Date of Award

1-1-2012

Language

English

Document Type

Dissertation

Degree Name

Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)

College/School/Department

School of Criminal Justice

Content Description

1 online resource (ix, 343 pages) : illustrations.

Dissertation/Thesis Chair

Robert E Worden

Committee Members

David Bayley, Alissa Worden, William Terrill, Sarah McLean

Keywords

arrest decision, decision-making, police discretion, process model, working rules, Police, Police patrol, Arrest (Police methods), Police discretion

Subject Categories

Criminology

Abstract

A heavy research emphasis on the discretionary decision-making actions by police has led researchers to conduct a substantial amount of work regarding the individual, situational, organizational, and neighborhood influences on police behavior. The culmination of all this work results in one main conclusion - the majority of findings regarding the causes of police behavior are mixed. Further, current models of police behavior account for only a small amount of the variation.

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