How Public Officials Perceive Algorithmic Discretion: A Study of Status Quo Bias in Policing.

Algorithms are disrupting established decision‐making practices in public administration. A key area of interest lies in algorithmic discretion or how public officials use algorithms to exercise discretion. The article develops a framework to explain algorithmic discretion by drawing on status quo b...

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Published in:	Public Administration Review Vol. 85; no. 5; pp. 1385 - 1398
Main Authors:	Afzal, Muhammad, Panagiotopoulos, Panos
Format:	Article
Published:	Wiley-Blackwell Sep/Oct2025
Subjects:	Police Resistance to change Public officers Cognitive bias Switching costs Rational-legal authority Statistical decision making Loss aversion
Online Access:	View this record in EBSCOhost