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    injuries from these assaults”(Grover‚ Paul & Dodge‚ 2011‚ P.619). Police have the power to use discretion whenever they want. According to the Merriam Webster dictionary‚ “discretion is the quality of being discreet”(Merriam Webster Dictionary). In other words‚ discretion is when a person has the power to make decisions in certain situations. Police officers use the discretion power a lot in their job. They tend to use discretion in many different situations‚ for example‚ domestic violence

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    Week 3 IW “Discretion & Court Cases” Discretion & Court Cases Discretion varies in each profession just as it does in each jurisdiction. It is how a person in an authoritative position conducts themselves and what they do in accordance with their profession and with ethical obligations as well as the law. Disparity is a major player in the terms of discretion which includes Race‚ Ethnicity‚ Gender‚ and Age. First and foremost society has set the mind frame for this which

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    The Importance of … Why is being discreet‚ communicating‚ and respectful important? These three things help make life a lot easier. Having these three things will make you a well-rounded person. Discretion is a state of being tactful and inconspicuous. Communication skills are a trait that everyone should posses. These things will make people take you seriously. When you have these theses things you should show it everyday and night. It should radiate off of you like the sun. You should light up

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    Administrative Discretion NAME SCHOOL Should public administrators be restricted to only laid down rules in the discharge of their duties as espoused by Max Weber or should they have some amount of discretion? To me that is a very open question in regards to public administration and depending on the situation either administrators’ following guidelines is best or administrators following their best discretion can be the best for the situation at hand. So when answering this question I

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    Research Report The Dark Side of Discretion Robert B. Kaiser Kaplan DeVries Inc. Robert Hogan Hogan Assessment Systems THE DARK SIDE OF DISCRETION Leader Personality and Organizational Decline Robert B. Kaiser Kaplan DeVries Inc. Robert Hogan Hogan Assessment Systems Author Notes Rob Kaiser is a partner with Kaplan DeVries Inc. Robert Hogan is President of Hogan Assessment Systems. Correspondence concerning this article may be directed to either author at Rob Kaiser‚ 1903 G Ashwood Ct

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    Running Head: Administrative Discretion 1 Administrative Discretion Joy M. Stiles Grantham University Administrative Discretion 2 Abstract To understand what the advantages and disadvantages to restriction of laid down rules for Public Administration‚ one should look at the views

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    A career in police work is something I knew I wanted early on. While in 7th grade‚ my teacher assigned a research essay on a topic of our choosing. Every topic I considered researching involved real life situations resulting in real consequences; alcohol abuse‚ drug abuse‚ and teen pregnancy were some of the topics. Research showed communities throughout the country seem plagued with low income families who lack resources or education to change their situations. Unfortunately‚ often times this

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    Explain the Limitations on Administrator’s Discretion with Regard to Responsiveness and Efficiency. Public administrators face many obstacles and roadblocks in order to efficiently run their agencies. Sometimes‚ the legislative laws‚ or rules they have to abide by need to be altered‚ or utilized in a fashion to better maintain the everyday need of the agency. In order to make sure that the administrator is using discretion that follows the laws of the this country‚ objective responsibility‚ subjective

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    programs based on police-work; proliferation of police dramas‚ their portrayal of different means of committing and solving crime‚ and the depiction of law enforcers themselves can hamper and aid actual police work in a big way. Which drives which? Does fact derive from fiction or does fiction reflect fact? It is probably a bit of both‚ with real life providing the background/template for fictional action‚ but how much can a TV show influence what happens in real crime fighting? Police dramas affect

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    Prosecutorial Discretion is the prosecuting attorney having complete authority on the turnout of a case. The prosecuting attorney has discretionary power over matters that involve "whether or not to bring criminal charges‚ deciding the nature of the charges‚ plea bargaining‚ and sentence recommendation" (U.S. Legal Inc‚ 2016‚ p. 1). Prosecutors are not obligated to take a victims accusations and represent it in front of a jury. However‚ the prosecutor is obligated to listen to the story‚ analyze

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