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Jul 26, 2022 · Argues that the public acknowledgment that criminal justice officials exercise discretion altered the study of the criminal justice system. Walker describes the evolution of the criminal justice system and the role of discretion in the work done by the police and the courts.
Policing since c.1900. The police in modern Britain continue to catch criminals using their power to question, search and arrest suspects. However, since c.1900, the role of the police has...
The period c.1700 to c.1900 saw an increase in crime. This led to the use of prisons as the main form of punishment and the introduction of the first professional police force in Britain. Part of...
Dec 14, 2009 · Because modern law enforcement agencies do many different things, it is impossible to define policing in terms of its ends. While it is true that one of the purposes of the police is to enforce the law, frequently they do not.
Aug 27, 2020 · The study from which this paper is drawn aimed to consider ethics and integrity by studying attitudes towards the reporting of colleagues’ rule-breaking within a UK police force. The so-called ‘blue code’ of silence is alleged to protect misbehaving officers and staff from outside scrutiny or punishment.
- Louise Westmarland, Steve Conway
- 2020
Jul 28, 2021 · If there is reasonable suspicion to believe that a stopped individual possesses a weapon or poses a threat, law enforcement officers can also conduct a frisk. Stop and frisk has faced significant criticism and has been the subject of several class-action lawsuits, particularly in New York City.
However, examples deriving from national case law and legislation have been collected by scholars and help identifying “categories” of crimes, which often are considered, especially in Western countries, as grounded in a cultural, or better said norm conflict.
