CJ 230 1-1 Discussion

According to Maartje van der Woude, discretion refers to “the freedom, power, authority, decision or leeway of an official, organization or individual to decide, discern or determine to make a judgment, choice or decision, about alternative courses of action or inaction” (2016). For this first discussion, you will introduce yourself to your peers and describe an instance in which you have seen a discretionary decision made in the criminal justice field. Include the following in your initial post:  Introduce yourself to your peers: o Who are you, and what do you do? o Why are you interested in criminal justice?  Describe an instance in which you have seen in the media a discretionary decision made in criminal justice: o This can be an instance that you read about in the news, saw on TV, or read online. Please focus on a public discretionar