COST EFFECTIVENESS AND CRIMINAL JUSTICE

• NCJ Number: 2507
• Author(s): I SLOTT; W M SPRECHER
• Date Published: 1972
• Length: 7 pages
• Sponsoring Agency: US Dept of Justice NIJ Pub
• Corporate Author: US Dept of Justice
• Sale Source: American Soc of Mechanical Engineers
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America
• Note: PRESENTED AT THE ASME WINTER ANNUAL MEETING, WASH., D.C., NOV. 28-DEC. 2, 1971

Annotation

EXAMINATION OF SYSTEMS ANALYSIS APPROACH TO THE CRIME PROBLEM AND ITS RELATIONSHIP TO EXISTING TECHNOLOGY AND EXPERTISE.

Abstract

POLICE DECISIONS ABOUT BUDGETARY OUTLAYS, MANPOWER ALLOCATION, AND THE ADOPTION OF NEW TECHNIQUES CAN BE PLANNED BY USING QUANTITATIVE STUDIES OF OBJECTIVES, MEASURES OF PERFORMANCE, AND COST AND OUTPUT TRADE OFFS.