Editing Enforcement (section)

==Selective enforcement==
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Institutions may choose to exercise discretion, thereby enforcing laws, regulations, or norms only in selective circumstances.<ref>See Kenneth Culp Davis, ''Dialogue on Police Rulemaking: Police Rulemaking on Selective Enforcement: A Reply'', 125 {{smallcaps|U. Penn. L. Rev.}} 1167 (1977).</ref> Some scholars, such as Joseph H. Tieger, have suggested that selective enforcement is an inherent component of all enforcement regimes, because it is impossible for enforcers to observe and catch every violation.<ref>Joseph H. Tieger, ''[http://scholarship.law.duke.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=2345&context=dlj Police Discretion and Discriminatory Enforcement]'', 1971 {{smallcaps|Duke L. J.}} 717, 743 (1971) ("The exigencies of police work are such that even the most elaborate set of statutory or regulatory directives could not succeed in removing all occasion for the exercise of judgment.").</ref> Other scholars, such as [[Margaret H. Lemos]] and Alex Stein, have suggested that "strategic" enforcement is a cost-effective method of achieving social benefits; by focusing enforcement on the worst violators, other violators will "downscale" their activities so that they do not appear to be the worst offender.<ref>[[Margaret H. Lemos]] and Alex Stein, ''[http://www.minnesotalawreview.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/Lemos-Stein_MLR.pdf Strategic Enforcement]'', 95 {{smallcaps|Minn. L. Rev.}} 9, 9-10 (2010).</ref>