When it comes to police discretion, which one of the following statements is associated with relationship between the police and the criminal or victim?
a. The less serious a crime is to the public, the more freedom officers have to to use discretion.
b. Police discretion is dependent upon the relationship between the alleged criminal and the victim.
c. A polite complainant will be taken more seriously than a hostile one.
d. Departmental policy recognizes that some officers are more likely to investigate criminal activity than others.
e. Police administrators can set priorities and dictate changes that have enormous consequences on an officer's use of discretion.
b
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A) Following a lawful impoundment. B) When they follow standard operating procedures. C) When they are not pretextual. D) All of the above
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a. primitive rebellion b. proletariat rebellion c. primitive revolution d. proletariat revolution
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a. Victim and criminal justice system interaction. b. Effects of crime on the victim. c. Victim recovery d. Victim blaming
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