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ALLOCATION OF PATROL MANPOWER RESOURCES IN THE ST. LOUIS POLICE DEPARTMENT - AN EXPERIMENT, V 1

NCJ Number
1231
Author(s)
T MCEWEN
Date Published
1968
Length
96 pages
Annotation
RESOURCE ALLOCATION SEEKS TO ALLEVIATE PROBLEMS BY ASSIGNING MANPOWER COINCIDENT WITH FLUCTUATING DEMAND FOR POLICE SERVICES.
Abstract
EVALUATION BY GOVERNMENTAL RESEARCH INST CONSISTS OF AN ANALYSIS OF THE BASIC RESOURCE ALLOCATION CONCEPT AND THE MATHEMATICAL PREDICTION MODEL, RESULTS ACTUALLY ACHIEVED IN TERMS OF THE THEORY ON WHICH THE SYSTEM AND ITS METHODS ARE BASED, AND EFFECTS OF RESOURCE ALLOCATION METHODS ON POLICE OFFICER MORALE.