Exam 4: Stop and Frisk

Explain why an officer may frisk a passenger in a vehicle who is not suspected of criminal activity.

Profiling criminals tends to be controversial. Explain the arguments for both sides and how profiles are developed in the first place.

The practice of officers briefly stopping and frisking suspicious persons for weapons, leading to the landmark case of Terry v. Ohio, spiked in which decade?

Which of the following examples would be considered an unacceptable detention for a Terry stop?

How far can a suspect be involuntarily moved during a Terry stop before it becomes an arrest?

When determining what is the level of proof necessary for some action (e.g., probable cause, reasonable suspicion), which of the following are the two opposing factors that must be balanced against one another?

By what standard do the courts determine whether reasonable suspicion existed to justify a Terry stop?

What level of proof is required for law enforcement officers to make an arrest?

An officer stops a young man on the street legally and subjects him to a frisk. The officer is extremely thorough in the frisk. He even asks the young man to empty his wallet. Is the extent of this frisk permissible?

Which of the following is not considered a source of secondhand information?

Probable cause has been defined by the Court as those actions that "warrant a man of reasonable caution in the belief that the action taken was appropriate."

When may race act as the sole factor for a Terry stop?

Police bulletins are classified as secondhand information.

The U.S. Supreme Court justified the use of a stop and frisk by stating that requiring an officer to wait until he/she developed probable cause would _____.

Which of the following is not one of the ways in which race can be considered by law enforcement officers?

When determining the reasonableness of a Terry stop, the facts must be judged in accordance to what a reasonable person would have believed. This is known as _____.

Which of the following best lends credence to a tip provided by an anonymous informant?

Police are required to corroborate at least some of the information provided by an informant before acting on the tip.

Profiles tend to be based on careful analyses of the behavior of known criminals.

Explain how stop and frisk practices were historically implemented prior to Terry v. Ohio.