The Exclusionary Rule The Exclusionary Rule The Constitution of the United States was written to give its citizens certain rights and protections. One protection is the one granted by the Fourth Amendment, which protects against unreasonable searches and seizures. This is meant to keep government officials from harassing citizens for no reason. There were times when the police in many cases did search citizens illegally and used the evidence to convict. Actions such as these led to the Exclusionary Rules creation by the United States Supreme Court.
Analyse the impact of two pieces of crime and disorder legislation. For police officers who are already familiar with crime and disorder legislation, they need to be reminded of the impact they may have on people, communities and the public services. Choose two pieces of crime and disorder legislation you have already discussed and analyse the impact they may have on individuals (including offenders, victims and witnesses), communities and the relevant public services. The Theft Act This is taking the property of another without the intension to give it back; this can have an impact on the victim as they’re without their property whatever it may be (car, phone, wallet, game) or any other property. The person then becomes deprived and feels insecure in case of any other incidents that may occur and they find themselves to be in the same situation, there’s many different types of theft such as robbery, theft, burglary, aggravated burglary.
Interoffice Memorandum of Law TO: FROM: DATE: RE: Victoria V. v. U Shop Mall Statement of Assignment Prepare a predictive memorandum containing both my analysis and opinion as to whether filing a lawsuit on behalf of Victoria has merit. Also asks for any additional facts that I would like the investigator try to learn as well. Issue Under the tort of Negligence does U Shop Mall have the duty to protect its patrons from criminal acts of third parties? Brief Answer Yes, I feel that U Shop Mall was negligent in several instances. They had prior knowledge of several criminal acts that occurred on and near their property.
The key provisions will be identified along with their meanings to both governmental agencies and the average citizen. Section 203 (b) and (d) information sharing: allows information from criminal probes to be shared with intelligence agencies and other parts of the government. These provisions are at the heart of the effort to break down the barriers that used to separate criminal and intelligence investigations. The United States Justice Department has frequently blamed these barriers for the failure to find and detain September 11th hijackers prior to the attacks. CIA agents had information significantly prior to the attacks that some of the hijackers were in the United States and were suspected terrorists, but the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) claims they did not receive the information until August
Essay #1 The article “Kyllo v. United States: Technology v. Individual Privacy” by Thomas D. Colbridge is to inform us about the balance between individuals privacy and the government enforcing laws to give safety to the public. It is about the use of thermal imaging technology by the police in the case of Kyllo which goes against his Fourth Amendment which protects him against unreasonable searches and seizures. Since the search was unreasonable and it was never defined in the constitution, it needs much more interpretation for the case. The Kyllo Case essentially is the use of thermal imaging law enforcement used to find out indoor marijuana growing operations in Kyllo’s property. But in the end when it reached the Supreme Court the third time and was ruled that Kyllo was indeed under the protection of the Fourth Amendment.
Mark Ohlms Ms. Ayers Contemporary Literature February 4, 2009 Privacy or Protection Imagine a world a world where your every action and thought is monitored and reprimanded when necessary. That is the situation that is faced by the characters in 1984, by George Orwell. Citizens of the nation are being watched by cameras in both private and public places to watch for the threat of a potential crime against other people and the government. Such a controlling supervision by the government is overdone in the novel but an intriguing idea if done correctly. Society would be a safer place if security cameras were placed in public areas to oversee peoples potentially illegal behavior.
While the “crime control” model contemplates that, the criminal justice system has an adverse consequence and progressively stops the process of arresting people within the criminal justice system. The “due process model” is demonstrating that a suspect is guilty and is significant to keeping the government under control and protecting the rights of the suspect. The criminal justice system should be expending more financial resources to employ more law enforcement officers instead of building more prisons and rather than expending money, defending the rights of citizens is the thought of the crime control model (Zalman,
The IPCC is funded by home office but remain independent from the government. They act as a check on the police and investigate in many ways, one way is supervising a case being inspected by the police force. Complaints include police corruption, racism and incidents involving death or injuries. The IPCC has investigators for different regions meaning complaints can be death with quickly. The DVA carries out security checks on people wishing to join the armed forces, MOD and other government departments.
CheckPoint Contemporary Issues in Criminal Justice In the manner how police officers interact with the public may appear to be excessive force based on the condition of the environment the officer may be involved in. Police brutality is a major focus within a community it gives a police department a negative appearance to the public, when there is an incident that displays police brutality. With technology today a pedestrian can video record the current event that is taking place at the moment, the recording could be taken out of content without the knowledge of what has transpired, which will leave the perception to the public of the event from the video camera in which is a one sided story that is being told based on what is being seen, not what is being heard. Tyler (2004) argues effective policing requires the support of the public. Police officers are encouraged to use verbal Judo as alternatives to containment a suspect whenever possible but never at the expense of safety to the officers or the public (Protecting Civil Rights: A Leadership Guide for State, Local, and Tribal Law Enforcement, September 2006).
Stalking victims report different experiences with the criminal justice system in arresting or prosecuting the stalker. When contacted about a stalking victimization, the common police response was to take a report. Some state laws require the legal definition for stalking as to show evidence of fear and the amount that was acquired by the victim to prosecute the alleged stalker. This vague area in the laws often allows stalkers go free for lack of evidence. Stalking behaviors come from the need for a stalker to maintain a sense of power and control.