Synopses & Reviews
This study examines, in a comparative fashion, the limitations or constraints imposed upon police organizational structure by agency size, technology employed, and agency environment. The book is based on data collected from 175 police organizations. It is not a study of the best way to organize the police, but looks at the way different organizations work so the reader can decide for himself.
About the Author
ROBERT H. LANGWORTHY is an Assistant Professor at the University of Alabama at Birmingham.
Table of Contents
Theories of Police Organizational Structure
Design, Measures, Data, and Methods
Size and Structure
Task and Structure
Environment and Structure
Recapitulation and Implications
Bibliography
Index