Abstract:The purpose of this study was to determine the extent to which the constructs of institutional isomorphism apply within the LAPD's performance measurements of the federal consent decree, which was imposed to reform the department's structure, policies, processes, and culture. A case-study approach was used to gather and analyze the data, including documentary research, personal interviews, and observations. The findings demonstrate that isomorphic pressures existed within the LAPD's Audit Division and influenced the development of performance measures for reforms although not always in a straightforward or unidimensional manner. Police auditing in the context of the federal consent decree is shown to be a viable approach for institutionalizing police reforms, but further research is necessary on specific performance measurements of police operations and the relationship between using these measures and achieving overall police accountability, effectiveness, and efficiency.
Vortrag in englischer Sprache.
Vita:Allan Y. Jiao has published extensively in public policy, policing, and criminal justice, including refereed journal articles, books, and book chapters. Dr. Jiao served as a Senior Fulbright Scholar, a City Public Safety Committee Chair, a Fellow of a Center for Criminology, and a Research Consultant for the National Development and Research Institute and the Superior Court of New Jersey. Besides being a professor, he has engaged in research and professional services for many police organizations in the U.S. and abroad. His teaching and research interests include primarily policing, policy analysis, and comparative criminal justice issues. Allan Jiao has well over fifty scholarly publications mostly in the area of policing and policy analysis. Some of his more recent publications include Police Auditing: Standards and Applications (Charles C. Thomas, 2015); The Police in Hong Kong: A Contemporary View (University Press of America, 2007); Controlling Police Corruption and Misconduct: A Comparative Examination between Hong Kong and New York (Asian Journal of Criminology, 2010); Gun Incidents at the Local Level: Understanding the Demographic Variables (Criminal Justice Studies, 2013); The Eastern City Gun Project: Exploring Contextual and Operational Variables (Journal of Police and Criminal Psychology, 2014); and Developing and Analyzing a Local Gun-Case Database: The Process and Related Issues (Journal of Criminology, 2014).
