Fragmented centralization and the organization of the police

IF 2 2区社会学 Q1 CRIMINOLOGY & PENOLOGY

Policing & Society Pub Date : 1996-12-01 DOI:10.1080/10439463.1996.9964752

J. Crank, Robert H. Langworthy

引用次数: 46

Abstract

Drawing on literature on institutionalized organizations, this paper presents a set of propositions regarding municipal police in the United States. This paper looks at how fragmented authority and funding in the institutional environment of American police affects organizational structure and behavior. Fragmentation is associated with increases in organizational complexity and may contribute to loose coupling both among organizational units and between management and line personnel. Community policing is presented as a special case of fragmentation in institutional authority and funding.

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分散的中央集权和警察组织

借鉴有关制度化组织的文献，本文提出了一套关于美国城市警察的建议。本文考察了美国警察制度环境中分散的权力和资金是如何影响组织结构和行为的。碎片化与组织复杂性的增加有关，并且可能导致组织单位之间以及管理人员和一线人员之间的松散耦合。社区警务是机构权力和资金分散的一个特例。

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Policing & Society CRIMINOLOGY & PENOLOGY-

CiteScore

5.40

自引率

7.40%

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期刊介绍： Policing & Society is widely acknowledged as the leading international academic journal specialising in the study of policing institutions and their practices. It is concerned with all aspects of how policing articulates and animates the social contexts in which it is located. This includes: • Social scientific investigations of police policy and activity • Legal and political analyses of police powers and governance • Management oriented research on aspects of police organisation Space is also devoted to the relationship between what the police do and the policing decisions and functions of communities, private sector organisations and other state agencies.