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... > social science subjects > politics and international relations > political science > American politics and society > Fourth Amendment > Fourth Amendment issues > arrest warrants
... > social science subjects > criminology and criminal justice > criminology > law enforcement > policing > warrants > arrest warrants
... > social science subjects > communication and media studies > communication studies > communication theory > paradigms, traditions, and schools > postpositivism > warrants > arrest warrants
... > social science subjects > communication and media studies > communication studies > communication theory > theory, metatheory, methodology, and inquiry > postpositivism > warrants > arrest warrants
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arrest warrants  

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  • Police often question people without arresting them, and Terry v. Ohio (1968) established that police may even stop and frisk a person for weapons without a warrant. Moreover, many jurisdictions have widened traditional common-law rules that allow for warrantless arrests of individuals for misdemeanor offenses involving breach of the peace and committed within the presence of officers to include all offenses committed in officers' presence. [Source: Encyclopedia of the Fourth Amendment; Arrest Warrants]

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