Part A: Case Study
In order to prepare for this case study, you will need to review Chapter 13, "Police and the Law" in your textbook. Analyze
and explain the use of the Exclusionary Rule by the Supreme Court of the United States. Define how the Exclusionary
Rule has affected the use of evidence acquired from police search and seizure cases. Compare and contrast each of the
following cases and the effects that the ruling decision by the Supreme Court has had on evidence obtained from police
search and seizure. What constitutes a reasonable search? How is search and seizure governed by the
Fourth Amendment? How do you feel that the police could have completed their searches in these cases more
efficiently?
Prepare your case study on the following three cases:
Weeks v. United States (1914) - Exclusionary rule applied to federal law enforcement agencies
Rochin v. California (1952) - Exclusionary rule applied to all cases involving extreme police misconduct
Mapp v. Ohio (1961) - Exclusionary rule applied to all law enforcement agencies (local, state, and federal)
The completed assignment must be a minimum of five pages in length, not including the title page and reference list. You must include at least 5 references. The entire case study assignment must be written following APA style guidelines. Therefore, the APA rules for formatting, quoting, paraphrasing, citing, and listing of sources are to be followed. Information about accessing the Blackboard Grading Rubric for this assignment is provided below.
Part B: Article Review
In previous units various topics were discussed including police and private security partnerships, police professionalism and stress, the hiring of officers, and types of crime. This assignment provides you with an opportunity to further explore one of these topics by reviewing an article.
Through the CSU Online Library, locate one article from a professional journal. This article should be no more than four (4) years old and at least three (3) pages in length. Topics may be any of the following:
police and private security partnerships
selection process and hiring of police officers including qualifications, criminal history, or challenges
police corruption including preventative measures such as policies and procedures, training, supervision, organizational culture, or early warning systems
economic crime including the history of this type of crime or current examples
organized crime including the history of this type of crime or current examples
police stress
If you are unsure if the article selected meets these requirements, please contact your professor. The purpose of an
article review is to let other readers know what the work is about so that they may decide whether they want to read the
work. Other readers probably have not read the article, so the review should not only describe the work, but also evaluate
it.
Include each of the following within your article review:
1. An introduction to the article
2. The key points from the article
3. A summary of the article's conclusion
4. An evaluation of the article, to include:
a. Why is this article important?
b. Should others read it?
c. Was the article well-written (organized, easy to understand, etc.)?
d. What is your perspective and opinion on the article?