This is a study of the exercise of police discretion as indicated by the responses of police recruits to a series of ambiguous, but common incidents. The situations are ambiguous in that they do not call for a clear course of action. The study measures the influence on the use of ...
At night, he wanted to sodomize me … While I was asleep, he started to remove my trouser. I ran away and went to the police. When I reached at police, I narrated my story, but they instead called me a mad person. They said that I didn’t wear my trouser properly and my words ...
I have already opened AtlasLoot and seen what may be to come, and know whether there is something I might want to roll on or not. More than that, I get a thrill from keeping my targets alive, seeing the bosses health
The study aimed to explore the perspectives of mental health care professionals who have first-hand experience with the use of coercion on the contextual factors that influence the use of coercion in the Portuguese mental health care. Five focus group discussions were conducted among 23 doctors and...
likely to end in serious police action because police have less discretion in felony arrests; and felons are considered more dangerous (Brown & Frank,2006; Brown et al.,2009; Smith & Visher,1981). Prior record can influence officers’ perceptions of dangerousness and promote the belief that ...
DiscretionArrestYoung womenPurpose The purpose of this paper is to examine the factors that influence police officers' decision making when dealing with young women considered violent. Design/methodology/approach Semi-structured interviews were carried out with frontline police officers in Scotland on ...
SOME FACTORS IN POLICE DISCRETIONFinckenauer, JamesoFinckenauer, J. (1976). Some factors in police discretion. Journal of Criminal Justice, 4(1), 29-46.
From the police organizational theory perspective prior research has shown that characteristics of police agencies can influence the use of discretion by the officers of that agency. This research investigates the extent to which certain police organizational characteristics influence the level of racial ...
Using qualitative data obtained from open-ended questions in a mail survey as well as in-depth interviews with 24 game wardens in the state of Kentucky, legal and extralegal factors that influence patterns of discretion are described. The extent of prior wildlife related deviance committed by ...
(2010). Police discretion and encounters with people experiencing mental illness: The significant factors. Criminal Justice and Behavior, 37, 1392-1405. doi:10.1177/00938548103836 62Godfredson JW, Ogloff JRP, Thomas SDM & Luebbers S 2010. Police discretion and encounters with people experiencing ...