What are suspicionless searches? How does the need to ensure public safety justify certain suspicionless searches?

What will be an ideal response?


Ans:
-compelling interests negate rights of individuals privacy
-drug testing, random sweeps
-legal at borders

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The pen/trace statute regulates the collection of communication content

a. True b. False

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The public perception of community supervision remains ______.

A. negative B. positive C. mixed D. unchanged

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Historically, vagrancy laws were used by law enforcement ___________

a. to arrest residents of “skid row” who ventured into “respectable” neighborhoods b. to detain suspicious persons pending further investigation c. as a pretext to conduct searches incident to arrest d. all of these

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Governor Smith is particularly concerned with the fact that offenders are sentenced to a specific amount of time in prison but are being released well before their sentence expires. He wants to enact a law that requires offenders in his state to serve a substantial portion of their sentences. He is hopeful that these new laws will reduce the discrepancy between the sentence imposed and the actual

time served in prison. These laws are known as: a. mandatory minimum sentencing laws. b. truth-in-sentencing laws. c. capital sentencing laws. d. three strike laws.

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