Co-Implementation of Compstat and Community Policing

• NCJ Number: 232469
• Journal: Journal of Criminal Justice Volume: 38 Issue: 5 Dated: September/October 2010 Pages: 969-980
• Author(s): Stephen D. Mastrofski; James J. Willis; Tammy Rinehart Kochel
• Date Published: September 2010
• Length: 12 pages
• Contract Number(s): 2005-CK-WX-K003
• Sponsoring Agency: Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS)
• Publication Format: Article
• Publication Type: Report (Study/Research); Literature Review
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

This article examines the implementation of Compstat and community policing in the same police organization.

Abstract

Over the last 25 years Compstat and community policing have emerged as powerful movements in U.S. police reform. Despite their importance, there are virtually no studies on how they interact when implemented in the same police organization. Based on field work in seven police agencies, this article provides the first systematic research on this co-implementation issue. In doing so it examines the reform literature to illuminate and clarify the key doctrinal elements of Compstat and community policing, including where they are similar and where they differ. Next it describes the patterns of co-implementation that emerged across different sites, including the finding that these reforms operated largely independently. This leads us to consider a broader theoretical explanation for why this should be the case and to provide a basis for enriching future research on the co-implementation of these reforms. Tables, appendix, notes, and references (Published Abstract)