The Prohibition Era and Policing : A Legacy of Misregulation /

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A provocative history of criminal procedure, focusing on our perplexing overregulation of searches and seizures and underregulation of confessions and eyewitness accounts.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Oliver, Wesley M. (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Nashville : Vanderbilt University Press, [2018]
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Prohibition.
Police regulations.
Liquor laws.
Exclusionary rule (Evidence)
Criminal justice, Administration of.
LAW / Criminal Procedure
LAW / Administrative Law & Regulatory Practice.
Regle d'exclusion (Preuve) > États-Unis.
Reglements de police > États-Unis > Histoire.
Criminal justice, Administration of > United States > History.
Prohibition > United States > History.
Liquor laws > United States > History.
Exclusionary rule (Evidence) > United States.
Police regulations > United States > History.
United States.
History.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • From petty officers to powerful police
  • Mid-nineteenth century state prohibition laws introduce limits on progressive era officers
  • Acceptance of the exclusionary rule
  • Redefining the evil of tortured confessions
  • An awakened hatred of wiretapping
  • Regulating searches in an era of police harassment and brutality
  • Suspects permitted to consent to coercive and deceptive interrogation practices
  • Retreat from rules designed to deter misconduct
  • Limited progress toward accuracy and preventing brutality.

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