Discuss three of the findings with regard to social costs and deterrence of the exclusionary rule
What will be an ideal response?
Police pay more attention to the Fourth Amendment than they did in 1960 . However,
many officers don't take the rule into account when they're deciding whether to make
a search or seizure.
The social costs of letting guilty criminals go free by excluding credible evidence that
would convict them might not be as high as we commonly believe. Prosecutors
almost never reject cases involving violent crimes because of the exclusionary rule. In
CA, evidence seized illegally led to dismissals in a mere 0.8% of all criminal cases
and only 4.8% of felonies.
The exclusionary rule affects only a small portion of cases and most of those aren't
crimes against persons. Less than one-tenth of one percent of all criminal cases will
be dismissed because the police seized evidence illegally.
Prosecutors and police don't believe that Fourth Amendment rights or their
protection via the exclusionary rule are a significant impediment to crime control.
Many police officials report that the demands of the exclusionary rule and resulting
police training on Fourth Amendment requirements have promoted professionalism in
police departments.
The exclusionary rule appears to be providing a significant safeguard of Fourth
Amendment protections for individuals at a modest cost in terms of either crime
control or effective prosecution.
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A) following the time that the defendant has been arrested for a specific crime. B) in a jury trial, at the time that jury selection has been completed and the jury has been empanelled and sworn [collectively taken the oath to serve as a jurors]. C) during the preliminary hearing at the moment that the bailiff begins to read the indictment to the defendant. D) when the judge first enters the courtroom and the bailiff calls the court to order immediately prior to the start of the trial. E) none of the above is a correct response.
Regarding the case Ashcroft v. Free Speech Coalition (2002), which of the following statements is not true:
a. child pornography is illegal b. statute outlawing virtual child pornography is legal c. many historical literary works depict sexual activity d. the film American Beauty should be outlawed
Which of the following is an example of a crime committed in the course of their occupation and in violation of their duty of loyalty and fidelity to employers or clients?
a. payroll padding b. income tax violations c. commercial birbery d. advance fee swindles
Developing policies with the purpose of improving the physicaland social environments to decrease crime is an example of which of the following theories?
a. demonological b. classical/neoclassical c. ecological d. economic