Criticisms of how police exercise their authority are neither new nor uncommon.  Police officers have considerable power, and they often must draw upon that power in complex and pressing circumstances.  This collection of essays by fifteen leading specialists in ethics and criminal justice examines the nature of police discretion and its many varieties.

Contents:

• Introduction, John Kleinig
• Police, Discretion, and the Professions, Michael Davis
• Response, Vidar Halvorsen
• From the State of Nature to Mayberry, Joan McGregor
• Response, John Kleinig
• Is Police Discretion Justified in a Free Society? Jeffrey Reiman
• Response, William C. Heffernan
• Police Discretion and Police Objectivity, Howard Cohen
• Response: Rortyan Policing? John Pittman
• Racial Generalization and Police Discretion, David Wasserman
• Police Discretion and Discrimination, Howard McGary
• Response, Racial Generalization, Police Discretion, and Bayesian Contractualism, Arthur Isak Applbaum
• Police, Prosecutors, and Discretion in Investigation, Candace McCoy
• Response, Robert Jackall
• Structuring Police Discretion, James J. Fyfe
• Response, Diana R. Gordon
• Index

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