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Law Chapter 12 Criminal Justice Process: The Investigation

Typical Timeline:

Crime is committed Crime is discovered and reported Crime is investigated Arrests are made

Investigation Typically Includes:

Searches for evidence Interviews with witnesses Interrogations of suspects

Rules for Search and Seizure

4th Amendment

• The right of the people to be secure in their

persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no Warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by Oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized.

The Exclusionary Rule

• Weeks vs. The United States
• Mapp vs. Ohio
• Exceptions

Police Personality and Culture

• 1. Would you consider a career in law

enforcement? Why or why not? Officer Down Memorial Page

• 2. List personality traits that you associate with

police officers. * Police Personality Profile Article

Police Work

Civil Service Exams Next Tests Norwell Police

1970’s

• High Profile Police

Corruption Cases

Knapp Commission

• The Police Personality
• Why does police misconduct happen?
• Power, authority, discretion
• High stress, danger
• Differential association
• How to prevent it?
• Increased pay
• Improved recruiting, training
• Drug testing

Police Misconduct

Illegal search and seizure

Planting of evidence and “throwaways”

Racial Profiling

Unfair interrogations / coerced confessions

Perjury

Police Brutality

Rodney King Amadou Diallo Sean Bell “Contagious Shooting”

Police Misconduct Research

Police Articles

“Suicide by Cop” Round Robin Articles

Criminal Justice Career Research