The ____________ basically gave law enforcement agencies greater authority and ease in wiretapping, searching homes of suspects, and, in particular greater arrest powers
A. Patriot Act
B. Federal Reform Act
C. Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Act
D. None of the above
A
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Indicate whether the statement is true or false
Mexican drug organizations spend an estimated $3 billion each year bribing:
a. local officials b. state officials c. federal officials d. all of the above
Social disorganization theory focuses on all of the following EXCEPT for ______.
a. families b. countries c. neighborhoods d. schools
In 1928, in Olmstead v. United States, the U.S. Supreme Court examined the issue of whether evidence gathered through warrantless wiretaps of home and business telephone lines was obtained in violation of the Fourth Amendment. The majority of the justices found that:
a. The evidence—conversations—was heard and did not amount to a search and seizure of a physical object. b. The defendant had no reasonable expectation of privacy when transmitting information over telephone lines that he did not own. c. While the telephone lines did enter the home, the wiretaps were placed outside of his home and thus did not amount to an intrusion into the home. d. All of the above e. Only a and c