Measuring and improving police performance: The lessons of Compstat and its progeny

Policing

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 439-453

  Moore, Mark H ^a   Braga, Anthony A ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Performance appraisal; Police; Quality improvement; United States of America

Indexed keywords

EID: 0348162537     PISSN: 1363951X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/13639510310489485     Document Type: Article

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