Evaluating US state police performance using data envelopment analysis

International Journal of Production Economics

Volumn 113, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 1031-1037

  Gorman, Michael F ^a   Ruggiero, John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DAYTON   (United States)

Author keywords

DEA; Environmental inputs; Police services

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; LAW ENFORCEMENT; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS; POLICE PERFORMANCE;

DATA ENVELOPMENT ANALYSIS;

EID: 43549116101     PISSN: 09255273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpe.2007.12.011     Document Type: Article

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