Exam 7: Policing: Legal Aspects

Manipulative actions by police interviewers that are designed to pressure suspects to divulge information and that are based on subtle forms of intimidation and control is known as:

The information gathering activity of police officers that involves the direct questioning of suspects is known as:

The Fruit of the Poisonous Tree doctrine is a legal principle that excludes from introduction at trial any evidence later developed as a result of an illegal search or seizure.

A warrantless search of an arrested individual conducted to ensure the safety of the arresting officer is permitted:

____________ coercion is a tactic used by police interviews that fall short of physical abuse,but still pressures suspects to divulge information.

Which Supreme Court case has become the basis for a brief "stop and frisk" based on a reasonable suspicion?

_______________ cause exists when a set of facts and circumstances that would induce a reasonably intelligent and prudent person to believe that a particular person has committed a specific crime.

It was up until the late 1980s,with strong US Supreme Court cases,that the Bill of Rights was only given lip service and traditional police methods ruled the court systems.

It was not until 1961 that the Court,under Chief Justice Warren Burger,decided a case that changed the face of American law enforcement.

A legal term describing the ready visibility of objects that might be seized as evidence during a search by police in the absence of a search warrant specifying the seizure of those objects is known as the:

Evidence of relevance to a criminal investigation that is not readily seen by the unaided eye is called:

Mapp v.Ohio was a landmark case that restricted police from Interrogating juveniles without their parents present.

Chimel v.California regulated when police may _____________ incident to an arrest.

The lawful seizure,acquisition,analysis,reporting,and safeguarding of data from digital devices that may contain information of evidentiary value to the trier of fact in criminal events is known as:

The Doctrine that is a legal principle that excludes from introduction at trial any evidence later developed as a result of an illegal search or seizure is known as the fruit of the _______________ Tree Doctrine.

Reasonable suspicion can be defined as a belief,based on a consideration of the facts at hand and on reasonable inferences drawn from those facts that would induce an ordinarily prudent and cautious person under the same circumstances to conclude that criminal activity is taking place or that criminal activity has recently occurred.

Compare and contrast the issues relative to the electronic gathering of evidence.

The Bill of Rights is the popular name given to the first ________ amendments to the U.S.Constitution.

All persons are guaranteed due process rights under the U.S.Constitution,which mandates that justice system officials respect the rights of accused individuals throughout the criminal justice process.Define due process and comment on the three requirements found in most areas of due process.

There are several exceptions to the exclusionary rule.List and define three of those exceptions and the U.S.Supreme Court cases that may be involved in defining the law when the search may be conducted.In your opinion,which of those exceptions offers the best protection for the defendant in a criminal case?