First Assignment Fall 2025

Welcome to Criminal Procedure!
This course focuses primarily on police investigation techniques, including searches, interrogations, undercover operations, electronic surveillance, and lineups. Because this is an online course, please pay close attention to the instructions provided in each course module.

Your first assignment:

Readings and Instructional Materials
Dressler, J., Thomas, G. C., III, & Medwed, D. S. (2023). Criminal procedure: Investigating crime (8th ed.). West Academic Publishing.
pp. 35–44 (skim): Overview of the Criminal Justice System
pp. 47–48 (skim): Due Process and Incorporation
pp. 73–92, 504–06: Introduction to the Exclusionary Rule
Maryland v. Pringle, 540 U.S. 366 (2003).
Lessons
Lesson 1.1: Overview of the Criminal Justice System
Lesson 1.2: Goals of Criminal Procedure
Lesson 1.3: Maryland v. Pringle
Lesson 1.4: Policing the Police—The Constitutional Logic of the Exclusionary Rule
Assignments and Activities
Activity 1.1: Reflection Survey
Quiz 1.1: Maryland v. Pringle Review

Looking forward to a great semester with all of you.

Prof. Chien