medicine and industry have made much of the world a more pleasant place in which to live. In general more men are living a physically more satisfying life in more comfortable surroundings than preceding generations. But with this has come a parallel increase in criminality to the point that the term crime wave is heard with increasing frequency. Many crimes are facilitated in their commission by adaption or application of new scientific discoveries by criminal elements. A natural consequence is that already overburdened police departments turn as quickly as is financially possible to new scientific techniques in an effort to stem the flood. That more suspects are apprehended as a result cannot be gainsaid