Concept information
Preferred term
garbage searches
Definition
- In legal parlance, the term garbage search indicates a warrantless search—conducted by law enforcement agents, sometimes with cooperation from regular garbage collectors—of waste that has been placed in a container for purposes of disposal. Over the years, many courts have addressed the question whether this investigative practice violates the Fourth Amendment's proscription against “unreasonable searches and seizures.” As a general rule, in the twenty-first century the answer in each case turns on whether the person who discarded the refuse had a reasonable expectation that it would remain private. [Source: Encyclopedia of the Fourth Amendment; Garbage Searches]
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URI
https://concepts.sagepub.com/social-science/concept/garbage_searches
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