Five Factors Are Especially Important in Determining When and How

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Essay

Five factors are especially important in determining when and how police use discretion. What are the five factors and explain how they are used?

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Definitions:

Earnings

The financial gains of an entity, typically used to refer to the profit of a company after taxes and expenses, or the income made by an individual.

Competitive Environments

Market settings in which multiple firms vie for customers, driving innovations, efficiency, and benefiting consumers with better products and prices.

Experimental Evidence

Data or information obtained through controlled scientific experiments, often used to support or refute theories and hypotheses.

Profit-maximizing

The process by which a firm determines the price and output level that returns the greatest profit, where marginal costs equal marginal revenues.