What defense is available to a law enforcement officer charged in a Section 1983 lawsuit?
What will be an ideal response?
Qualified immunity is a judicially created defense to a Section 1983 suit, much like the exclusionary rule has been created through judicial decisions. Qualified immunity was developed to accommodate two conflicting policy concerns: effective crime control, and the protection of people's civil liberties.
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The ________ rather than the practical model portrayed policing as more than a job
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In general, people are authorized to use spring guns or any other mechanical device of the sort based on the rules applicable to protecting one's domicile
a. True b. False
The ______ principle states that decisions must be made objectively and without emotion.
A. hierarchy of authority B. continuity C. unity of command D. impersonality of relationships
Probation and _______ supervision for federal offenders are provided by the Federal Probation and Pretrial Service System
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