Southern New Hampshire University

According to Maartje van der Woude, discretion refers to “the freedom, power, authority, decision or leeway of an official, organization or individual to decide, discern or determine to make a judgment, choice or decision, about alternative courses of action or inaction” (2016). For this first discussion, you will introduce yourself to your peers and describe an instance in which you have seen a discretionary decision made in the criminal justice field. Include the following in your ...

What is the second step in the decision making process? Select one. Question options: Resolve the ethical or moral dilemma by using an ethical system or some other means of decision making. Identify relevant values and concepts. Decide what is the most immediate moral or ethical issue facing the individual. Identify all possible moral dilemmas for each party involved. View Feedback 2 / 2 points One step in the decision making process is to identify all possible dilemmas and then decide...

Officers respond to a 911 call regarding an aggressive panhandler who is intoxicated and harassing passing pedestrians. Upon arrival, officers attempt to conduct a field interview of the subject when a female with a cell phone camera steps between the officers and the panhandler and begins shouting at the officers to leave the man alone. The officers tell the woman she is free to record. However, she is obstructing their investigation and she needs to step back. The woman steps further b...

Officers respond to a 911 call regarding an aggressive panhandler who is intoxicated and harassing passing pedestrians. Upon arrival, officers attempt to conduct a field interview of the subject when a female with a cell phone camera steps between the officers and the panhandler and begins shouting at the officers to leave the man alone. The officers tell the woman she is free to record. However, she is obstructing their investigation and she needs to step back. The woman steps further b...

According to Maartje van der Woude, discretion refers to “the freedom, power, authority, decision or leeway of an official, organization or individual to decide, discern or determine to make a judgment, choice or decision, about alternative courses of action or inaction” (2016). For this first discussion, you will introduce yourself to your peers and describe an instance in which you have seen a discretionary decision made in the criminal justice field. Include t

What is the second step in the decision making process? Select one. Question options: Resolve the ethical or moral dilemma by using an ethical system or some other means of decision making. Identify relevant values and concepts. Decide what is the most immediate moral or ethical issue facing the individual. Identify all possible moral dilemmas for each party involved. View Feedback 2 / 2 points One step in the decision making process is to identify all possible dilemmas and then decide...

First, explain the role of discretion in criminal justice. According to Kessler, D., & Piehl, A. (1997) “Studies in this literature generally hypothesize that discretion plays one of two roles: either it serves as the means by which changing broad social norms against crime causes changes in sentencing patterns, or it serves as the means by which internal social norms of the criminal justice system prevent the implementation of formal changes in laws”. Discretion is used throughout the ...

First, explain the role of discretion in criminal justice. According to Kessler, D., & Piehl, A. (1997) “Studies in this literature generally hypothesize that discretion plays one of two roles: either it serves as the means by which changing broad social norms against crime causes changes in sentencing patterns, or it serves as the means by which internal social norms of the criminal justice system prevent the implementation of formal changes in laws”. Discretion is used throughout the ...

First, explain the role of discretion in criminal justice. According to Kessler, D., & Piehl, A. (1997) “Studies in this literature generally hypothesize that discretion plays one of two roles: either it serves as the means by which changing broad social norms against crime causes changes in sentencing patterns, or it serves as the means by which internal social norms of the criminal justice system prevent the implementation of formal changes in laws”. Discretion is used throughout the ...

According to the Utilitarianism theory, actions are morally permissible if and only if they do which of the following? Select one. Question options: They produce some happiness. They have no effect on the individual’s morality. They produce at least as much net happiness as any other available action. They produce some sadness. View Feedback 0 / 2 points Which of the following best defines the term ethics? Select one. Question options: The discipline that investigates the meaning ...