Exam 8: Policing Within The Law

Outline and discuss the basic principles that underlie stop and frisk and the differences that distinguish them.

A magistrate is also called a(an)__________

A stop is also called a threshold inquiry.

Plain view and the plain view doctrine are the same.

The basic legal considerations in a stop-and-frisk situation were set forth in the landmark Supreme Court decision of __________.

The authority to "stop and frisk" is __________.

Complete and otherwise credible information from an eyewitness,based on personal knowledge,is generally sufficient to establish probable cause.

The major categories of informational probable cause include __________.

List and discuss the special conditions applied to searches of vehicles.

__________ is anything illegal to own or have in possession,such as heroin or a machine gun.

Informational probable cause can be established from information garnered from __________.

Sobriety checkpoints are a form of __________.

Suspects can waive their rights against self-incrimination and talk to police officers if which of the following conditions is met?

When police officers detain a suspect with less than probable cause,_________.

The key to creating voluntary contact with citizens is __________.

The concept of probable cause is an American invention and is a little more than 200 years old.

A search conducted with a warrant must be __________.

A stop is also called __________.

Nighttime and no-knock refer to __________.

Which of the following statements is true regarding warrantless arrests?