AARIN: Maricopa County Sheriff's Office Report on The Comparative Performance of Police Organizations

Publication Date: 
October 2012
Author(s): 
Charles M. Katz, Andrew M. Fox

The purpose of this report is to provide a proof of concept for a different, alternative method for evaluating police agencies. Our method is couched in a comparative approach, which will allow agencies to compare their performance to other police agencies. This report assesses police performance through the perceptions and experiences of recently booked arrestees. By comparing the perceptions and experiences of recently booked arrestees from different jurisdictions we can begin to contextualize results and observe differences that might serve as an early warning of a problem or serve as an indicator of success.

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