Court Rulings And The Power Of Law Enforcement

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Court Rulings and the Power of Law Enforcement

Star Allison
Grantham University

Court Rulings and the Power of Law Enforcement

The ethical battles of criminology are being played in the streets with law enforcement and state/local laws attempting to find the methods that do not illegally encroach on civil liberties, but also give law enforcement the tools it needs to maximally solve and reduce crime. New laws are implemented to give the law enforcement those tools, but when people’s rights are infringed the courts have to determine the intricacies of the practices. Court rulings and especially the Supreme Court cases should be studied because it not only reviews the law and the legality for which the consequences for

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