LEGAL 250 Final: legal final review
28 Jan 2019
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Broken windows theory - tolerance of disorder and minor offenses leads to more serious crime, restoring order will help prevent crime. Consider a building with a few broken windows. If the windows are not repaired, the tendency is for vandals to break a few more windows. Eventually, they may even break into the building, and if it"s unoccupied, perhaps become squatters or light fires inside. Discretion- power of a legal actor to make official decisions from a range of authorized choices, these decisions are generally but not always subject to review by other authorities. Impossible to enforce all laws all the time. You should be able to explain your opinion about whether police have too much or too little discretion and influences and limitations on discretion. You should be able to provide examples of common qualifications for being a police officer. Retribution- punishment for the act that has been committed matches impact of crime on victim.
