Exam 7: Policing: Legal Aspects

What legal concept provides the basis of suspicion less searches when public safety is at issue?

Latent evidence is not readily seen by the unaided eye.

Match the Constitutional right with the amendment that guarantees it. A)Fourth B)Fourteenth C)Fifth D)Sixth E)Eighth -Right to a lawyer

Match the Constitutional right with the amendment that guarantees it. A)Fourth B)Fourteenth C)Fifth D)Sixth E)Eighth -Right to reasonable bail

According to ________,any evidence that derives from an illegal search and seizure may be declared tainted and excluded from trial.

A(n)________ occurs when a police officer restricts an individual's freedom to leave.

When the police are conducting a phone tap,they must stop monitoring the call when it becomes obvious the conversation is innocent.

What is an interrogation? What limits have been placed on police interrogations? What behaviors are prohibited?

The only justification for an emergency warrantless search is the belief that there is an immediate threat that evidence will be removed or destroyed.

________ cases produce substantial changes both in the understanding of the requirements of due process and in the practical day-to-day operations of the justice system.

The ________ exception to the exclusionary rule allows police to conduct warrantless searches of a vehicle.

Requiring all employees to take mandatory drug tests,regardless of any beliefs about their use of drugs,is an example of a(n)________ search.

Evidence of relevance to a criminal investigation that is not readily seen by the unaided eye is known as ________ evidence.

Match the Constitutional right with the amendment that guarantees it. A)Fourth B)Fourteenth C)Fifth D)Sixth E)Eighth -Right against self-incrimination

The case of Weeks v.U.S.only applied the exclusionary rule to federal law enforcement officers.

Match the Constitutional right with the amendment that guarantees it. A)Fourth B)Fourteenth C)Fifth D)Sixth E)Eighth -Applicability of constitutional rights to all citizens,regardless of state law or procedure

Arrest following the questioning of a suspect is the most common type of arrest.

A confession is a form of nontestimonial evidence.

The fleeing-targets exception to the exclusionary rule allows warrantless searches of vehicles.

Match the item of evidence with the correct type. -DNA