Abstract
More effectively than any other government entity, the Supreme Court can balance society's interest in effective law enforcement with individual interests in personal security. The American tradition has been weighted on the side of the latter. Nowhere is the opportunity-and necessity-to balance these interests clearer than in the area of criminal profiles. The clearest questions are when this law enforcement method results in a seizure under the fourth amendment, and what the Constitution requires before such a seizure is justified. A fresh approach can answer both questions.
Recommended Citation
Brown, Lowell C.
(1981)
"Criminal Profiles After United States v.
Mendenhall: How Well-Founded a
Suspicion?,"
Utah Law Review: Vol. 1981:
No.
3, Article 4.
Available at:
https://dc.law.utah.edu/ulr/vol1981/iss3/4