Metal Detectors in the Public Schools: Fourth Amendment Concerns.

Ferraraccio, Michael

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ERIC Number: EJ585651

Record Type: Journal

Publication Date: 1999

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Metal Detectors in the Public Schools: Fourth Amendment Concerns.

Ferraraccio, Michael

Journal of Law and Education, v28 n2 p209-29 Apr 1999

Asks whether proponents' justifications for using metal detectors to counteract school violence are compelling enough to override students' privacy interests. Concludes that there are serious constitutional concerns raised by using metal detectors. The rationale for upholding school searches in other contexts does not apply to metal-detector searches. (93 references) (MLH)

Descriptors: Court Litigation, Elementary Secondary Education, Privacy, Public Schools, School Safety, Search and Seizure, Student Rights, Violence

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Legal/Legislative/Regulatory Materials; Reports - Evaluative

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Language: English

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Identifiers - Laws, Policies, & Programs: Fourth Amendment

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