Measuring police efficiency in India: An application of data envelopment analysis

Policing

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 125-145

  Verma, Arvind ^a   Gavirneni, Srinagesh ^b  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management   (United States)

Author keywords

Data analysis; India; Police; Resource efficiency

Indexed keywords

EID: 33645214563     PISSN: 1363951X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/13639510610648520     Document Type: Article

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