NCJ Number
49699
Editor(s)
R N BRENNER,
M KRAVITZ
Date Published
1978
Length
106 pages
Annotation
LITERATURE ON POLICE MANAGEMENT, ORGANIZATION, BUDGETING, PERSONNEL, AND OPERATIONS IS CITED IN AN ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY.
Abstract
THE 123 BOOKS, ARTICLES, AND REPORTS CITED WERE SELECTED FROM THE DATA BASE OF THE NATIONAL CRIMINAL JUSTICE REFERENCE SERVICE (NCJRS). PUBLICATION DATES RANGE FROM 1963 THROUGH 1977. THE SECTION ON MANAGEMENT PROCESS INCLUDES DOCUMENTS OFFERING AN OVERVIEW OF THE MANAGEMENT PROCESS IN POLICING, AS WELL AS SELECTIONS ON INNOVATIVE MANAGEMENT TECHNIQUES, E.G., MANAGEMENT BY OBJECTIVES. DESCRIPTIONS OF VARIOUS ORGANIZATIONAL STRATEGIES -- CONSOLIDATION, REGIONALIZATION, TEAM POLICING, DECENTRALIZATION, CONTRACT POLICING, ETC. -- ARE INCLUDED IN THE SECTION ON ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE. OTHER SECTIONS COVER BUDGETING (PLANNING AND BUDGETING TECHNIQUES SUCH AS THE PLANNING, PROGRAMMING, AND BUDGETING SYSTEM, THE PROGRAM EVALUATION REVIEW TECHNIQUE, AND COST-BENEFIT PROGRAMS); PERSONNEL (MINORITY EMPLOYMENT, CAREER DEVELOPMENT, EMPLOYMENT OF CIVILIANS, UNIONIZATION); AND OPERATIONS (DEPLOYMENT TECHNIQUES, RESOURCE ALLOCATIONS, COMPUTERS, MATHEMATICAL MODELING). APPENDED MATERIALS INCLUDE INFORMATION ABOUT SALES SOURCES FOR THE DOCUMENTS CITED, A SUBJECT INDEX TO THE BIBLIOGRAPHY, AND THE STANDARDS FOR POLICE CHIEF EXECUTIVES DEVELOPED BY THE INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF CHIEFS OF POLICE. INFORMATION ON OBTAINING DOCUMENTS FROM NJCRS IS ALSO INCLUDED.