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Substantive Discretion

Substantive Discretion is a type of discretionary decision-making that belongs to the broader category of administrative or judicial discretion, distinguished by its authority to determine the content, significance, or outcome of a decision based on normative judgments rather than mere procedural or technical considerations.

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60

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36

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2017–2026

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Publications

39

Working the Street: Police Discretion and the Dilemmas of Reform

Robert F. Coulam, Michael K. Brown · Journal of Policy Analysis and Management · 1982 · 413 citations · Full text

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The Legislative Design of Regulatory Structure

Mathew D. McCubbins · American Journal of Political Science · 1985 · 398 citations

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Police Discretion in Emergency Apprehension of Mentally Ill Persons

Egon Bittner · Social Problems · 1967 · 385 citations

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Working the Street: Police Discretion and the Dilemmas of Reform. By Michael K. Brown. (New York: Russell Sage Foundation, 1981. Pp. xvii + 338. $18.00.)

Hindy Lauer Schachter · American Political Science Review · 1982 · 241 citations

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Taking police culture seriously: Police discretion and the limits of law†

Andrew Goldsmith · Policing & Society · 1990 · 153 citations

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Authors

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  1. EB
    Egon Bittner

    Brandeis University, United States

    2 publications · 469 citations

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  2. TH
    Timothy Heeren

    Boston University, United States

    1 publications · 15 citations

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  3. MJ
    Mikael Jansson

    University of Victoria, Canada

    1 publications · 21 citations

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  4. DO
    David Osrin

    University College London, United Kingdom

    1 publications · 35 citations

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  5. VK
    Vinay Kumar Tiwari

    Safdarjang Hospital, India

    1 publications · 35 citations

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Institutions

36

  1. University of South Carolina

    Columbia, United States

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    113 citations

  2. York University

    Toronto, Canada

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    46 citations

  3. Griffith University

    Brisbane, Australia

    2 h-index

    3 publications

    53 citations

  4. University of Wolverhampton

    Wolverhampton, United Kingdom

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    19 citations

  5. University of Toronto

    Toronto, Canada

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    42 citations

  6. King's College London

    London, United Kingdom

    1 h-index

    2 publications

    54 citations

  7. University of Gothenburg

    Gothenburg, Sweden

    1 h-index

    2 publications

    42 citations

  8. Paris School of Economics

    Paris, France

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    42 citations

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  1. Policing & Society

    2 publications · 188 citations

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  2. Social Problems

    2 publications · 469 citations

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  3. Journal of Criminal Justice

    2 publications · 26 citations

    2

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  4. American Law and Economics Review

    1 publications · 14 citations

    1

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  5. Administrative Science Quarterly

    ASQ · 1 publications · 138 citations

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