CJS 125 - Introduction to Search and Seizure and Rules of Criminal Procedure

Institution:

Lafayette College

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Description:

This course is designed to introduce the student to basic individual rights under the United States and Pennsylvania constitutions and to show how certain of these rights come into conflict with other views on the maintenance of public order and the enforcement of the criminal laws of the United States and of Pennsylvania, along with those of other states. The course gives an overview of the criminal court system, the arena in which this conflict is resolved and in which much of the law of criminal procedure is formulated. Then, after presenting the underlying concepts of the exclusionary rule, privacy, probable cause and reasonableness, the body of the course deals with the rights guaranteed by the Fourth, Fifth and Sixth amendments to the United States Constitution, along with the corresponding Amendments to the Pennsylvania Constitution, and how those rights affect the prevention, detection, investigation and prosecution of crime. The main focus is on the law of arrest, search and seizure, confessions and pretrial identifications (3 Credits).

Credits:

3.00

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.lafayette.edu/

Phone Number:

(610) 330-5000

Regional Accreditation:

Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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