Policing to a Different Beat: Measuring Police Performance

Legrand, Tim; Bronitt, Simon

doi:10.1057/9781137007780_1

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“…Interviewee 5 discussed tensions they had experienced at a management level about decisions of targeting, and how this would be reflected in performance metrics. The interviewee reflected that low-level and high-volume drug investigations enable police to obtain more convictions and ‘that’s what counts’, or perhaps that is what is countable, a point also made by Legrand and Bronitt (2012). Here, it is clear that police work is directed to achieve performance expectations, demonstrating that such measures of ‘accountability’ skew police work to align with reductionist (and questionable) measures of ‘success’.…”

Section: Findings and Emerging Themesmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…The high-level outcomes Willis et al (2011) suggest measuring include reductions in drug-related crime and organised crime and improvements in public health and amenity. Likewise, Legrand and Bronitt (2012) have proposed a set of indicators that represent broader notions of democratic policing. These include indicators of law and order, human rights and probity in office.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…The measurement of police work and subsequent determinations of ‘effectiveness’ are contested. Some authors have asserted performance measurement regimes in the United Kingdom (UK) and Australia distract police from their law and order and human rights objectives (Legrand and Bronitt, 2012). For example, Legrand and Bronitt (2012) argue that metrics have become the core business of policing, both defining and determining the central functions of police services.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Some authors have asserted performance measurement regimes in the United Kingdom (UK) and Australia distract police from their law and order and human rights objectives (Legrand and Bronitt, 2012). For example, Legrand and Bronitt (2012) argue that metrics have become the core business of policing, both defining and determining the central functions of police services. This managerialisation of policing, underpinned by a politics of accountability, serves to construct and transform notions of police practice, performance and impact (Collier, 2006).…”

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confidence: 99%

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New public management and the ‘business’ of policing organised crime in Australia

Mann

2016

Criminology & Criminal Justice

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The globalisation of new public management (NPM) across OECD countries had a profound impact on the administration and management of policing policy and practice. The ideologies of NPM were enthusiastically embraced in Australia in response to high-level corruption with mixed results. This article draws on interviews with senior Australian federal police to explore the policing of organised crime in the context of NPM. Emerging themes concerned the requirement to make the ‘business case’ for resources on the basis of strategic intelligence, recognition of the complexities associated with performance measurement and institutional competition as agencies vie for limited public resources. This article questions the discursive practices of NPM policing and raises questions about notions of ‘accountability’ and ‘transparency’ for effective police approaches to organised crime.

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Section: Findings and Emerging Themesmentioning

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Section: Introductionmentioning

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Section: Introductionmentioning

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New public management and the ‘business’ of policing organised crime in Australia

Mann

2016

Criminology & Criminal Justice

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“…The executive police leaders' pursuit of effectiveness has become increasingly more important in recent years and has turned to researchers to address their shortcomings. Since the 1900s there has been widespread adoption of public sector management tools to measure the effectiveness of public sector organizations (Legrand & Bronitt, 2012). In the 1980s organizational effectiveness became more prominent and changed to be a concept from the status of a construct (Ashraf, 2012).…”

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Perceived Effective Business Ethics through Leadership and Cultural Competence in the United States

Kasztelnik

Brown

2019

BEL

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The paper summarizes the arguments and counterarguments within the scientific discussion on the issue perceived effective policing through leaderships’ diversity training learning outcomes and cultural competence. The main purpose of this quantitative correlational study was conducted to address if and to what extent the leadership of law enforcement agencies is learning outcomes of diversity training initiatives and the level of cultural competence of leadership influences law enforcement organizational effectiveness. Systematization of literary sources and approaches for solving the problem of effective policing leadership indicates that this quantitative research study expands police leadership knowledge base by identifying whether significant differences exist in police effectiveness when incorporating diversity training initiative learning outcomes and cultural competence both exclusively and collectively. The relevance of the decision of this scientific problem is that police leadership possessing the knowledge and understanding police effectiveness through diversity training initiative learning outcomes and cultural competence can adapt and adjust in concert with the need to be more effective in Black and multicultural commutes based on the study’s findings. The statistical significance indicated in this study concerning diversity training initiative learning outcomes predicting police effectiveness is substantial. The paper presents the results of this empirical analysis study that may contribute to the positive national senior management change by bringing into focus the role of effective policing through leaderships’ diversity training learning outcomes and cultural competence and its positive impact on the public sector. Keywords: Cultural Competence, Diversity Training, Management Effectiveness, Multicultural Leadership, Management Decision, Business Ethics.

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The mediating role of innovation culture on the relationship between Six Sigma and organisational performance in Dubai police force

Alosani¹,

Yusoff

Al-Ansi

et al. 2020

IJLSS

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Purpose This study aims to empirically examine the relationship between Six Sigma and organisational performance of the Dubai Police Force (DPF). Moreover, this study further explores the role of innovation culture as a mediating variable between this relationship. Design/methodology/approach A questionnaire survey was conducted to collect research data. The population of the study was composed of head section officers of the DPF. A total of 388 questionnaires were distributed amongst respondents in which 252 of them were returned. Structural equation modelling was performed to test the hypothesised model. Findings Central findings confirmed the effect of Six Sigma and innovation culture on organisational performance. Additionally, innovation culture was found to partially mediate the effects of Six Sigma on organisational performance. Practical implications Findings from this study may enlighten managers, practitioners and academicians on the importance of using Six Sigma in the policing field. This study advocates taking into account preparing appropriate culture when implementing Six Sigma projects given its role in facilitating the implementation of these projects and achieving success. Six Sigma with innovation culture provides a key opportunity for the creation of uniqueness and has the potential to significantly influence organisational performance. Originality/value This study adds to the current knowledge on the role of Six Sigma on organisational performance of police agencies. This study is the first to provide empirical evidence on the mediating role of innovation culture on the relationship between Six Sigma and organisational performance in policing context.

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Policing to a Different Beat: Measuring Police Performance

Cited by 8 publications

References 17 publications

New public management and the ‘business’ of policing organised crime in Australia

New public management and the ‘business’ of policing organised crime in Australia

Perceived Effective Business Ethics through Leadership and Cultural Competence in the United States

The mediating role of innovation culture on the relationship between Six Sigma and organisational performance in Dubai police force

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