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Police discretion in India : legal and extralegal factors / Satyajit Mohanty.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Mohanty, Satyajit, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Police--India.
- Police.
- Police discretion--India.
- Police discretion.
- Police regulations--India.
- Police regulations.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xxx, 205 pages) : illustrations
- Place of Publication:
- Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2024.
- Biography/History:
- Satyajit Mohanty belongs to 1988 batch of Indian Police Service. In a career spanning over more than three decades, Mohanty has been posted at senior leadership positions in a number of Police Districts and Ranges, Police Commissionerate, Police Headquarters, Prisons and Correctional Services and Fire and Civil Defence Organisation in Odisha, India. He has also served as the Chairman of the Odisha Public Service Commission. He holds M.Sc. and LL.B. degrees from Utkal University, Master's degree in Human Rights from Pondicherry University, and PGPPM from IIM Bangalore and Maxwell School of Public Policy, Syracuse University, USA. He has been awarded Ph.D. degree in Law by the National Law University Odisha, India. He is a recipient of Police (Antrik Suraksha Seva) Medal, Police Medal for Meritorious Service and President's Police Medal for Distinguished Service.
- Contents:
- Police discretion ; factors influencing discretion
- Police discretion ; laws and policies in India
- Measuring the factors influencing arrest discretion
- The interplay of legal and extralegal factors
- The effects of individual and situational factors on arrest discretion
- Conclusion : findings and recommendations.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Electronic reproduction. London Available via World Wide Web.
- Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on November 08, 2023).
- Other Format:
- Print version: Mohanty, Satyajit. Police discretion in India
- ISBN:
- 9781003406679
- 100340667X
- 9781000905649
- 1000905640
- 9781000905663
- 1000905667
- Publisher Number:
- 40031987028
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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