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Chapter 12 . Criminal Justice Process: The Investigation . Arrest . Arrest: when a person suspected of a crime is taken into custody. Two ways: an arrest warrant or probable cause Arrest warrant: court order commanding that a person named be taken into custody.
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Chapter 12 Criminal Justice Process: The Investigation
Arrest • Arrest: when a person suspected of a crime is taken into custody. • Two ways: an arrest warrant or probable cause • Arrest warrant: court order commanding that a person named be taken into custody. • Probable cause: having a reasonable belief that a specific person committed a crime. • Drug courier profile: used to provide a basis to stop and question a person or to help establish probable cause
Arrest, ctd. • Reasonable suspicion: based on less evidence that probable cause, but must be more than a hunch.
Problem 12.2/ Page 137 • Discuss as a class
Problem 12.3/Page 139 • Discuss as a class
Search and Seizure • There is no right to privacy in the Constitution • Fourth Amendment • “Free from unreasonable searches and seizures” • Establishes conditions under which search warrants may be issued. • Exclusionary rule: prohibits the use of illegally obtained evidence against a person at trial.
Problem 12.4/Page 141 • On your own sheet of paper