RT Article
T1 The multi-dimensional environment of publicly funded U.S. crime laboratories and its impact on lab priorities
JF Journal of crime and justice
VO 43
IS 3
SP 362
OP 376
A1 Matusiak, Matthew C.
A2 Campbell, Bradley A.
A2 King, William R.
LA English
YR 2020
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1777446643
AB Institutional theory of organizations has been increasingly applied to U.S. police organizations. There is, however, a dearth of literature applying institutional theory to publicly funded U.S. crime laboratories. Utilizing a national census and a survey of laboratory directors, we assess lab directors’ awareness of their institutional environments. We find that lab directors perceive a multi-dimensional institutional environment surrounding their labs, and they attribute varying levels of importance to sovereigns within their institutional environments. Lab directors also identify a multi-dimensional, organizational priority structure. Further analysis indicates that directors’ perceptions of their environments significantly impact organizational priorities, findings that support institutional theory.
K1 Crime labs
K1 Environmental dimensionality
K1 Institutional Theory
DO 10.1080/0735648X.2019.1673792