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Government Dragnets

dc.contributor.authorSlobogin, Christopher, 1951-
dc.date.accessioned2014-06-17T21:09:35Z
dc.date.available2014-06-17T21:09:35Z
dc.date.issued2010
dc.identifier.citation73 Law & Contemp. Probs. 107 (2010)en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1803/6489
dc.description.abstractThis article examines group-focused police investigation techniques - for instance, roadblocks, drug testing programs, area or industry-wide health and safety inspections, data mining, and camera surveillance - a phenomenon referred to as "government dragnets" because these general searches and seizures attempt to cull out bad actors through ensnaring a much larger number of individuals who are innocent of any wrongdoing. The courts have imposed few limitations on dragnets. Recent commentary has either advocated an even more laissez-faire attitude toward these group search and seizures or, at the other end of the spectrum, proposed schemes that would make most of them impossible. This article proposes an intermediate ground, relying on political-process theory and proportionality and exigency considerations. In combination, these regulatory regimes would create a presumption that dragnets authorized by narrow, nondiscriminatory legislative enactments are valid, but would also require that, on those frequent occasions when the presumption does not apply, the government demonstrate either that its "hit rate" will likely be proportionate to the intrusion visited on dragnet subjects or that the dragnet is necessary to prevent significant, specific, and imminent harm.en_US
dc.format.extent1 document (39 pages)en_US
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdf
dc.language.isoen_USen_US
dc.publisherLaw and Contemporary Problemsen_US
dc.subject.lcshCriminal investigationen_US
dc.subject.lcshLaw enforcement -- United Statesen_US
dc.subject.lcshEvidence, Criminal -- United Statesen_US
dc.titleGovernment Dragnetsen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
dc.identifier.ssrn-urihttp://ssrn.com/abstract=1640108


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