RT Article
T1 Police discretion: Relations of experience to officers' beliefs and arrest decisions
JF American journal of criminal justice
VO 12
IS 2
SP 243
OP 253
A1 Juhnke, Ralph
A2 Bermann, Julia A.
LA English
YR 1988
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1764205340
AB Questionnaires to assess generalized beliefs about people and factors associated with arrest decisions were completed by police officers. Responses to the Philosophies of Human Nature Scale (Wrightsman, 1974) and to statements about law enforcement and arrest decisions indicated divergent beliefs and interpretations associated with different amounts of experience in the police role. Results are discussed in terms of socialization pressures on officers, and a broader perspective to understand the dynamics of that socialization is proposed.
K1 Police Discretion
K1 Occupational Identity
K1 General Belief
K1 Police Officer
K1 Human Nature
DO 10.1007/BF02888937