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Search Warrants
The Encyclopedia of Criminology and Criminal Justice
Wiley
01/2014
Abstract
A search warrant is a written order from a court directing law enforcement officers to conduct a search for evidence of a crime and to seize the evidence found. Under the Fourth Amendment of the US Constitution, searches and seizures by the government generally require a search warrant based on probable cause, particularly describing the locations to be searched and the objects to be seized, and issued by a neutral judicial officer. The Fourth Amendment also sets conditions regarding execution of a search warrant.
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- Title
- Search Warrants
- Publication Details
- The Encyclopedia of Criminology and Criminal Justice
- Resource Type
- Encyclopedia entry
- Publisher
- Wiley
- Copyright
- © 2014 Blackwell Publishing Ltd. All rights reserved.
- Identifiers
- 99381468253806600
- Academic Unit
- Criminology, Criminal Justice, and Legal Studies; College of Arts, Social Sciences, and Humanities
- Language
- English