Managerial Responses to Perceived Labor Shortages the Case of Police

Datos Bibliográficos

ID9681302
AutoresDAVID LEWlN (Columbia University, autor de correspondencia), JOHN H KEITH (Columbia University)
Año1976
Volumen14
Número1
Páginas65-92
Fecha de publicación1976-05-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaCriminology (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0011-1384 • E-ISSN: 1745-9125
EditorialWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/j.1745-9125.1976.tb00005.x
OpenAlexW2057233071
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas2
Referencias citadas16

This paper challenges the popular claim that police labor shortages existed in large American cities during the late 1960s and early 1970s. Empirical tests of a police salary determination model reveal that police managers and public officials possess only limited direct control over police wges. Hence, manipulation of police manpower utilization practices (and, more basically, labor supply to police departments) is the principal way of overcoming “labor shortages.” In recent years, this has included substitution of clerical for sworn personnel, elimination of non‐job‐related entry requirements, and expansion of auxilhry police forces

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