This text provides a comprehensive legal framework of the rules of evidence, highlights key law enforcement issues in the field, and uses ldquo;headline casesrdquo; to illustrate major points and generate student interest. nbsp; Criminal evidence is most often approached from one of two perspectives: legal or law enforcement.nbsp; This text melds the two perspectives with the aim of providing the most effective and interesting way to present the subject matter.nbsp; This text presents potentially complicated concepts in a clear, palatable manner.nbsp; nbsp; A key aspect of this text is that it uses current, newsworthy examples; an example is the Louise Woodward case (the murdering Au Pair) discussed in Chapter 2.nbsp; The text comes with some useful supplements that include PowerPoints, a CD of the most important cases, and a list of videos and websites that are coordinated by chapter and topic.nbsp; These resources allow an instructor to take an engaging, multi-media approach to the material.