Searching for Hijackers: Constitutionality, Costs, and Alternatives
1973; University of Chicago Law School; Volume: 40; Issue: 2 Linguagem: Inglês
10.2307/1599119
ISSN1939-859X
Autores Tópico(s)Criminal Justice and Corrections Analysis
ResumoSearching for Hijackers: Constitutionality, Costs, and AlternativesIn 1930, a group of Peruvian revolutionaries commandeered a Ford trimotor aircraft and perpetrated the world's first recorded airplane hijacking. 1Since then there have been 394 hijacking attempts, 2 of which 248 have been successful. 3 Most attempts have occurred in the last five years 4 prompting some to proclaim the existence of a hijacking "epidemic." 5 In an effort to prevent would-be hijackers from boarding aircraft, preboarding security procedures have been instituted at air-portsO-procedures that raise serious constitutional 7 and policy questions.This comment first describes the history of airplane hijacking and the United States response to the problem.It then discusses the constitutionality of the airport security program and compares its costs 1
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