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VALUES-BASED DISCIPLINE:
THE KEY TO ORGANIZATIONAL TRANSFORMATION
WITHIN LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES
by
Bernard Keith Melekian
A Dissertation Presented to the
FACULTY OF THE USC PRICE SCHOOL OF PUBLIC POLICY
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
In Pmiial Fulfillment of the
Requirements for the Degree
DOCTOR OF POLICY, PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT
August 2012
Copyright 2012 Bernard Keith Melekian
Object Description
| Title | Values-based discipline: the key to organizational transformation within law enforcement agencies |
| Author | Melekian, Bernard Keith |
| Author email | melekian@usc.edu;bmelekian@aol.com |
| Degree | Doctor of Policy, Planning & Development |
| Document type | Dissertation |
| Degree program | Policy, Planning and Development |
| School | School of Policy, Planning and Development |
| Date defended/completed | 2012-04-30 |
| Date submitted | 2012-07-24 |
| Date approved | 2012-07-24 |
| Restricted until | 2012-07-24 |
| Date published | 2012-07-24 |
| Advisor (committee chair) | Cooper, Terry L |
| Advisor (committee member) |
Miller, Don Newland, Chet Baca, Leroy Wagener, Linda |
| Abstract | The intellectual foundation of community policing began with James Q. Wilson and George Kelling’s seminal article Broken Windows in 1982 and later found an operational focus through the work of the Harvard Executive Session in the late 1980’s. Community Policing has never been fully integrated into American policing for two reasons; too often it is seen as a program rather than an operating philosophy and the administrative processes of the department, particularly the disciplinary processes, often do not reflect the principles of community policing. ❧ The law enforcement disciplinary process is intended to serve two purposes; assuring that the law enforcement officer’s conduct reflects the stated values of the organization as well as demonstrating accountability to the public. The current disciplinary process grew directly from the professional model of policing and directly mirrors the criminal investigative process. As a consequence, the professional disciplinary model has some significant flaws which result in neither objective being fully realized. ❧ The traditional disciplinary model is legalistically based. As a result, there are inherent contradictions between the demands of the legalistic system and the expectations of both the internal (departmental) and external (public) audiences. The legalistic model places significant emphasis on process and adherence to legal procedure. The result is a process that satisfies none of the involved stakeholders; the public, the officer or the departmental management. ❧ The traditional model does not amplify organizational congruence, which is the degree of alignment between the stated values of the organization and the actions of its employees in living out those values. The disciplinary process is one of the few occasions in which the line officer will experience an imbalance power that does not favor him or her. It is in this circumstance, which I refer to as transactional inequality, where the level of expected values adherence, under such circumstances, is modeled for that officer. The traditional model provides poor modeling of expected values adherence. ❧ This work provides of history of the law enforcement disciplinary process and describes the experiences of the Pasadena Police Department during its implementation of values-based discipline. It also proposes a values-based disciplinary model that evaluates officer conduct as a function of values adherence rather that rules adherence. ❧ Properly done, this should result in the integration of community policing principles with the administrative processes of the department. In congruent organizations the disciplinary process should model the stated organizational values for the department’s employees, thus providing a template for officer conduct when dealing with the public. |
| Keyword | community policing; organizational congruence; discipline; law enforcement; transactional inequality; values |
| Language | English |
| Part of collection | University of Southern California dissertations and theses |
| Publisher (of the original version) | University of Southern California |
| Place of publication (of the original version) | Los Angeles, California |
| Publisher (of the digital version) | University of Southern California. Libraries |
| Provenance | Electronically uploaded by the author |
| Type | texts |
| Legacy record ID | usctheses-m |
| Rights | Melekian, Bernard Keith |
| Access conditions | The author retains rights to his/her dissertation, thesis or other graduate work according to U.S. copyright law. Electronic access is being provided by the USC Libraries in agreement with the author, as the original true and official version of the work, but does not grant the reader permission to use the work if the desired use is covered by copyright. It is the author, as rights holder, who must provide use permission if such use is covered by copyright. The original signature page accompanying the original submission of the work to the USC Libraries is retained by the USC Libraries and a copy of it may be obtained by authorized requesters contacting the repository e-mail address given. |
| Repository name | University of Southern California Digital Library |
| Repository address | USC Digital Library, University of Southern California, University Park Campus MC 7002, 106 University Village, Los Angeles, California 90089-7002, USA |
| Repository email | cisadmin@usc.edu |
| Archival file | uscthesesreloadpub_Volume4/etd-MelekianBe-975.pdf |
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| Full text | VALUES-BASED DISCIPLINE: THE KEY TO ORGANIZATIONAL TRANSFORMATION WITHIN LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES by Bernard Keith Melekian A Dissertation Presented to the FACULTY OF THE USC PRICE SCHOOL OF PUBLIC POLICY UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA In Pmiial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree DOCTOR OF POLICY, PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT August 2012 Copyright 2012 Bernard Keith Melekian |
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