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| arrest | to take a person suspected of a crime into custody |
| arrest warrant | a court-ordered document authorizing the police to arrest an individual on a specific charge |
| probable cause | a reasonable belief, known personally or through reliable sources, that a specific person has committed a crime |
| drug courier profile | using commonly notions of what typical drug couriers look and act like in order to be able to question a person without establishing individualized suspicion |
| stereotype | a widely held but fixed and oversimplified image or idea of a particular type of person or thing |
| corroborate | to confirm information |
| stop and frisk | to "pat down" or search the outer cothing of someone whom the police believe is acting suspiciously |
| unlucky couple | peole who are at the wrong place at the wrong time; innocent people at a crime scene |
| Rodney King | victim of a police brutality case that led to public protests, police reform and riots |
| excessive force | force in excess of what police officers reasonabley believe is necessary. A police officer may be held liable for using excessive force in an arrest, an investigatory stop or other seizures |
| search and seizure | a procedure used in many civil law and common law systems by which police or other authorities and their agents, who, syspecting that a crime has been committed, commence a search of a person's property and confiscate any relevant evidence found in connection to the crime |
| exclusionary rule | a legal rule thatgenerally prohibits the use of illegally obtained evidence against the defendant at trial; it generally applies to violations of adefendant's 4th, 5th, or 6th Amendment rights |
| affidavit | a written statement of facts sworn to or made under oath before someone authorized to administer an oath |
| search warrant | a court order issued by a judge or magistrate, giving police the power to search a person or enter a buliding to search for and seize items related to a crime |
| searches without warrant | search incident to a lawful arrest, stop and frisk, consent, border and airport searches, vehicle searches, plain view, hot pursuit, |
| the purse search | 4th Amendment protects against the unreasonable search of an individual's property; however, in some situations law enforcement can search bags, purses and other belongings without a warrant |
| interrogations | to question a witness or suspected criminal |
| 5th Amendment | grand jury, forbids double jeopardy, protects against self-incrimination |
| 6th Amendment | rights of accused: right to a jury trial, right to confront opposing witnesses, right to counsel |
| Miranda vs. Arizona | Landmark case that resulted with Miranda Warnings - right to remain silent, to contact a lawyer, and to have a free lawyer provided if the person arrested cannot afford one |
