Strip Searching after "Williams": Reactions to the Concern for School Safety?.

Stafkovich, Jacqueline A.

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Publication Date: 1995

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Strip Searching after "Williams": Reactions to the Concern for School Safety?

Stafkovich, Jacqueline A.

West's Education Law Quarterly, v4 n1 p93-109 Jan 1995

In "Williams by Williams v. Ellington" the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals upheld the strip search of a female student for drugs. Explains the standards for searching students in schools as set forth by the Supreme Court in the "New Jersey v. T.L.O." decision. Considers the application of legal standards in "Williams" and three other later strip searches. (103 footnotes) (MLF)

Descriptors: Constitutional Law, Court Litigation, Drug Abuse, Elementary Secondary Education, Federal Courts, Privacy, Public Schools, School Law, School Safety, Search and Seizure, Student Rights

Publication Type: Opinion Papers; Journal Articles

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Language: English

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