ELECTRONIC SURVEILLANCE AND THE AMERICAN CONSTITUTIONAL SYSTEM

• NCJ Number: 7301
• Author(s): A R LANDEVER
• Date Published: 1969
• Length: 393 pages
• Sale Source: UMI Dissertation Services
• Publication Type: Thesis/Dissertation
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America
• Note: UNPUBLISHED DISSERTATION

Annotation

DESIRABILITY, CONSTITUTIONALITY, AND EFFECT OF PERMITTING GOVERNMENTAL ELECTRONIC SURVEILLANCE AS A POLICE INVESTIGATIVE TECHNIQUE.

Abstract

THIS STUDY SEEKS TO DETERMINE WHETHER GOVERNMENTAL ELECTRONIC SURVEILLANCE - WIRETAPPING, ELECTRONIC EAVESDROPPING AND PARTICIPANT SURVEILLANCE - IS IN CONFLICT WITH AMERICAN TRADITIONS OF LIBERTY AND LIMITED GOVERNMENT. USING A POLITICAL-LEGAL APPROACH, THE AUTHOR CONSIDERS WHETHER GOVERNMENTAL ELECTRONIC SURVEILLANCE TECHNIQUES ARE APPROPRIATE MEANS OF UNCOVERING CRIMINAL EVIDENCE, AND DISCUSSES THE WAYS IN WHICH OUR CONSTITUTIONAL SYSTEM, ESPECIALLY THE INSTITUTION OF THE SUPREME COURT, CAN COPE WITH THE PRACTICE. THE STUDY DRAWS ITS MATERIAL FROM WORKS IN POLITICAL PHILOSOPHY, TESTIMONY IN LEGISLATIVE HEARINGS, FEDERAL AND STATE STATUTES, AND SECONDARY SOURCES IN POLITICAL SCIENCE. IN ADDITION, THE AUTHOR FOCUSSES ATTENTION ON THE JUDICIAL DOCTRINES AS ANNOUNCED IN NUMEROUS SUPREME COURT DECISIONS. BIBLIOGRAPHY. AUTHOR'S ABSTRACT MODIFIED