The landmark Supreme Court case of Tennessee v. Garner (1985) involved the authority of police to use deadly force to stop fleeing felons. In this case, the Supreme Court held that:
a. deadly force could be used only if the officer using deadly force had probable cause to believe the fleeingfelon posed a physical danger to himself or others
b. the Constitution does not address such a situation.
c. deadly force could be used only if the officer using it had reasonable suspicion that the fleeing felon posed aphysical danger to himself or others.
d. deadly force could be used by the officer only if there was no other means reasonably available to stop thefleeing felon.
a
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The use of halfway houses has been traced back to the early 1800s in ______.
A. England B. Spain C. Germany D. China
Define Goffman’s notion of a total institution and explain how it applies to prisons.
What will be an ideal response?
Consistent with the Fourth Amendment, public school children may possess
A) the same level of privacy as anyone else because the Fourth Amendment does not discriminate against children in its wording. B) a reduced expectation of privacy only where they play sports and shower together in a communal shower. C) a reduced expectation of privacy and can be subjected to drug testing where the parents have given their consent. D) a reduced expectation of privacy and students can be subjected to drug testing only where there has been proven individual suspicion of rule-breaking by an individual student. E) the same level of privacy as has traditionally been recognized for adult men and women.