Discuss the development of the exclusionary rule from when it was first recognized by the Court in the Weeks case through its application to state court in the Mapp case.

What will be an ideal response?


Student responses should include the Court’s holdings in Weeks, Wolf, Elkins, and Mapp that transitioned the exclusionary rule from Weeks, through its weakening in Wolf, through the changes in Elkins to put the “death knell” to the silver platter doctrine, and, finally, to Mapp, extending the exclusionary rule to state courts.

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Indicate whether the statement is true or false

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Virtues:

a. are easily developed. b. are easily discarded. c. insensitize a person to ethical issues. d. operate independent of a situation. e. all of the above.

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Describe some of the physical indications of child abuse

What will be an ideal response?

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In a large city, the executive body that sets policy for and oversees a police department is the police ________

Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).

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