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NCJ Number: NCJ 143475  
Title: IS THE EFFICIENCY OF THE POLICE FORCE MEASURABLE? (FROM RENDESZETI TANULMANYOK, P 19-28, 1992, PETER TIMORANSZKY, ED.)
Author(s): V Danos
Sale: Hungarian Institute for Police Research
1016 Budapest, Hungary
Publication Date: 1992
Pages: 10
Type: Surveys
Origin: Hungary
Language: English
Annotation: Positive political and social processes taking place in Hungary over the past 2 years have been accompanied by certain negative phenomena, including an unprecedented increase in crime.
Abstract: Because of the significant rise in crime, Hungary's police force needs to be strengthened and receive modern equipment. Also to be decided is whether Hungarian society needs a preventive or a repressive type of police force. There may be a future for a well-defined community type of police force that does not strictly focus on crime control. The fundamental purpose of the police force should be to ensure the public security of the state, the social community, and individual citizens. Technical literature on the measurement of police work efficiency is reviewed, as well as frequent errors and dangers associated with such measurement. An approach to increase police effectiveness is outlined that focuses on community-oriented policing and problem-solving, the practice of rotating police actions and the use of more intense police measures, and greater publicity for certain police actions. A model of goal- specific performance measurement is described. 11 notes
Main Term(s): Police effectiveness ; Foreign police
Index Term(s): Social change ; Political influences ; Police/ ; Crime in foreign countries ; Community policing ; Hungary
 
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