The U.S. Supreme Court operated under the Aguilar-Spinelli test for well over a decade before switching to the less strict totality of the circumstances test. Explain these two tests and explain the logic behind the Court changing from one test to the other. Do you feel the switch was necessary/justified? Explain.

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The U.S. Supreme Court operated under the Aguilar-Spinelli test for well over a decade before switching to the less strict totality of the circumstances test. Explain these two tests and explain the logic behind the Court changing from one test to the other. Do you feel the switch was necessary/justified? Explain.

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Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)

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Units within local police departments that deploy officers, often in plainclothes if not assigned to the traffic unit, who are dedicated to a specific task are known as:

a. swat units. b. special units. c. enforcement units. d. military units. e. all of these.

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a. it is cheaper but never as good as collecting your own data b. it is faster because the data is readily available c. scholarly journals are now publishing primarily data gathered from secondary analysis d. because it is always considered valid

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