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An alternative approach to the Fourth Amendment in public schools: Balancing students' rights with school safety
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Brigham Young University Law Review
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January 1, 1998
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An Alternative Approach to the Fourth Amendment in Public Schools: Balancing Students' Rights with School Safety*
I. INTRODUCTION
A public school student, on his way to class, enters the school building through an exterior doorway. There is a bulge protruding from the student's jacket which is noticed by a teacher monitoring the hallways.l Acting on impulse, the teacher approaches the student and grabs him. The teacher then reaches underneath the student's jacket for the bulge and finds a....
Statistics show that students in the United States collectively bring nearly 135,000 guns to school everyday.2 Data suggests that twenty percent of our nation's high school students bring some type ...