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Towards a Sociological Theory of Discretion
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“KC Davis's 'free to choose' conceptualisation of discretion is 'more political than analytical' (Campbell, 1999: 79), an ideological construct, rather than an empirical fact.”
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“Police decision-making is frequently a 'collective enterprise' (Hawkins, 1992) and conceptualising discretion as meaning that officers are 'free to choose' neglects the multiple cultural and structural pressures that have been found to bear down on and interrupt individual officer autonomy (Campbell, 1999).”
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- Authors
- CAMPBELL, E.
- Affiliations
- Newcastle University (GB)
- Corresponding author
- CAMPBELL, ELAINE
- ORCID
- CAMPBELL, ELAINE
- Venue
- International Journal of the Sociology of Law
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 1999-03
- Volume
- 27
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 79-101
- ISSN
- 0194-6595 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W2022552148
- Cited by
- 70
- References
- 63
- Citations by year
- 2025: 19 · 2024: 4 · 2023: 1 · 2022: 1 · 2021: 6 · 2020: 2 · 2019: 24 · 2018: 1 · 2017: 2 · 2016: 1 · 2013: 1
- FWCI
- 3.97
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- green
- doi.org
- Licence
- www.elsevier.com/tdm/userlicense/1.0/ (tdm)
- Locations
- International journal of law, crime and justice (publishedVersion)
- Newcastle University ePrints (Newcastle Univesity)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Political Science and International Relations › Policing Practices and Perceptions
- Social Sciences › Law › Criminal Justice and Penology
- Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Crime, Deviance, and Social Control
- Keywords
- discretion, police discretion, employee autonomy, police theory, policing, police behavior
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