Abstract
Police forces are among the largest and most expensive public sector agencies. Can, and should, governments continue to increase their expenditures on police forces? Are there ways in which these expenditures can be contained in the future? Are the resources which the police already possess utilised efficiently and effectively? Are there certain functions which the police now perform which should be undertaken by other agencies, public or private? These are some of the key questions addressed at this seminar.
Proceedings of a seminar held 31 May-2 June 1988
Contents
- Opening remarks
Duncan Chappell - Opening address
Michael Tate - The dilemma of increased demand
Peter McAulay - Police effectiveness: old dilemmas, new directions
Jan Robinson - The Canadian experience with improving police productivity and performance
Peter Engstad - Reconciling policy and police practice - panel discussion
Dorothy Bracey - Developing performance indicators for the Australian Federal Police
Bob Mills - Crime statistics
Marion McEwin - The role of social research in the measurement of police performance
Robert Whelan - Effectiveness in dealing with crime
Peter Engstad - Policing the roads: the Tasmanian position
Bill Horman - NSW Police Service 1984 to 1988 - maximising productivity and service
Christine Nixon - Finance - the ultimate control
Michael Bourne - Changing police activities
John Johnson - Resistance to change
Lloyd Taylor - Aligning police productivity to organisational goals
David Smith - Overview - standards and the system
Dorothy Bracey - Appendix - Efficiency and effectiveness in Australian policing: a citizen's guide to police services
Peter Grabosky - List of participants