Do we need discretion? Police decisions and the limits of the law
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- Antoinette Verhage (UGent)
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- Abstract
- In their analysis of the abstract police, Terpstra, Salet and Fyfe point out that they see an evolution from a street-level bureaucracy (with discretion on the level of the police officer on the street) to a system-level bureaucracy (placing discretion in the hands of the computer, away from the police officer). In this chapter, we assess the extent to which discretion as a concept is different in the Belgian police system in comparison with other systems and delve into the pros and cons of discretion as present in the Belgian system. We conclude by reflecting upon the impact of abstractization and technology on discretion.
- Keywords
- Discretion, Police decision-making, Tailor-made decisions, Selectivity in policing
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Please use this url to cite or link to this publication: http://hdl.handle.net/1854/LU-8737430
- MLA
- Verhage, Antoinette. “Do We Need Discretion? Police Decisions and the Limits of the Law.” Policing in Smart Societies : Reflections on the Abstract Police, edited by Antoinette Verhage et al., Palgrave Macmillan, 2022, pp. 87–107, doi:10.1007/978-3-030-83685-6_6.
- APA
- Verhage, A. (2022). Do we need discretion? Police decisions and the limits of the law. In A. Verhage, M. Easton, & S. De Kimpe (Eds.), Policing in smart societies : reflections on the abstract police (pp. 87–107). https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-83685-6_6
- Chicago author-date
- Verhage, Antoinette. 2022. “Do We Need Discretion? Police Decisions and the Limits of the Law.” In Policing in Smart Societies : Reflections on the Abstract Police, edited by Antoinette Verhage, Marleen Easton, and Sofie De Kimpe, 87–107. Cham: Palgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-83685-6_6.
- Chicago author-date (all authors)
- Verhage, Antoinette. 2022. “Do We Need Discretion? Police Decisions and the Limits of the Law.” In Policing in Smart Societies : Reflections on the Abstract Police, ed by. Antoinette Verhage, Marleen Easton, and Sofie De Kimpe, 87–107. Cham: Palgrave Macmillan. doi:10.1007/978-3-030-83685-6_6.
- Vancouver
- 1.Verhage A. Do we need discretion? Police decisions and the limits of the law. In: Verhage A, Easton M, De Kimpe S, editors. Policing in smart societies : reflections on the abstract police. Cham: Palgrave Macmillan; 2022. p. 87–107.
- IEEE
- [1]A. Verhage, “Do we need discretion? Police decisions and the limits of the law,” in Policing in smart societies : reflections on the abstract police, A. Verhage, M. Easton, and S. De Kimpe, Eds. Cham: Palgrave Macmillan, 2022, pp. 87–107.
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abstract = {{In their analysis of the abstract police, Terpstra, Salet and Fyfe point out that they see an evolution from a street-level bureaucracy (with discretion on the level of the police officer on the street) to a system-level bureaucracy (placing discretion in the hands of the computer, away from the police officer). In this chapter, we assess the extent to which discretion as a concept is different in the Belgian police system in comparison with other systems and delve into the pros and cons of discretion as present in the Belgian system. We conclude by reflecting upon the impact of abstractization and technology on discretion.}},
author = {{Verhage, Antoinette}},
booktitle = {{Policing in smart societies : reflections on the abstract police}},
editor = {{Verhage, Antoinette and Easton, Marleen and De Kimpe, Sofie}},
isbn = {{9783030836849}},
issn = {{2730-535X}},
keywords = {{Discretion,Police decision-making,Tailor-made decisions,Selectivity in policing}},
language = {{eng}},
pages = {{87--107}},
publisher = {{Palgrave Macmillan}},
series = {{Palgrave's Critical Policing Studies}},
title = {{Do we need discretion? Police decisions and the limits of the law}},
url = {{http://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-83685-6_6}},
year = {{2022}},
}
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