The Crime Numbers Game: Management by Manipulation

By John A. Eterno and Eli B. Silverman

In the mid-1990s, the NYPD created a performance management strategy known as Compstat. It consisted of computerized data, crime analysis, and advanced crime mapping coupled with accountability. While initially credited with a dramatic reduction in crime, questions quickly arose as to the reliability of the data. This volume brings together the work of two criminologists-one a former NYPD captain-who present the first in-depth empirical analysis of this management system-exposing the truth about crime statistics manipulation in the NYPD and the repercussions suffered by crime victims and those who blew the whistle on this corrupt practice.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1439810311
• ISBN13: 9781439810316
• Release Date: February 2012
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 314 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"