The efficiency of police stations in the city of Ankara: An application of data envelopment analysis

Policing

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 25-38

  Akdogan, Huseyin ^a  

^a Turkish National Police Academy   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Cost effectiveness; Data envelopment analysis; Decision making; Efficiency; Police; Police performance; Relative efficiency; Turkey; Turkish National Police

Indexed keywords

EID: 84857578763     PISSN: 1363951X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/13639511211215432     Document Type: Article

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