CRIM 351 Lecture 4: Lecture 4 Police Discretion & Discrimination- Profiling, Pretext Policing and Overpolicing
26 Aug 2016
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Moral dilemmas of police of cers: frequent and unavoidable, not academic, likely to be unpopular with some groups, usually resolved quickly, dealt with alone, involves complex criteria. Discretionary decisions: form the basis of one of the most common investigative practices in policing - the street check , selective enforcement (the fido factor, arrest vs. Alternative resolution ( solving problems : discretionary decisions are based on a variety of factors including: experience, typi cations, recipes for action, subject attitude/behavior, individual outlook, legal context, environmental context and organizational policy. Forms of discrimination: enforcing the law different, withholding protection of the law, can lead to, greater disrespect, greater use of force, racial pro ling, greater use of pretext stops. Racial pro ling: occurs when police inappropriately consider race or ethnicity in deciding with whom and how to intervene in an enforcement capacity (friedell et al. , 2001) Minimizing police discrimination: recruiting, training, policy and practice, community engagement, addressing underlying social issues.
