RT Article
T1 Enhancing police efficiency in detecting crime in Hong Kong
JF Crime, law and social change
VO 78
IS 3
SP 321
OP 355
A1 Wong, Gabriel T. W.
A1 Manning, Matthew
LA English
YR 2022
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/182442518X
AB In this study we examine how the process of crime detection by frontline and investigative police can be modified so that the same level of policing inputs (i.e. police strength) can produce more outcomes (i.e. crime detection rate). A pooled frontier analysis method is used to measure the relative efficiency of 18 police districts in Hong Kong from 2007 to 2015 (n = 18 districts × 9 years = 162 decision making units (DMUs)), demonstrating variable returns-to-scale. Findings reveal that 95 of the 162 DMUs were found to be inefficient compared to the benchmark DMUs (those police districts identified by the Free Disposable Hull (FDH) approach as efficient) with an average FDH efficiency score of 95.37 out of a possible score of 100. Efficient districts provide an exemplar on how an inefficient district could achieve an optimal input-output translation for the detection of crime. This evidence can be used to shape police policy at the district level. This study represents the first frontier analysis of police efficiency in the detection of crime in Hong Kong using the most recent efficiency technique. We produce evidence that can inform police policy regarding the deployment of finite resources that improve the efficiency of detection without compromising other institutional targets.
NO Literaturverzeichnis: Seite 352-355
K1 Polizei
K1 Bekämpfung
K1 Kriminalität
K1 Aufklärung : Kriminologie
K1 Applied management
K1 Crime detection
K1 Data envelopment analysis
K1 Police efficiency
K1 Policing policy
K1 Hongkong
DO 10.1007/s10611-022-10027-0