In the United States major cities are faced with staggering high crime rates. Police chiefs are scrutinized for the lack of control and disorder occurring in their districts. With the number of methods attempted to reduce crime, COMPSTAT has been implemented by many police departments. Police departments that adhere to the principles of COMPSTAT have seen pleasing results. This paper aim is to examine how effective COMPSTAT works in police departments.
In the journal article Reforming to preserve: COMPSTAT and strategic problem solving in American policing written by David Weisburd, Stephen D. Mastrofski, Anne Marie McNally, Rosann Greenspan and James J. Wills. This article raises several pertinent points. First, it discusses the emergence …show more content…
The journal article mentions, “ The impetus behind Compstat…to make a huge organization, legendary for its resistance to change(Sayre and Kaufman, 1960), responsive to his leadership, a …show more content…
Both articles recongnied Compstat as a breakthrough for police departments to bring down crime. Eterno states, In New York City dream or nightmare points out Compstat was designed as an innovation esstntially to fix what Bratton felt was a dysfunction organization that is the NYPD” (220). Futhermore, both articles addresses the importance of high ranking officials reporting to Compstat meetings to discuss the crime control in their districts. Both articles reaches the conclusion in their articles that agencies mimicking the Compstat process do so because of the NYPD’s crime reduction publicity. In addition, these articles gives the Compstat process credit for decreasing crime. (quote) On the other hand, both articles show a number of differences. First in Eterno and Author article, they address Jack Maple as one of the key figures to develop Compstat. Yet is not mentioned in Reforming article. Second, Eterno and Author provides the explanation of origin of the Compstat name. They mentioned the acronym is compare stats not computer stastics (pg 220). In reforming they mentioned the emergence of Compstat beginning in the early stages in the NYPD. Eterno and author gave notice on the technology interface of Compstat where as there is no speak of this in Reforming. Further, Eterno brings up a topic that is not
In the journal article Reforming to preserve: COMPSTAT and strategic problem solving in American policing written by David Weisburd, Stephen D. Mastrofski, Anne Marie McNally, Rosann Greenspan and James J. Wills. This article raises several pertinent points. First, it discusses the emergence …show more content…
The journal article mentions, “ The impetus behind Compstat…to make a huge organization, legendary for its resistance to change(Sayre and Kaufman, 1960), responsive to his leadership, a …show more content…
Both articles recongnied Compstat as a breakthrough for police departments to bring down crime. Eterno states, In New York City dream or nightmare points out Compstat was designed as an innovation esstntially to fix what Bratton felt was a dysfunction organization that is the NYPD” (220). Futhermore, both articles addresses the importance of high ranking officials reporting to Compstat meetings to discuss the crime control in their districts. Both articles reaches the conclusion in their articles that agencies mimicking the Compstat process do so because of the NYPD’s crime reduction publicity. In addition, these articles gives the Compstat process credit for decreasing crime. (quote) On the other hand, both articles show a number of differences. First in Eterno and Author article, they address Jack Maple as one of the key figures to develop Compstat. Yet is not mentioned in Reforming article. Second, Eterno and Author provides the explanation of origin of the Compstat name. They mentioned the acronym is compare stats not computer stastics (pg 220). In reforming they mentioned the emergence of Compstat beginning in the early stages in the NYPD. Eterno and author gave notice on the technology interface of Compstat where as there is no speak of this in Reforming. Further, Eterno brings up a topic that is not