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Two commonly confused concepts in criminal law are reasonable suspicion and probable cause. Knowing the distinctions between reasonable suspicion and probable cause are essential, foundational aspects of criminal justice, just as mens rea and actus reus were in your studies last week. Reasonable suspicion is an objective belief by an officer that an investigation needs to be conducted into a potential … Read more

Create the Department of Homeland Security with the hope of leveraging federal, state and local police agencies The challenge of terrorism against the United States led the government to create the Department of Homeland Security with the hope of leveraging federal, state, and local police agencies, intelligence agencies, and immigration agencies to cooperate in communicating … Read more