Can Performance Management Best Practices Help Reduce Crime?
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
9-29-2017
Publication Title
Public Administration Review
Abstract
As performance management systems gain popularity in police agencies, they are increasingly being criticized for their ineffectiveness at reducing crime and for encouraging abuse of authority. Scholars and practitioners, however, argue that these systems can be effective if they are implemented properly with the use of best practices. This article contributes to this debate by evaluating the impact of performance management systems and associated best practices on improving police performance. An analysis of primary survey data of 308 U.S. police agencies shows that performance management systems are effective tools in helping reduce crime across almost all crime categories. However, the best practices of performance reporting to citizens and providing discretion to officers have no significant impact on crime reduction, while consulting officers in the target‐setting process has a negative impact on police performance.
Repository Citation
Pasha, Obed, "Can Performance Management Best Practices Help Reduce Crime?" (2017). All Maxine Goodman Levin School of Urban Affairs Publications. 0 1 2 3 1533.
https://engagedscholarship.csuohio.edu/urban_facpub/1533
DOI
10.1111/puar.12856
Volume
78
Issue
2
