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How Do Criminal Laws Impact Law Enforcement

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Criminal Law impacts law enforcement through the divisions known as the “Big 3”. Policing, Corrections, and Courts in the Criminal Justice System are known as the “Big 3”. Through Policing, Criminal law allows and prevents what police officers can and cannot do in a situation where an arrest can be made. The Fourth and Fourteenth Amendments in the Constitution of the United States impact the rights an individual has that cannot be illegally implemented by Police Officers. Through Corrections in the Criminal Justice System, Criminal law impacts the prisons and jails on the treatment that is required for all inmates and procedures that cannot be illegally done. The Eighth Amendment and the use of excessive force by guards is considered for all …show more content…

Policing
Criminal Law impacts how Police Officers can act under the law in the way they can and cannot act. Police Officers are properly trained to handle a situation and what they can and cannot do when a situation arises where an arrest can be made. Individuals as citizens of the United States have specific rights under the Constitution of the United States that specifically gives the individual rights from Police Officers abusing their power. The Fourth and Fourteenth Amendment in the Constitution of the United States impact on how procedure requirements are to be done for the rights of the individual to not be violated.
The Fourth Amendment
The Fourth Amendment requires that all search and seizures be must be reasonable and if they are considered unreasonable that would violate the Fourth Amendment. Under the Fourth Amendment it is stipulated the prohibition of unreasonable search and seizures without a warrant but there are six exemptions that can constitute a search and seizure without a warrant. The first exception that is stipulated that does not require the use of warrant is if the person is arrested in a way that is permissible under the law then the use of a warrant is not necessary and the person can be searched as well as the area around them can also be searched without a warrant.

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