Student Searches Revisited--What Is the Proper Standard?.

Zirkel, Perry A.; Gluckman, Ivan B.

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Publication Date: 1985

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Student Searches Revisited--What Is the Proper Standard?

Zirkel, Perry A.; Gluckman, Ivan B.

NASSP Bulletin, v69 n481 p117-20 May 1985

The U.S. Supreme Court's recent decision in New Jersey vs. T.L.O. suggests the legality of student searches by school officials should not depend on strict adherence to the probable cause standard, but on its reasonableness of suspicion and scope. (DCS)

Descriptors: Civil Liberties, Court Litigation, Elementary Secondary Education, Privacy, Search and Seizure, Student Rights

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Legal/Legislative/Regulatory Materials

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Audience: Administrators; Practitioners

Language: English

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Identifiers - Laws, Policies, & Programs: New Jersey v TLO

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