Police discretion by definition is the power to make decisions of policy and practice. Police have the choice to enforce certain laws and how they will be enforced. "Some law is always or almost always enforced‚ some is never or almost never enforced‚ and some is sometimes enforced and sometimes not" (Davis‚ p.1). Similarly with discretion is that the law may not cover every situation a police officer encounters‚ so they must use their discretion wisely. Until 1956‚ people thought of police discretion
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P R E V A L E N C E OF POST T R A U M A T I C STRESS DISORDER SYMPTOMS IN T H E R O Y A L C A N A D I A N M O U N T E D POLICE by CHISEN GOTO B.A. Simon Fraser University‚ 1998 A THESIS SUBMITTED IN PARTIAL F U L F I L L M E N T OF T H E REQUIREMENTS FOR T H E D E G R E E OF M A S T E R OF ARTS in T H E F A C U L T Y OF G R A D U A T E STUDIES (Counselling Psychology) T H E UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH C O L U M B I A August 2006 © Chisen Goto‚ 2006 11 Abstract This study identified duty-related
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Actual abuse Scenario A member of staff at a nursery called busy bee nursery found out that one of the children she was teaching had bruises‚ she noticed that they were not ordinary bruises which they would get at their age. Also they were in areas which were strange like his stomach‚ underarms and on his back. The staff members were worried for his safety because they were not caused by accident like the child bumping into a hard object or tripping up. Response: The correct response would be
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Police Misconduct Amanda Winter University of Phoenix October 7‚ 2011 Police misconduct can happen in various ways in the criminal justice community. Police Brutality Police brutality is a type of police misconduct. This type of police misconduct can sometimes be confused with the police use of force. “Police brutality is a civil rights violation that occurs when a police officer acts with excessive force with regards to a civilian that is more than necessary” (US Legal Inc.‚ 2001-2011)
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write a memo to her advising how she might modify her current manual accounting system to accommodate the expanded business activities. Geiger is accustomed to checking her ledger by using a trial balance. Your memo should explain the advantages of what you propose and of any other verification techniques you recommend. Your friend‚ Wendy Geiger‚ owns a small retail store that sells candies and nuts. Geiger acquires her goods from a few select vendors. She generally makes purchase orders by phone
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Future of Policing With the many challenges that police officers face today the trends of policing may hinder them more than not. Our society has become more computer savoy over the last decade forcing our police departments to step up and keep up with technology in order to stay ahead of the average criminal. It is almost impossible today for the average police department to operate without the means of new and advance technology. The new generation of criminal mind is one that has had access
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and noncriminal events” (Boivin &ump; Cordeau‚ 2011). Every police officer has a great deal of discretion concerning when to use their authority‚ power‚ persuasion‚ or force. Depending on how an officer sees their duty to society will determine an officer’s discretion. Discretion leads to selective enforcement practices and may result in discrimination against certain groups of people or select individuals (Young‚ 2011). Most police officer discretion is exercised in situational situations with individuals
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Staerklé‚ C. (2009). Policy Attitudes‚ Ideological Values and Social Representations. Social and Personality Psychology Compass‚ 3‚ 1096-1112. Policy Attitudes‚ Ideological Values and Social Representations Christian Staerklé University of Lausanne‚ Switzerland Address for correspondence: Christian Staerklé University of Lausanne Faculty of Social and Political Sciences Institute for Social Sciences Bâtiment Vidy 1015 Lausanne Switzerland christian.staerkle@unil.ch Author note: We thank
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11/27/2012 HP Group work Development of Safety Concept in the Automobile. ABSTRACT Vehicle accidents are more rampant on Nigerian roads result in death of love ones yearly. Bearing in mind that accidents are inevitable‚ automobile manufacturers have fixed several safety devices to curtail the rate of accidents. Safety was not taken seriously during the early days of vehicle manufacturing it was until the first known fatal car accident of the last 1800s did safety becomes a design concern. The
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and the Police Part I: Outline Eileen Garcia CJA/344 Cultural Diversity in Criminal Justice June 17‚ 2013 STEPHEN HUMPHRIES Police corruption and citizen complaints relative to ethnicity I. Introduction A. Police corruption Police corruption has become an international problem. This was initially a common practice during the period when the police institutions were being developed but the effect has been felt by many people‚ even affecting peacekeeping operations. The police abuse
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