Recruiting and retaining America's finest evidence-based lessons for police workforce planning

Shares results of a survey, sent to every U.S. police agency with at least 300 sworn officers, on recruitment and retention practices. Finds that police compensation, city size, and crime rates affected recruiting. Advertising and incentives had little effect on the number of recruits. Cohort sizes...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Wilson, Jeremy M., 1974- (-)
Autor Corporativo: Rand Center on Quality Policing (-)
Otros Autores: Rostker, Bernard, Fan, Cha-Chi
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Santa Monica, Calif. : RAND 2010.
Colección:Rand Corporation monograph series.
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Sumario:Shares results of a survey, sent to every U.S. police agency with at least 300 sworn officers, on recruitment and retention practices. Finds that police compensation, city size, and crime rates affected recruiting. Advertising and incentives had little effect on the number of recruits. Cohort sizes highlighted management challenges. To facilitate comparative and longitudinal staffing analyses, ongoing national data collection is recommended.
Notas:"MG-960-NIJ."
"Center on Quality Policing."
Descripción Física:1 online resource (140 p.)
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN:9780833051141