AMERICAN CRIMINAL JUSTICE: AN INTRODUCTION by Frederick T. Davis (Cambridge U. Press. 2019 ISBN 978-1-108-71747-2 165 pp.)

The book gives a general and practical overview of how criminal justice in the United States operates.  The book targets readers who have not studied the subject and who may not have a background in the American legal system generally.  It explains some of the distinctive features of United States criminal procedures. The author is a former U.S. Supreme Court clerk, who then was a former U.S. federal prosecutor.  He practiced cross-border white collar crime law in Paris, and has taught at the University of Amsterdam and Columbia University  Law School.