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An Exploratory Inquiry Into Community Policing Using Focus Groups: Perspectives From Social Service Providers, Tanya Leigh Ostrogorsky
An Exploratory Inquiry Into Community Policing Using Focus Groups: Perspectives From Social Service Providers, Tanya Leigh Ostrogorsky
Dissertations and Theses
The purpose of this study was to evaluate Portland, Oregon's community policing policy by using focus groups to discuss the development and effectiveness over one year, Spring 1994 to Spring 1995. The group discussed included management level social service providers and was one piece of a large scale program evaluation. The collected data developed into six major categories: 1) personnel policies and institutional memory; 2) training; 3) consistency; 4) community involvement and responsibility; 5) partnerships or relationships, and 6) change over time. The most highly discussed issue was the discrepancy between the philosophy of the Bureau, community policing, and the …
Uncharted Leadership : A Study Of Leadership In The Judicial Branch, Kevin Donnelly
Uncharted Leadership : A Study Of Leadership In The Judicial Branch, Kevin Donnelly
Honors Theses
This paper is the final product of a research oriented project in which I studied leadership within the federal judicial system, specifically the Supreme Court of the United States. This project was an in depth study of the amount, style, and effect of Leadership in the Judicial branch. Through this study I hoped to explore a major component of government which has somehow been ignored when studying leadership at the national level.
Quality Of Services At Community Correction Facilities, Funmi Stella Tofowomo
Quality Of Services At Community Correction Facilities, Funmi Stella Tofowomo
Theses Digitization Project
An effort to investigate the quality of services at community correction facilities from the perspective of both inmates and staff led to the proposition of four hypotheses. These hypotheses were formulated to show the relationship between key independent variables, such a facility type, time at facility, age, ethnicity, educational level, and dependent (outcome) variables, which included inmate's and staff's views of privacy, safety, rules and regulations, and crowding at these respective facilities.
Survey On The Seriousness Of Crime: A Comparison Of Three Police Departments, Terry J. Comnick
Survey On The Seriousness Of Crime: A Comparison Of Three Police Departments, Terry J. Comnick
Theses Digitization Project
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