The impact of a verbal warning on police consent search practices |
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Authors: | Illya Lichtenberg |
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Institution: | Department of Sociology, Montclair State University, 1 Normal Avenue, Upper Montclair, NJ 07043, USA |
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Abstract: | This article explores the impact of requiring a verbal warning prior to a police request for consent to search a suspect's automobile. The United States Supreme Court expressed concern that requiring a verbal warning prior to a consent request would make consent searches impossible for the police. Twenty-seven months of motor vehicle stop data (N = 800) was analyzed during periods where a verbal warning was and was not required prior to a consent request. The findings did not support the conclusion that a verbal warning would cause a substantial decrease in consent searches. A slight increase in the volume of consent requests was observed after the police were required to administer the warning. |
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