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Observations Regarding Key Operational Realities in a Compstat Model of Policing

NCJ Number
229527
Journal
Justice Quarterly Volume: 27 Issue: 1 Dated: February 2010 Pages: 28-51
Author(s)
Dean Dabney
Date Published
February 2010
Length
24 pages
Annotation
Drawing on 350 hours of ethnographic work conducted in a single geographic command within a metropolitan police department, this paper seeks to explore how officers orient to and internalize various dimensions of the Compstat model.
Abstract
Much has been written about the design, implementation, and crime-related outcomes of the Compstat model of policing. However, there exists a paucity of literature investigating the operational realities of this approach.The results identify a series of potential pitfalls associated with the Compstat model. References (Published Abstract)