skip to main content
LOTERRE

LOTERRE

SAGE Social Science Thesaurus

Search from vocabulary

Content language

| español français
Search help

Concept information

... > social science subjects > criminology and criminal justice > criminology > law enforcement > personnel issues > police discretion
... > social science subjects > criminology and criminal justice > criminology > law enforcement > policing > police procedures > police discretion
... > social science subjects > criminology and criminal justice > criminology > law enforcement > policing > police conduct > police discretion
... > social science subjects > criminology and criminal justice > criminology > law enforcement > policing > policing strategies > police discretion

Preferred term

police discretion  

Definition(s)

  • Police officers exercise a tremendous amount of discretion in carrying out their functions. That is, they make many choices from a range of possible actions or inactions available to them that are not specifically prescribed by law. [Source: Encyclopedia of Law Enforcement; Police Discretion]

Broader concept(s)

Belongs to group

URI

http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/N9J-P4B6GDHX-G

Download this concept:

RDF/XML TURTLE JSON-LD