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VALUE DILEMMAS IN LAW ENFORCEMENT: A Study of Administrative Decision Making in a Police Department
Author(s) -
HUNT RAYMOND,
MAGENAU JOHN
Publication year - 1983
Publication title -
law and policy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.534
H-Index - 45
eISSN - 1467-9930
pISSN - 0265-8240
DOI - 10.1111/j.1467-9930.1983.tb00309.x
Subject(s) - law enforcement , politics , administrative law , work (physics) , value (mathematics) , state (computer science) , enforcement , competition (biology) , political science , law , public administration , public relations , business , ecology , computer science , biology , engineering , mechanical engineering , algorithm , machine learning
As agents of the state, the police work in dynamic, normatively ambiguous, and conflict‐laden political environments. In these settings, various local partisan interests try to influence the police organization. As a result, technological, socio‐cultural, and political forces may produce anomalous administrative decisions in police agencies. These forces are “stabilized” by the personal views of the decision makers. This article focuses on a specific case of administrative decision making that illuminates the uneven competition among different partisan actors who seek to influence police policies and practices.