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In Search of Purpose and Priorities: Police Performance Indicators in England and Wales

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  • Paul M. Collier

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The notion of police performance needs to be unpacked into what is done; how it is done; and the results of what is done. But performance indicators are inextricably bound up with the objectives of policing. The change in these objectives and in police performance indicators that have taken place between their inception in 1992 and 2004 in England and Wales reflect political priorities but portray a continual shift in focus. Without a fuller public discussion about the objectives of policing, efforts to improve public satisfaction with policing are likely to fail. What is needed is a set of priorities that are consistent and embedded in a three-year policing plan that actually stays in place for three years.

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  • Paul M. Collier, 2006. "In Search of Purpose and Priorities: Police Performance Indicators in England and Wales," Public Money & Management, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 26(3), pages 165-172, June.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:pubmmg:v:26:y:2006:i:3:p:165-172
    DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9302.2006.00518.x
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    1. Paul Hunton & Alan Jones & Paul Baker, 2009. "New development: Performance management in a UK police force," Public Money & Management, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 29(3), pages 195-200, May.
    2. David Mason & Carola Hillenbrand & Kevin Money, 2014. "Are Informed Citizens More Trusting? Transparency of Performance Data and Trust Towards a British Police Force," Journal of Business Ethics, Springer, vol. 122(2), pages 321-341, June.
    3. Martin Broad & Andrew Goddard & Larissa Von Alberti, 2007. "Performance, Strategy and Accounting in Local Government and Higher Education in the UK," Public Money & Management, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 27(2), pages 119-126, April.
    4. Isabel García-Sánchez & Luis Rodríguez-Domínguez & Javier Parra Domínguez, 2013. "Evaluation of the efficacy and effectiveness of the Spanish security forces," European Journal of Law and Economics, Springer, vol. 36(1), pages 57-75, August.
    5. Andreea Ioana COSTE & Adriana TIRON-TUDOR, 2015. "Performance Indicators In Romanian Higher Education," SEA - Practical Application of Science, Romanian Foundation for Business Intelligence, Editorial Department, issue 7, pages 177-180, April.

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