Performance evaluation of law enforcement agency on crime information management using queuing network model

Research suggests policing is a highly institutionalized field. Limited attention has been paid, however, to the institutionalization of leaders’ views. Assessing turnover in 71 Texas police organizations between October, 2011, and July, 2015, this research evaluates whether there is consistency (i.e., institutional homogenization) after turnover in chiefs’ perceptions of their environments and agency priorities. The research is unique in that it assesses two chiefs’ perceptions that have both led the same law enforcement agency in successive time periods. Assessments of environment and priorities from former chiefs and those replacing them are evaluated utilizing descriptive, bivariate, and multivariate methods. These assessments are also compared with a control group of chiefs from agencies not experiencing turnover. Bivariate results suggest little variation across current and former chiefs, whereas ordinary least squares (OLS) regression models suggest differing relationships across chiefs groups between environmental perceptions and agency priorities. Discussion of the findings is framed by institutional theory.

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Medicaid Not Required to Fund Medically Necessary Abortions

Nursing, Law & Ethics ◽

10.1017/s0270663600000960 ◽

1980 ◽

Vol 1 (8) ◽

pp. 3-6

Author(s):

George J. Annas

Keyword(s):

United States ◽

Law Enforcement ◽

United States Supreme Court ◽

The United States ◽

United States Constitution ◽

Medical Procedures ◽

Poor Women ◽

Law Enforcement Agency ◽

The Individual ◽

Joint Resolution

In an extraordinary and highly controversial 5-4 decision, the United States Supreme Court decided on June 30, 1980, that the United States Constitution does not require either the federal government or the individual states to fund medically necessary abortions for poor women who qualify for Medicaid.At issue in this case is the constitutionality of the Hyde Amendment. The applicable 1980 version provides:|N]one of the funds provided by this joint resolution shall be used to perform abortions except where the life of the mother would be endangered if the fetus were carried to term; or except for such medical procedures necessary for the victims of rape or incest when such rape or incest has been reported promptly to a law enforcement agency or public health service, (emphasis supplied)

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The Application of Probabilistic Neural Network Model In the Green Supply Chain Performance Evaluation for Pig Industry

2010 International Conference on E-Business and E-Government ◽

10.1109/icee.2010.832 ◽

2010 ◽

Author(s):

He Kailun ◽

Xu Huijun ◽

Xu Maohua

Keyword(s):

Neural Network ◽

Supply Chain ◽

Performance Evaluation ◽

Network Model ◽

Neural Network Model ◽

Probabilistic Neural Network ◽

Green Supply Chain ◽

Supply Chain Performance

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A hybrid closed queuing network model for multi-threaded dataflow architecture

Computers & Electrical Engineering ◽

10.1016/j.compeleceng.2005.08.001 ◽

2005 ◽

Vol 31 (8) ◽

pp. 556-571 ◽

Cited By ~ 6

Author(s):

Vidhyacharan Bhaskar

Keyword(s):

Network Model ◽

Queuing Network ◽

Dataflow Architecture

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Alcoholism and Law Enforcement

Crime & Delinquency ◽

10.1177/001112876300900109 ◽

1963 ◽

Vol 9 (1) ◽

pp. 84-88 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Robert F. Borkenstein

Keyword(s):

Law Enforcement ◽

Antisocial Behavior ◽

Public Safety ◽

Criminal Code ◽

Alcoholic Beverages ◽

General Law ◽

Law Enforcement Agency

The responsibility of the progressive law enforcement agency is to gain compliance with laws that promote harmony in society. Alcohol tends ,to alter the attitudes of otherwise law-abiding citizens so that there is a high correlation between the excessive use of alcohol and antisocial behavior. Laws in the criminal code dealing with alcohol fall roughly into four categories—those dealing directly with public safety, those that reflect moral at titudes, those reflecting the attitudes of loud minorities, and those dealing with the licensing, revenue, or sale of alcoholic beverages. From the standpoint of the general law enforcement agency, the only laws worthy of energetic enforcement are those dealing with public safety. The others are usually enforced by agencies with special and limited jurisdiction.

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