Police Discretion: A Power that Can Be Abused and Should Be Regulated

DOI

10.2991/978-2-38476-018-3_73How to use a DOI?

Keywords

Police discretion; Investigation; Forces; Prosecution; Regulation

Abstract

Under the authorization of the law, police officers have a high degree of discretionary power in their work. However, in practice, police discretion has overly broad coverage and is susceptible to abuse. Such abuse occurs throughout various situations including investigation, prosecution, and disposition of forces. Therefore, the innovation of the law should emphasize the regulation of police discretion. The courts’ review of police decisions should be strengthened, and the entire process of exercising police powers should be made open and transparent to the public.

Copyright

© 2023 The Author(s)

Open Access

Open Access This chapter is licensed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/), which permits any noncommercial use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons license and indicate if changes were made.

Download article (PDF)

TY  - CONF
AU  - Wang Yao
PY  - 2023
DA  - 2023/03/01
TI  - Police Discretion: A Power that Can Be Abused and Should Be Regulated
BT  - Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Culture, Design and Social Development (CDSD 2022)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 620
EP  - 628
SN  - 2352-5398
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/978-2-38476-018-3_73
DO  - 10.2991/978-2-38476-018-3_73
ID  - Yao2023
ER  -