Personal Searches‚ Good or Bad? Would you rather have privacy‚ or be safe? It is a tough decision‚ but it is better to be safe than sorry. In schools‚ the crime rate has gone up‚ and more people are getting hurt‚ even if not by guns. However‚ there are several ways to cut down on these crimes during school‚ and other school activities. Some schools have already recognized this‚ and are currently using it. Schools should start having personal searches as well as regular locker searches to
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Stumpf Criminal Justice 205 29 November 2012 The Fourth Amendment: Does it really protect “Everyone”? The Fourth Amendment is an essential part of the United States Constitution. It grants all United States citizens the right to not have illegal searches and seizures brought against them. With this being said‚ the most recent debate of the Fourth Amendment has occurred in the United States Public School Systems. Many kids and adults feel that students should have the same rights under the Constitution
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access to School Lockers? Most legal authorities state that the validity of locker searches is dependent on the students ’ reasonable expectations of privacy‚ which can be affected by school policies designating the lockers as student or school property‚ and student notification that the school will conduct periodic searches for contraband or will retain a master key to the locker for spot checks (Student Searches and the Law‚ 1995). The theory posits that unless school districts have written and
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Although conducting random locker searches are beneficial in exceptional and deficient ways‚ many citizens will disagree with being able to have locker searches. Conducting locker searches could also help detect illegal substances and weapons‚ used for bullying or even to seriously injure a peer. On the other hand‚ locker searches violates privacy. First and foremost‚ conducting locker searches can discover atrocious students with illegal substances. An abundance of schools have an enormous amount
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Introduction There have been many Supreme Court cases that dealed with many concepts of the law‚ like obscenity for example. As a matter of fact‚ obscenity is a concept that Miller v. California deals with. To be more specific‚ this case deals with what is considered obscene‚ and if the specific obscenity mentioned in this case is protected by the first amendment‚ the freedom of speech. I will now explain this case in more depth. What brought this case about? In 1973‚ Marvin Miller
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When the police use searches or surveillance techniques that raises Fourth Amendment concerns and initial question that must be answered is: Did the person claiming the protection of the Fourth Amendment have a reasonable expectation of privacy that was invaded by the police actions? Consider the following examples and explain whether you think the person has a reasonable expectation of privacy. A person who is a short-term guest at a friend’s home objects to a warrantless entry by the police into
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forbids is not all searches and seizures‚ but unreasonable searches and seizures” (Stewart). Random searches of students are permitted by the Constitution and need to be allowed. The court case of T.L.O. v. New Jersey proved that searches in the school setting are both permissible and reasonable. The case represents students as a whole and shows that they are not above accountability‚ and school faculty members are in a position to act as the guardians of the students. Random searches of students on
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and Society Instructor Scott Axton 2 May 2013 ABSTRACT Some states have yet to join those states that have put in effect the Three Strike Law. Even though many states have implemented the Three Strike Law it still has many setbacks. California has the strictest laws on the Three Strike Law. While experts thought this would be a good idea it causes issues like overcrowding in prisons and a much bigger budget plan. Proposition 36 was voted to reform the Three Strike Law to reduce sentences
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Warrants‚ Seizures‚ and Searches Criminal Justice 3100 A very large and debatable part of Criminal Evidence and Procedure that has and can cause many issues is warrants. A warrant is “a written order issued by a judicial officer or other authorized person commanding a law enforcement officer to perform some act incident to the administration of justice” (Warrant 1). The first statement of freedom from unreasonable searches and seizures appeared in The Rights of the Colonists and a List of
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ENVS 331 SPRING 2013 FINAL EXAM STUDY QUESTIONS 1. In basic terms‚ what is the difference between imperialism of the “traditional” European variety and the “neo-imperialism” practiced by the US during the 20th century? 2. How did World War II contribute to the end of European imperialism (consider the phenomenon of “imperial overstretch‚” which you should be able to define)—and enable the expansion of US influence overseas? (Consider the impact of World War II on the European imperialist
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