CCJS 100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Mandatory Sentencing, Machismo, Miscarriage Of Justice

• School: University of Maryland
• Department: Criminology and Criminal Justice
• Course: CCJS 100
• Professor: Madoo

Document Summary

Legal limitations on police investigation: search, government officials" examination of and hunt for evidence on a person or in a place in a manner that intrudes on reasonable expectations of privacy, reasonable expectation of privacy. Articulable facts that conclude a person may be engaging in criminal activity which necessitates investigation: more than a hunch, stop. Government officials" interference with an individual"s freedom of movement for a duration that typically lasts less than one hour and only rarely extends for as long as several hours. Reliable information indicating crime is more likely than not that evidence will be found in a specific location or that a specific person is guilty of a crime: affidavit. Automobile searches: offices have authority to search and issue commands to passengers, probably cause. Inventory search: permissible warrantless search of a vehicle that has been impounded meaning that it is in police custody, so that police can make a record of the items contained in the vehicle.