Title: Describe the conditions that distinguish arrest from detainment and other police-citizen encounters.
Course: Criminal Justice II (15051-II) > Section: Understanding the Rule of Law

Description should include

- identification of the different standards of proof necessary for different types of police encounters
- definition of arrest
- rules of misdemeanor arrest, including assault-and-battery and shoplifting
- definition of warrantless arrest
- use of force to affect arrest
- the difference between pat down (i.e., stop and frisk) and search
- the conditions under which a person must be advised of their Miranda rights.

Process/Skill Questions:

- When does a consensual encounter become an arrest?
- When may force be used during an arrest?
- What is the difference between arrest and detainment?