With regard to automobile searches, if someone is pulled over for a lawful traffic stop and placed under arrest, then the police can search a vehicle without a warrant if they have probable cause to arrest the occupants of the vehicle and if they have probable cause that the car contains illegal items. This is known as the ______.

a. Chadwick doctrine
b. Innis doctrine
c. Acevedo doctrine
d. Carroll doctrine


d. Carroll doctrine

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a. True b. False

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A. James Q. Wilson. B. Franklin Roosevelt. C. Sir Robert Peel. D. J. Edgar Hoover. E. Henry Fielding.

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Mr. Johnson receives a phone call from the head of the department of corrections who informs him that the prison will be reserved for the inmates who have extensive records of misconduct in maximum-security prisons. In essence, this prison will be reserved for the "worst of the worst" inmates in the state's correctional system. What type of correctional facility will Mr. Johnson be in charge of?

a. administrative prison b. maximum-security prison c. medium-security prison d. supermax prison

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