CRIMJ 210 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Major Crimes, Homicide, Unintended Consequences
18 Feb 2017
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Crim j 210 week 6 key concepts impact of shift on patrol. Day shift: 7am-3pm, greatest contact with citizens, traf c patrol and accidents, business service calls, report duties, transport evidence and of cials, major crimes are more likely to occur, senior of cers usually work day shift. Discretion: is an individual decision, discretion-decision by of cer not to evoke legal sanctions when they could use them, discretion is determining to intervene in a situation and if so how, discretion has a formal side vs reality. Formal is what the police say to the public like they are tough on time etc: discretion cant be used on for mandatory arrest situations that involve injury, homicide, serious crimes, most encounters involve police discretion. Factors for using discretion: using or not using can impact the person: Socially (depending on what they were arrested for) Professionally (cost loss of job or lack of getting one)
