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Criminogenic Risks Of Interrogation, Margareth Etienne, Richard Mcadams
Criminogenic Risks Of Interrogation, Margareth Etienne, Richard Mcadams
Indiana Law Journal
In the United States, moral minimization is a pervasive police interrogation tactic in which the detective minimizes the moral seriousness and harm of the offense, suggesting that anyone would have done the same thing under the circumstances, and casting blame away from the offender and onto the victim or society. The goal of these minimizations is to reinforce the guilty suspect’s own rationalizations or “neutralizations” of the crime. The official theory—posited in the police training manuals that recommend the tactic—is that minimizations encourage confessions by lowering the guilt or shame of associated with confessing to the crime. Yet the same …
Collateral Visibility: A Socio-Legal Study Of Police Body Camera Adoption, Privacy, And Public Disclosure In Washington State, Bryce Clayton Newell
Collateral Visibility: A Socio-Legal Study Of Police Body Camera Adoption, Privacy, And Public Disclosure In Washington State, Bryce Clayton Newell
Indiana Law Journal
Law enforcement use of body-worn cameras has become a subject of significant public and scholarly debate in recent years. This Article presents findings from a study of the legal and social implications of body-worn camera adoption by two police departments in Washington State. In particular, this study focuses on the public disclosure of body-worn camera footage under Washington State’s public records act, state privacy law, and original empirical findings related to officer attitudes about—and perceptions of—the impact of these laws on their work, their own personal privacy, and the privacy of the citizens they serve. The law in Washington State …
Police Discretion: A Comparative Perspective, Gregory H. Williams
Police Discretion: A Comparative Perspective, Gregory H. Williams
Indiana Law Journal
No abstract provided.
Murray V. United States: The Bell Tolls For The Search Warrant Requirement, Craig M. Bradley
Murray V. United States: The Bell Tolls For The Search Warrant Requirement, Craig M. Bradley
Indiana Law Journal
No abstract provided.
Police And Law In A Democratic Society, Jerome Hall
Police And Law In A Democratic Society, Jerome Hall
Indiana Law Journal
This paper consists of three public lectures delivered at the University of Chicago Law School on July 15, 22, and 23, 1952, as part of a conference on Police and Racial Tensions.