IMPLEMENTING AND EVALUATING POLICE PROGRAM PERFORMANCE MEASURES - PROPOSAL TO CONDUCT PHASE 2 OF THE NATIONAL PROJECT TO DEVELOP POLICE PROGRAM PERFORMANCE MEASURES

• NCJ Number: 38696
• Author(s): ANON
• Date Published: 1976
• Length: 125 pages
• Grant Number(s): 75-NI-99-0007
• Sponsoring Agency: US Dept of Justice; US Dept of Justice NIJ Pub
• Corporate Author: American Justice Institute
• Publication Format: Document
• Publication Type: Report (Study/Research)
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

PHASE I RESEARCH WAS DESIGNED TO DEVELOP A COMPREHENSIVE, VALID, AND PRACTICAL SET OF EFFECTIVENESS AND PRODUCTIVITY MEASURES FOR POLICE PROGRAM PERFORMANCE.

Abstract

RESEARCH EFFORTS PRODUCED TOOLS WHICH, COMBINED, FORM A SYSTEM OF MEASURES. THESE TOOLS INCLUDE BASIC POLICE PROGRAM OBJECTIVES, A SPECIFICATION OF DESIRED POLICE OBJECTIVES CONVERTED TO MEASURABLE OUTCOME FORM; A SCHEDULE OF RECOMMENDED POLICE PROGRAM PERFORMANCE MEASURES, OBJECTIVES-RELATED EFFECTIVENESS AND PRODUCTIVITY MEASURES; AND FORMULAS AND SPECIFICATIONS OF DATA NEEDED TO COMPUTE MEASURES. PILOTING, EVALUATING, REFINING, AND PACKAGING THE SET OF MEASURES FOR DISSEMINATION ARE THE PROPOSED OBJECTIVES OF PHASE II. THIS PROPOSAL OUTLINES IN DETAIL THESE PHASE II OBJECTIVES, PROJECT METHODOLOGY, PARTICIPANT CITIES, PROJECT SCHEDULE, ORGANIZATION, AND STAFFING, AND PROJECT EVALUATION. APPENDED MATERIALS INCLUDE A DESCRIPTION OF THE PHASE I PROJECT, A REPRESENTATIVE LISTING OF IMPLEMENTATION AND OPERATIONS REQUIREMENTS AND ISSUES, AND A MAJOR TASKS WORK PLAN....ELW