CRM 1300 Study Guide - Final Guide: Hot Pursuit, Police Science, Suspended Sentence
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Criminal and non-criminal behaviour committed during the course of norm work activities or committed under the guise of the profile officers authority. Example turn on sirens to get through traffic. When an officer chooses what laws to enforce or who to enforce those laws on. Departmental policies: what two categories of police discretion did goldstein(1960) come up with, invocation discretion. Refers to situations in which a police officer decides to arrest an individual. Force that is used with the intent to cause bodily injury or death. Public vs. private setting: most more likely to be arrested in public because the crowd wants to see the police to take charge of the situation. The most serious the crime the more likely the officer is to arrest. Strength of the evidence or witness will also determine if there is going to be an arrest: what are some extralegal variables.
