Abstract
Police discretionary decision-making is affected by a multitude of factors that may (not) impact police decisions. These factors can be divided into different groups of characteristics, one of which are the characteristics of police officers. By means of a scoping review, it was found that police officer characteristics were included in 44% (n = 232) of the studies included in the shortlist. The main factors are police officers’ experience, gender and ethnicity. Other factors identified are, among others, police officers’ prejudices or stereotypes, age, attitudes, mood or mental state, education, function, intuition or gut feeling and personality.
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