What role do police sergeants play in shaping the way frontline police constables understand and operationalise discretion?

翻译后摘要：警察自由裁量权已成为一个流行的概念，在警务文学，尽管其模糊和无定形的性质。自由裁量权往往被合理化为日常警务的必要和不可避免的一部分，独特的职业文化被视为自由裁量行动或不作为背后的驱动力。相反，警长的作用，以及他们对他们管理的警察（PC）的自由裁量权的影响却很少受到关注。现有的关于这个主题的研究是有限的和描述性的，尽管军官们强调“中士说的话”的重要性。将自由裁量权定位为批判性分析的对象，而不是警务的一个不变的组成部分，将为日常警务的内部运作提供一个新的视角。这个研究项目包括观察实地工作与一个小城市的警察部队在英国。一个关键的同理心框架被用来作为一个有价值的方法进行警察研究从女权主义的角度来看，从观察为基础的分析获得的新见解将创建一个更好地了解警长的影响力超过PC的操作自由裁量权，并将通知特定角色的培训的发展。

Abstract: Police discretion has become a popular concept in policing literature despite its ambiguous and amorphous nature. Discretion is often rationalised as a necessary and inevitable part of everyday policing and distinctive occupational cultures are seen as the driving influence behind discretionary action or inaction. In contrast, the role of the police sergeant, and their influence over the discretionary actions of the police constables (PC's) they manage has received little attention. Existing research on this topic is limited and descriptive, although officers have been known to stress the importance of 'what sarge says'. Positioning discretion as an object for critical analysis, rather than an immutable component of policing, will offer a fresh perspective on the inner-workings of everyday policing. This research project consists of observational fieldwork with one small city police force in the UK. A critical empathy framework is used as a valuable approach to conducting police research from a feminist perspective.New insights gained from observation-based analysis will create a better understanding of the influence sergeants have over how PC's operationalise discretion and will inform the development of role-specific training.