Efficiency in Crime Prevention: A Case Study of the Lisbon Precincts

Efficiency in Crime Prevention: A Case Study of the Lisbon Precincts

This paper analyzes the technical efficiency of the Lisbon police precincts in order to investigate its performance. A stochastic cost frontier model is used to generate efficiency scores, assuming that efficiency is time varying. It investigates its efficiency and finds that the results are, at bes...

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Published in:International advances in economic research Vol. 11; no. 3; pp. 315 - 328
Main Authors: Barros, C.P, Alves, F.P
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: Edwardsville Springer 01-08-2005
Springer Nature B.V
Subjects:
Case studies
Crime prevention
Criminal investigations
Data envelopment analysis
Econometrics
Efficiency
Police
Portugal
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Summary:This paper analyzes the technical efficiency of the Lisbon police precincts in order to investigate its performance. A stochastic cost frontier model is used to generate efficiency scores, assuming that efficiency is time varying. It investigates its efficiency and finds that the results are, at best, mixed since the efficient scores are low and not time varying. Therefore, an alteration of management procedures is proposed in order to enable efficiency to be increased based on a governance-environment framework.
ISSN:1083-0898
1573-966X
DOI:10.1007/s11294-005-6660-z