Ballucci Dale, Lecoq Garrett
Western University, London, ON, Canada.
Carleton University, Ottawa, ON, Canada.
Crime Delinq. 2023 Apr;69(4):798-821. doi: 10.1177/00111287211014155. Epub 2021 Jun 9.
This study examines police officers' decision-making practices through analyzing how they determine which offenders are candidates for an 810, or peace bond. This legal tool allows police officers to petition the courts for continued surveillance and conditions for offenders postrelease. Little, however, is offered in terms of assessment guidelines on how to make such determinations. As a result, police officers discretionary behaviors and additional legal factors play a key role in these determinations. Our findings advance the idea that "uncertainty" is the central object to be managed, and further complicate how risk is constructed and mobilized by suggesting that risk assessments result in over-precautionary practices.
本研究通过分析警察如何确定哪些罪犯是810或和平债券的候选人，来考察警察的决策行为。这种法律工具允许警察向法院申请对罪犯进行持续监视和释放后的条件设定。然而，关于如何做出此类决定的评估指南却很少。因此，警察的自由裁量行为和其他法律因素在这些决定中起着关键作用。我们的研究结果提出了“不确定性”是需要管理的核心对象这一观点，并通过表明风险评估导致过度预防措施，进一步使风险的构建和调动变得复杂。
