In Policing, Discretion Allows for Officers to Determine ______

question 58

Multiple Choice

In policing, discretion allows for officers to determine ______.

• A)when to stop an individual
• B)that they can use excessive force
• C)specific policies dictating how they should respond
• D)when they are allowed to make decisions based on race or ethnicity

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Definitions:

Mode

The most frequent score in a set of scores.

Measures of Dispersion

Measures of dispersion quantify the spread or variability within a set of data points, common examples include range, variance, and standard deviation.

Measures of Dispersion

Statistical tools that describe the spread or variability of a dataset, including the range, variance, and standard deviation.

Mean

The average for a set of scores.