The Fine Line between Police Discretion and Corruption Abstract In today’s law enforcement agencies there is a fine line between discretion and corruption. Imagine that you are a police officer‚ you pull over a car that you suspect is driven by someone who has had too much to drink. Upon reaching the window you find that it’s an old friend from school. Do you take him to jail or do you take him home? Police officers have the power to make this decision. In the world of the officer this could
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ASSIGNMENT #2 – Police Discretion When enforcing the law‚ no two situations are ever the same‚ there for becoming difficult and impossible‚ in some cases‚ to enforce the law equally. There are different circumstances in every crime‚ take murder for example. A ruthless‚ sadistic murder that was intentional. A pregnant woman being beaten by her husband until she‚ out of desperation‚ grabs a knife and stabs him to death. Two very different circumstances but they both fall under the same crime‚ murder
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Food Is Important for the Creative Process I was constantly switching schools during the first years of my student life. In my first grade‚ I studied at a semi-boarding school that provided me breakfast and lunch because both of my parents had to work and were never at home. Then‚ in my second grade‚ I switched to a public school that was near my house because my mother hired me a nanny. But then in my third grade‚ my family moved to the big city‚ thus leading to another change of school. It did
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Criminal law is defined as the body of rules that define crime‚ set out their punishments‚ and mandate the procedures for carrying out the criminal justice process. The substantive branch of criminal law is responsible for developing the body of rules that define crimes and the punishments associated with each crime. It handles such issues as the different criteria that constitutes for different crimes‚ criminal defenses‚ and categories of crime. When defining various crimes‚ mental and physical
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Administrative Discretion NAME SCHOOL Should public administrators be restricted to only laid down rules in the discharge of their duties as espoused by Max Weber or should they have some amount of discretion? To me that is a very open question in regards to public administration and depending on the situation either administrators’ following guidelines is best or administrators following their best discretion can be the best for the situation at hand. So when answering this question I
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assaults”(Grover‚ Paul & Dodge‚ 2011‚ P.619). Police have the power to use discretion whenever they want. According to the Merriam Webster dictionary‚ “discretion is the quality of being discreet”(Merriam Webster Dictionary). In other words‚ discretion is when a person has the power to make decisions in certain situations. Police officers use the discretion power a lot in their job. They tend to use discretion in many different situations‚ for example‚ domestic violence. Domestic violence
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Theology 100 Father O’Leary 6/5/08 Final Exam Questions 1. Is Religion important? Why or why not? 2. Would anything change if the Tomb of Jesus was discovered and the bones within were proven to be his? 3. Think a bit about your talents and abilities. Do you think that one of more of these talents you possess could serve the common good of the society in which you live? 4. Think a bit about the talents or skills that either you have not yet developed or do not think you possess
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Discretion is a term that describes the flexibility that people like judges have when deciding the fate of offenders. They could choose to give someone the maximum penalty or be a little more lenient. This is all dependent on the situation and the amount of discretion they are given. There are many individuals involved within a case that have discretion. Three of the most prominent of these individuals would be police officers‚ prosecuting attorneys‚ and judges Police officers have a large amount
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Running Head: Administrative Discretion 1 Administrative Discretion Joy M. Stiles Grantham University Administrative Discretion 2 Abstract To understand what the advantages and disadvantages to restriction of laid down rules for Public Administration‚ one should look at the views
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applications which use the chromatography technique in their line of work‚ an example of one of these applications would be in the work of forensic testing‚ within this area of work special forensic scientists use gas chromatography to help them investigate criminal cases. For instance‚ if a building caught on a fire they would would investigate arson verification this is when they would use chromatography to identify some of the chemicals which may have been responsible for the fire . Once they have recognised
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