DEVELOPMENTS IN PUBLIC SECTOR PERFORMANCE MEASUREMENT: A PROJECT ON PRODUCING RETURN ON INVESTMENT METRICS FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT

Financial Accountability and Management

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 458-479

  Cuganesan, Suresh ^a,b   Lacey, David ^a,b  

^a SWINBURNE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

law enforcement; performance measurement; return on investment

Indexed keywords

EID: 84868342957     PISSN: 02674424     EISSN: 14680408     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0408.2011.00533.x     Document Type: Article

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