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Showing 1 to 10 of 10 for “"Police discretion"”.
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Advanced information processing technologies and police discretion
1 PDF file (iv, 56 leaves ; 28 cm)
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The Impact Of Community Policing On The Structure And Administration of Police Agencies
… and decision-making processes, and more police discretion highlight the community policing movement. Essentially, community policing is the quality movement in American policing. This thesis will explore the impact of community policing on the structure and administration of police …
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From Blue Heelers to Rifle Wielders: Exploring change within police and the progression and meaning of police militarisation in Australia
… issue is the militarisation of Australian police. Academic exploration of the matter in an Australian context has not matched these trends. The objective of this study was to build on the limited body of research that examines police militarisation in Australia, explore the extent of police …
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A National Analysis of Racial Profiling and Factors Affecting the Likelihood of Traffic Stops for African Americans
The unequal treatment of racial minorities by police is by no means a new concept. The debate over racial profiling centers on two questions. Does racial profiling actually occur? If so, is racial profiling being used and is profiling a legitimate tool of law enforcement? There are those who debate …
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War on Drugs: Examining the Effects on Social Disorganization and Crime in Cities
… about potential social problems related to police discretion.</p>
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Blackshirts and White Wigs: Reflections on Public Order Law and the Political Activism of the British Union of Fascists
… Act significantly strengthened the powers of the police to regulate or proscribe varies forms of political activism. This thesis analyses the legal responses of Parliament, the police and the judiciary to interwar British fascism. In addition, by analysing the legal responses to public disorder …
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“They don’t help you here” a relational ethnography of domestic violence court
… court staff, and members of the Chicago Police Department to examine the relationship between domestic violence courts and the larger institutional environment defined by the traditional criminal court system. Three major findings are presented in this dissertation. First, analysis …
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Public opinion, crime and the police in Preston, c.1815-1914
… which developed between the Preston Borough Police Force and the public between 1815 and 1914. An attempt is made to determine whether or not the relationship fits either of the two models of nineteenth century policing; the 'conflict' model identified by Robert Storch and the consensus' …
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The Ferguson Effect in Contemporary Policing: Assessing Police Officer Willingness to Engage the Public
… and video recording of violent/tumultuous police encounters increase, police would back away from proactive enforcement, resulting in an increase in crime—the Ferguson Effect. Recent scholarship refined these concerns over police disengagement with the study of de-policing, while other …