Political Culture versus Socioeconomic Approaches to Predicting Police Strength in U.S. Police Agencies: Results of a Longitudinal Study, 1993 to 2003

Autor/inn/en	Zhao, Jihong; Ren, Ling; Lovrich, Nicholas P.
Titel	Political Culture versus Socioeconomic Approaches to Predicting Police Strength in U.S. Police Agencies: Results of a Longitudinal Study, 1993 to 2003
Quelle	In: Crime & Delinquency, 58 (2012) 2, S.167-195 (29 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0011-1287
DOI	10.1177/0011128708318947
Schlagwörter	Police; Statistical Analysis; Local Government; Longitudinal Studies; Political Influences; Political Power; Socioeconomic Influences; Predictor Variables; Job Analysis; Job Performance; Organizational Culture; Mail Surveys; Census Figures; Demography; Unemployment; Case Records; Crime; Crime Prevention; Models; Law Enforcement + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Statistische Analyse; Gemeindeverwaltung; Longitudinal study; Longitudinal method; Longitudinal methods; Längsschnittuntersuchung; Political influence; Politischer Einfluss; Politische Macht; Sozioökonomischer Faktor; Prädiktor; Arbeitsanalyse; Work performance; Arbeitsleistung; Unternehmenskultur; Erhebungsinstrument; Volkszählung; Demografie; Arbeitslosigkeit; Case reports; Fallsammlung; Crimes; Delict; Delicts; Delikt; Analogiemodell; Gesetzesvollzug
Abstract	A variety of theories have emerged that offer plausible explanations, one from the political institutional perspective and others from sociological perspective. There has been renewed interest in the effect of local political structure on police strength in the policing literature. The purpose of this study, therefore, is to assess the two main competing approaches that can explain variation in police employment across cities. The authors used a longitudinal data set collected from the same 280 cities in 1993, 1996, 2000, and 2003. A two-way fixed-effects panel model, used in the statistical analysis, indicates that the political culture approach, which focuses on local government structures, largely fails to contribute to the variation of police strength. The alternative socioeconomic approach better predicts police force levels across U.S. municipal police departments. (Contains 2 tables and 12 notes.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10