Search and seizure the Fourth Amendment for law enforcement officers - Woody, Robert Henley (Charles C. Thomas, 2006)
Search and seizure in law enforcement is an important area, and this book is devoted solely to that topic. This book aims to provide critical information about the U.S. Constitution, with special emphasis on search and seizure. It will help law enforcement officers to increase their legal knowledge about search and seizure and create a framework for effective problem solving and decision making in the field. It is practically written and focuses on practical ideas. To help the reader develop analytic abilities for practice, brief quotations from U.S. Supreme Court cases reveal legal reasoning by justices
Includes bibliographical references (pages 165-166) and index
Understanding the legal process for criminal prosecution -- Constitutionalbases for search and seizure -- Key terms for lawful search and seizure -- Implementing search and seizure -- On patrol -- Residences and other contexts -- Search after arrest -- Practical guidance for law enforcement officers