Talk:Body cavity search

Slang

Cleaned up opening statement by deleting reference to prison slang - slang words should either be considered irrelevant or placed in a different section. the phrase 'booty search' seemed like an inappropriate way to start the article. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 216.186.209.236 (talk • contribs) 04:50, 4 September 2007

Cleanup tag

This makes not much sense to me. Where are the "searchable orfices" in the penis, testicles, and breasts? Nabla 23:42, 2 October 2005 (UTC)

• Excellent point. (by 71.28.243.246, 2005-10-04 03:07:18)

• The IRA Example seems to answer this concern. --Unsigned

• I have done some minor editing to provide some clarification and removed generalizations. Some additional details of the legal status of such searches outside the USA would be useful, but unfortunately, that is beyond my limited knowledge. As such, I've removed the cleanup tag as I think the entry is pretty straight-forward and self explanitory now. --Lendorien 02:01, 24 February 2006 (UTC)

NPOV

"Suspects and inmates can be highly creative in using their bodies to conceal contraband." This casts suspects/inmates in a suspicious light, as conniving individuals, and hints toward generalization. Also, "creative" is a highly subjective term that doesn't appear to be necessary in this context. I was thinking something more like "historically, there have been many different methods used to conceal contraband" or something along those lines. Paralysisordeath 02:07, 5 March 2007 (UTC)

Full hand ?

I am puzzle with the two last words of the following sentence:

"During manual body cavity searches, body orifices are probed using fingers or the entire hand."

Do you have references about situations were full hand is used or some reference to Police instructions were it is stated that they can use up to full hand? Alan Quest (talk) 21:40, 7 February 2012 (UTC)

Only in the US?

Body cavity searches may also be conducted by the U.S. Customs and Border Protection when they suspect international travelers of hiding contraband—such as drugs—in their alimentary canal.[1]

Why is the U.S. singled out here? Surely they're not the only border service to perform this? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 87.244.67.14 (talk) 16:55, 21 November 2012 (UTC)

Squats over a mirror

In some countries authorities demand for squatting over a mirror. Demands can be made that the squat should be held, and a flashlight can be used for extra lighting. The article does not explain that these squats are part of a visual body cavity search. 178.232.151.249 (talk) 11:21, 2 April 2016 (UTC)

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Gender vs sex

...transferred to an offsite clinic to be examined by a licensed physician of the same gender
There is no reference to this part. Why does it use the made-up and politicized word "gender"? Afaik, it was not common in the decades past. Shouldn't "sex" be used instead? Is it a case of Wikipediaspeak?--Adûnâi (talk) 01:47, 30 May 2020 (UTC)