Public Administration Discretion Bobbi Soriano Grantham University Public administration is in a constant state of flux and what worked for one era may not necessarily be the best option of doing things in a completely different era. Max Weber’s rules of public administration state that public administrators should only be allowed to follow a restricted set of rules. The people who hold offices in the public administration are also constantly changing which would also make
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Justice and Authority paper Discretionary authority in the Criminal Justice system Allen Ray CJA/550 April 11th‚ 2011 Discussions in how discretion is exercised in the legal profession often raises debate in the criminal justice system. Discretion is vastly misused in many of the criminal justice fields. Areas such as youth justice‚ sentencing‚ policing‚ and a host of many other legal fields need better understanding‚ interpretation and communication. As with many practices‚ the object
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Throughout law enforcement‚ discretion plays one of the biggest roles. The biggest department in the world is known as the NYPD. The NYPD is the heart of New York City. Some people would see discretion is a good thing for the community‚ meanwhile‚ others see discretion as officers not doing their job. Discretion as many people that plays parts to how it would or should be handled. Some article argued for discretion and some argue against it. Discretion is processed differently depending on the situation
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Discretion In The Criminal Justice System Discretion is the eminence of once behavior or the way of speaking in order to avoid any offensive occurrence or speaking up any private issues or information in public. It is the self-determination for someone to choose or think what should be better to be done in particular circumstances. Especially for a judge‚ a public official or other private party has the authority to make decisions on any legal matters or other big official subjects. Thus‚ a person
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English 101 8 December 2010 The Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department: Honest or Crooked? The Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department is an agency of highly disciplined and trained people whom sometimes‚ although not terribly often‚ do the wrong thing. We were taught at an extremely young age that the police are friends of the community. There are honest and dishonest people in all societies‚ as well as in the police department. A police officer’s mission is to enforce the law which citizens
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Why kill us‚ we made you. Police killing people‚ people killing police for many different reasons also‚ nowadays blacks can walk down the street without being called a name. Can you believe that whites and blacks can marry each other. A lot of people might have something to say about it though. When I say police like killing people I don’t just mean everybody I mean mostly blacks throughout the year‚ it’s been about blacks. In my life it’s been about protecting myself. How can I protect myself if
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Running Head: POLICE CORRUP 1 2 Introduction Police corruption is one of the oldest and a persistent problem in police agencies. What is corruption? Corruption can be defined as the misuse of public power for private or personal profit (Newburn‚ 1999). This is a problem that has and will continue to affect us all whether you
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Police Department Organization Paper University of Phoenix CJA/214 February 15‚ 2011 The organizational structure of most American police departments is a bureaucracy with an authoritarian management style; the only exception is smaller departments which have a more informal management style and simple organizational structure (Katz and Walker‚ 2008). Most departments have a civil service system to govern personal policies‚ except for the smallest agencies. The majority of larger departments
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Explain the role of discretion in the criminal justice system. As a society we believe that offenders should be held accountable for their actions but also treated fairly in the criminal investigation‚ trial process and sentencing. As a result of this‚ the power of discretion‚ that is the ability to choose from a range of options‚ is granted to some authorities ensure some flexibility for decision making within the system‚ enabling a more holistic outcome for all parties involved. The issues
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Police Department Organization Paper 01-09-2012 CJA/214 Instructor: Robert Ferrier Police Department Organization Paper Local police departments‚ including city and county agencies‚ represent a third level of law enforcement activity in the United States. The term local police encompass a wide variety of agencies. Municipal departments‚ rural sheriff’s departments‚ and specialized groups like campus police and transit police. There are approximately 12‚700 municipal police
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