CONSIDERATIONS ON THE PROBLEMS INVOLVED IN DEFINING THE POLICE SUCCESS RATE

• NCJ Number: 36264
• Author(s): ANON
• Date Published: 1973
• Length: 17 pages
• Corporate Author: International Criminal Police Organization
• Publication Format: Document
• Language: English
• Country: France
• Note: INTERPOL, 42D GENERAL ASSEMBLY SESSION, VIENNA, 2-9 OCTOBER 1973.

Annotation

ONE OF THE BIGGEST PROBLEMS IN DEFINING A POLICE SUCCESS RATE LIES IN DETERMINING AND QUANTIFYING WHAT IT IS THAT POLICE ARE SUPPOSED TO DO.

Abstract

ANY NON-GOAL RELATED EFFORT BY POLICE WOULD (OR SHOULD) RESULT IN A LOWER SUCCESS RATE. HOWEVER, THE PROBLEMS INVOLVED IN QUANTIFYING THE POLICE EFFORTS AT PREVENTION, DETECTION, AND ELUCIDATION OF CRIME ARE ENORMOUS, EVEN WHEN ONE DOES NOT TAKE THE INHERENT INACCURACIES OF CRIME STATISTICS INTO ACCOUNT.