NCJ Number
79247
Journal
Journal of Criminal Justice Volume: 9 Issue: 3 Dated: (1981) Pages: 227-234
Date Published
1981
Length
8 pages
Annotation
The aim of the present study is to examine the ability of police peers and supervisors to predict police street performance, as measured by citizen evaluations of the service received on recent police service calls.
Abstract
One question to be answered was whether there was any correlation between what a police supervisor, a police peer patrol officer, and a citizen perceived as 'good' police performance. It was hypothesized that peer patrol officers would more accurately predict the quality of police street perfomance than would police supervisors. Results suported the hypothesis. An additional finding of the present study related to the feasibility of the evaluation of police street performance by citizen consumers. (Author abstract)