CJC 132

Study Guide Chapter 6

Learning Objectives

At the end of this chapter, students should be able to do the following:

Explain the characteristics of a stop.

Explain the characteristics of a frisk.

Summarize the evolution of stop-and-frisk law.

Explain the relevance of drug courier profiling in the stop-and-frisk context.

Compare and contrast investigative detentions with stop-and-frisk.

Key terms: define each of the following terms. (use the definition straight from the text to learn the proper terms-there are a lot as e get started but all very important)

drug courier profiling

frisk

investigative detention

stop.

Review Questions: Answer each question in a comprehensive manner.

1. Why is it important to treat a stop and a frisk as two separate acts?

2. Assuming a police officer has reasonable suspicion to stop a person, what must the officer do before stopping him or her?

3. Define a stop.

4. Why is the duration of a stop important?

5. Can effects be seized? Explain.

Probable cause is required for the seizure of a person if that seizure amounts to an arrest. The same applies to effects, which are usually a person's personal items. If the detention or seizure of a person's effects amounts to an arrest, then probable cause is required.

6. Summarize the permissible grounds for a frisk.

7. Summarize the Supreme Court's view on the proper scope of a frisk.

8. In what ways has the stop-and-frisk law been expanded? Summarize pertinent cases.

9. Why is it important to distinguish between theory and reality when discussing stop-and-frisk?

10. What is drug courier profiling?

11. Identify several characteristics of drug couriers.

12. Summarize the Supreme Court's view on drug courier profiling, citing relevant cases.

13. In what ways is race relevant to the drug courier profile?

14. What are investigative detentions? How do they differ from stops?

15. Reasonable suspicion is not mentioned in the Fourth Amendment. Has the Supreme Court overstepped its authority by essentially creating this level of justification?

Why or why not?