NCJ Number
168623
Date Published
1997
Length
237 pages
Annotation
This book provides a method by which local police administrators can take into account specific problems of their communities plus the social, political and economic contexts that must be considered in planning police policies and operations.
Abstract
A supplement for police administration courses, this text provides students an opportunity to practice decision making through participation in realistic cases, using database information included in the book. The book examines process orientation, the problems of process-oriented police work and obstacles to successful police administration. A section on the evolution, environment and effects of goal-oriented planning discusses systems concepts, including a model of systems planning, the planning and budgeting connection and enabling theory. A chapter on linking research, policy analysis and planning examines program evaluation models that test concepts and theories about police administration and management. Role-playing cases and exercises focus on various planning matters, including: economics and resource allocation; social and political values; strategic planning of city-county policing; building a county housing project; and pressure groups. References, tables, appendix