Short-term detention usually lasts for:

a. about two months.
b. one year or less.
c. one to 30 days.
d. 12 hours.


c

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Indicate whether the statement is true or false

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Determining whether a Terry stop has crossed the line into a custodial arrest focuses on three areas: movement, length of detention, and level of intrusiveness. Explain the general rules for each of these areas and give one example for each of what would constitute a Terry stop and what would mildly cross the line into a custodial arrest.

What will be an ideal response?

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Which of the following statements is true about J. Edgar Hoover?

A. He failed to clean up the scandal-ridden Bureau of Investigation after being appointed as the director in 1924. B. He manipulated the media to project an image of a Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) agent as the paragon of professionalism. C. He concentrated on organized crime, white-collar crime, and violations of federal civil rights laws, but ignored small-time bank robbers. D. He promoted civil rights, and this reinforced the success of city police departments to address the growing police-community relations problem in America.

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Federal Agent Smith needs additional evidence to arrest Jack, who is suspected of murdering his wife. Time is of the essence as Agent Smith just learned that Jack is scheduled to fly out of the country tomorrow morning to return to his home in South America. Uncertain that he has sufficient time to secure and execute a search warrant before Jack leaves the United States, Agent Smith contacts Sgt. Cane in the city where Jack currently resides and asks Sgt. Cane to go and search Jack’s house to find evidence to support the murder charge. Assume Sgt. Cane proceeded to search Jack’s home without a warrant. Applying the Court’s holding in Wolf v. Colorado, which of the following statements is true about any evidence obtained by Sgt. Cane?

a. The evidence would be admissible in a federal trial against Jack for the murder of his wife since no unreasonable search was conducted by a federal officer. b. The evidence would be inadmissible in a federal trial against Jack for the murder of his wife because federal agents participated in the unreasonable search by engaging the local police in their arrest efforts. c. The evidence would be inadmissible in a federal trial against Jack for the murder of his wife as the product of an unreasonable search by a state law enforcement officer. d. The evidence would be admissible in a federal trial against Jack for the murder of his wife because Jack could later sue the state agents for violation of his Fourth Amendment right to privacy.

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