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The Fine Line Between Proper and Improper This 12 page paper examines the issue in depth. Miranda, and what it has done to police investigations is a large part of this paper. Many cases and supreme court decisions are cited. Bibliography lists 15 sources.
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know their rights, those are trampled anyway. It seems that police and prosecutors do use tactics to prompt a confession or to gain information. Sometimes strong arm tactics are appropriate,
particularly when anothers life is in danger. If the individual in custody has information about a kidnapped victim, or about a bomb that might have been placed somewhere set to
go off, it is hard to argue that the truth is important. After all, saving lives should be at the forefront of any investigation. While in some circumstances, deceit is
appropriate, it seems that this is not often the case. To what extent, if at all, is it proper for law enforcement officials to employ trickery and deceit
as part of their law enforcement practices? Skolnick (1982) claims that hard and fast rules which limit police conduct does challenge "common sense, " but without such rules
there could be abuse. One sees this on the television show Boston Legal each week as James Spaders character, spun off from The Practice, uses coercion and unscrupulous methods to
change the minds of witnesses. Of course, witness tampering is often a police issue. When a suspect is in the hands of the police, he or she is often under
the hot seat, and the problem is that without rules, police can and do try anything to get information. This is something that can impinge on a suspects constitutional rights.
To a great extent, police officers abuse their muscle by trying to get a suspect to forgo the attorney. They do this despite Miranda because they claim that for example
they do not consider a suspect to be a suspect. If in fact someone is under arrest, they will be told of their rights, but if they are free to
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