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The Adoption of Research and Planning Units by American Municipal Police Departments

Haberman, Cory P.
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu1245286505

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2009, Master of Science in Criminal Justice (MSCJ), Bowling Green State University, Criminal Justice.
This study takes an organizational perspective to examine the adoption of research and planning units by 58 American municipal police departments. Two rival hypotheses are tested: 1) an organizational complexity hypothesis, 2) an environmental complexity hypothesis. T-test analysis supported the organizational complexity hypothesis and found that large, complex police organizations were more likely to have adopted a research and planning unit. The conclusion of this thesis discusses these findings, describes some problems with researching organizational innovation, and suggests remedies to these problems.
William R. King, PhD (Committee Chair)
Michael E Buerger, PhD (Committee Member)
John Liederbach, PhD (Committee Member)
Criminology
Police Organizations; Research and Planning Units; Special Units; Police Innovation; Organizational Innovation

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  • Haberman, C. P. (2009). The Adoption of Research and Planning Units by American Municipal Police Departments [Master's thesis, Bowling Green State University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu1245286505

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Haberman, Cory. The Adoption of Research and Planning Units by American Municipal Police Departments. 2009. Bowling Green State University, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu1245286505.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Haberman, Cory. "The Adoption of Research and Planning Units by American Municipal Police Departments." Master's thesis, Bowling Green State University, 2009. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu1245286505

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)

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