John Crank
Biographic Data
| ID | 6030024 |
|---|---|
| NAME | John Crank |
| GIVEN NAMES | John |
| FAMILY NAME | Crank |
| SIGNATURE | CRANK J |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Nebraska at Omaha |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 8 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 10 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 8 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1991 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2012 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Mission-based policing
This paper presents a model of urban policing based on deployment by serious crime. The deployment of line officers transitions from a district-based focus on ‘keeping a lid on crime’ to permanent staging of personnel within hot zones, based on POP intelligence assessment of serious crime characteristics, and carried out inside a model based on command integrity instead of current, highly decentralized (line-level) decision-making. A strategic mo…
Hot corridors, deterrence, and guardianship
Remarks by the Guest Editors
The noble cause
The Ada Sheriffs Youth Foundation
Fragmented centralization and the organization of the police
Drawing on literature on institutionalized organizations, this paper presents a set of propositions regarding municipal police in the United States. This paper looks at how fragmented authority and funding in the institutional environment of American police affects organizational structure and behavior. Fragmentation is associated with increases in organizational complexity and may contribute to loose coupling both among organizational units and …
Power and the police chief
Work stress and job dissatisfaction in the public sector
Increasingly, communities are implementing consolidated organizations, typically called Public Safety departments, for the joint delivery of police and fire services. However, directors of Public Safety departments have had to contend with internal and external sources of resistance to the public safety concept, and have experienced difficulty coordinating and managing the distribution of personnel and resources for police and fire activity. The …
Fragmented centralization and the organization of the police
Drawing on literature on institutionalized organizations, this paper presents a set of propositions regarding municipal police in the United States. This paper looks at how fragmented authority and funding in the institutional environment of American police affects organizational structure and behavior. Fragmentation is associated with increases in organizational complexity and may contribute to loose coupling both among organizational units and …
Hot corridors, deterrence, and guardianship
The noble cause
The Ada Sheriffs Youth Foundation
Work stress and job dissatisfaction in the public sector
Increasingly, communities are implementing consolidated organizations, typically called Public Safety departments, for the joint delivery of police and fire services. However, directors of Public Safety departments have had to contend with internal and external sources of resistance to the public safety concept, and have experienced difficulty coordinating and managing the distribution of personnel and resources for police and fire activity. The …
Work stress and job dissatisfaction in the public sector
Increasingly, communities are implementing consolidated organizations, typically called Public Safety departments, for the joint delivery of police and fire services. However, directors of Public Safety departments have had to contend with internal and external sources of resistance to the public safety concept, and have experienced difficulty coordinating and managing the distribution of personnel and resources for police and fire activity. The …
Power and the police chief
Fragmented centralization and the organization of the police
Drawing on literature on institutionalized organizations, this paper presents a set of propositions regarding municipal police in the United States. This paper looks at how fragmented authority and funding in the institutional environment of American police affects organizational structure and behavior. Fragmentation is associated with increases in organizational complexity and may contribute to loose coupling both among organizational units and …
The Ada Sheriffs Youth Foundation
The noble cause
Remarks by the Guest Editors
Hot corridors, deterrence, and guardianship
Mission-based policing
This paper presents a model of urban policing based on deployment by serious crime. The deployment of line officers transitions from a district-based focus on ‘keeping a lid on crime’ to permanent staging of personnel within hot zones, based on POP intelligence assessment of serious crime characteristics, and carried out inside a model based on command integrity instead of current, highly decentralized (line-level) decision-making. A strategic mo…
Political science (8 works) · Business (5 works) · Policing Practices and Perceptions (5 works) · Crime Patterns and Interventions (4 works) · Criminology (4 works) · Law (4 works) · Computer Science (3 works) · Computer security (3 works) · Engineering (3 works) · Law (3 works)