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Terry v. Ohio

By: David A. Mackey
In: Encyclopedia of Race and Crime
Edited by: Helen Taylor Greene & Shaun L. Gabbidon
Subject:Race, Ethnicity & Crime, Ethnic Studies
Keywords:courts; police; police officers; probable cause; search and seizure; stop and frisk; weapons

Terry v. Ohio was a landmark U.S. Supreme Court decision concerning search and seizure, specifically in the context of street-level police encounters with the public resulting in a stop and frisk. The case arose following the actions of Martin McFadden, a ...

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  Mackey, D. (2009). Terry v. ohio. In H. T. Greene, & S. L. Gabbidon (Eds.), Encyclopedia of race and crime (pp. 801-802). SAGE Publications, Inc., https://www.doi.org/10.4135/9781412971928.n327
  
  Mackey, David A. "Terry v. Ohio." In Encyclopedia of Race and Crime, edited by Greene, Helen Taylor., and Shaun L. Gabbidon, 801-2. Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE Publications, Inc., 2009. http://dx.doi.org/10.4135/9781412971928.n327.
  
  Mackey, D. 2009. Terry v. Ohio. In: Helen T. Greene and Shaun L. Gabbidon Editors, 2009. Encyclopedia of Race and Crime, Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE Publications, Inc. pp. 801-802 Available at: <http://www.doi.org/10.4135/9781412971928.n327> [Accessed 16 Jun 2021].
  
  Mackey, David A. "Terry v. Ohio." Encyclopedia of Race and Crime. Edited by Helen T. Greene and Shaun L. Gabbidon. Thousand Oaks: SAGE Publications, Inc., 2009, pp. 801-2. SAGE Knowledge. 16 Jun 2021, doi: http://www.doi.org/10.4135/9781412971928.n327.
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