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The Crime Numbers Game. Management by Manipulation.
Eterno, John A.; Silverman, Eli B.
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Description for The Crime Numbers Game. Management by Manipulation.
Paperback. Series: Advances in Police Theory and Practice. Num Pages: 282 pages, 10 black & white illustrations, 3 black & white tables. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; JKSW1; JKVF. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 233 x 161 x 18. Weight in Grams: 484.
In the mid-1990s, the NYPD created a performance management strategy known as Compstat. It consisted of computerized data, crime analysis, and advanced crime mapping coupled with middle management accountability and crime strategy meetings with high-ranking decision makers. While initially credited with a dramatic reduction in crime, questions quickly arose as to the reliability of the data. This volume brings together the work of two criminologists?€”one a former NYPD captain?€”who present the first in-depth empirical analysis of this management system?€”exposing the truth about crime statistic?€?s manipulation in the NYPD and the repercussions suffered by crime victims and those who blew the ... Read more
In the mid-1990s, the NYPD created a performance management strategy known as Compstat. It consisted of computerized data, crime analysis, and advanced crime mapping coupled with middle management accountability and crime strategy meetings with high-ranking decision makers. While initially credited with a dramatic reduction in crime, questions quickly arose as to the reliability of the data. This volume brings together the work of two criminologists?€”one a former NYPD captain?€”who present the first in-depth empirical analysis of this management system?€”exposing the truth about crime statistic?€?s manipulation in the NYPD and the repercussions suffered by crime victims and those who blew the ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Inc United States
Number of pages
282
Condition
New
Series
Advances in Police Theory and Practice
Number of Pages
314
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9781439810316
SKU
V9781439810316
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About Eterno, John A.; Silverman, Eli B.
John A. Eterno, Eli B. Silverman
Reviews for The Crime Numbers Game. Management by Manipulation.
" … absolutely worth reading. It raises serious concerns which, if true, amount to a terrible management system which has been allowed to run amok—raising some frightening civil liberties issues. It should be read by anyone involved in law enforcement and public safety statistical analysis because it highlights many possible ways to game the system and then describes the unintended ... Read more