Professor Michael Mannheimer of 海角视频聽Salmon P. Chase College of Law is using old words to create a new concept for聽police in law enforcement.
Professor Mannheimer is the author of The Fourth Amendment: Original Understandings and Modern Policing,聽published recently by University of Michigan Press. In the book and speaking聽engagements around the nation, Professor Mannheimer proposes that a reimaging聽of two amendments to the United States Constitution 鈥 the Fourth, which forbids unreasonable search and聽seizure, and the Fourteenth, which applies the prohibition to state laws 鈥 could reduce the number聽of deadly police encounters with citizens throughout the nation.
Professor Mannheimer will present readings from his book聽March 27, beginning at 5 p.m., in the Votruba Student Union on the Northern聽Kentucky University campus. He will also discuss his theory in a聽question-and-answer session with Chase Professor John Bickers, prior to a聽reception and book signing.
His reimaging seeks to eliminate a major factor in聽confrontations between police and citizens 鈥 the amount of discretion individual officers can聽exercise in deciding whether to detain or enforce a law against one person but聽not another.
鈥淭he big problem with excessively broad discretion is under-enforcement 鈥 the discretion聽police have to ignore infractions by the privileged many and enforce the law聽only against the unlucky few,鈥 Professor Mannheimer says.
Professor Mannheimer has been a member of the Chase faculty聽since 2004, and has taught courses in criminal law, criminal trial procedure, the聽death penalty, evidence and sentencing.
