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INTERSECT POLICING:
Bringing CompStat to the Field Level to Reduce the Fear and Incidence of Crime
by
Edward Allen Pape, Jr.
A Dissertation Presented to the
FACULTY OF THE USC SOL PRICE SCHOOL OF PUBLIC POLICY
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
In Partial Fulfillment of the
Requirements for the Degree
DOCTOR OF POLICY, PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT
December 2012
Copyright 2012 Edward Allen Pape, Jr.
Object Description
| Title | Intersect policing: bringing CompStat to the field level to reduce the fear and incidence of crime |
| Author | Pape, Edward Allen, Jr. |
| Author email | epape@me.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 | 2012-08-28 |
| Date submitted | 2012-09-11 |
| Date approved | 2012-09-12 |
| Restricted until | 2012-09-12 |
| Date published | 2012-09-12 |
| Advisor (committee chair) | Richardson, Harry W. |
| Advisor (committee member) |
Burke, Catherine G. Suarez, David Dundes Renteln, Alison Dundes McDonnell, Jim |
| Abstract | CompStat is a computerized crime tracking system that was introduced by the New York City Police Department in 1994 and has been adopted by police departments around the world. The CompStat process acts as an accountability system that calls for commanding officers to reduce the fear and incidence of crime. While the nationwide reduction in crime over the past two decades may be partially attributed to CompStat, the system has also created tension in many police organizations. In addition, it currently fails to involve line members of the organization, those who actually perform the work, in the crime reduction process. In many departments, CompStat has morphed into a bureaucratic monster, creating a culture of fear that has damaged morale and diminished its effectiveness. ❧ The purpose of this research was to develop a real-time operating system, using CompStat as a strategic tool, to accomplish the purpose of law enforcement by including the knowledge and experiences from all sworn officers and others with a stake in reducing crime. As the Commanding Officer of Detectives assigned to West Valley Area of the Los Angeles Police Department, I instituted a system, which I termed Intersect Policing, which is coined from Frans Johansson’s book (2004), The Medici Effect. This report describes the development and results achieved through the use of Intersect Policing. ❧ This work required the use of others’ research including performance management, principles of behavior, organizational change, systems, core values, human capability, mental processing ability, mythologies, culture, communication, networking, and organizational learning. Key elements were based on the CompStat model of performance management, Macdonald et al. Systems Leadership Theory and Johansson’s Medici Effect. ❧ The study encompassed two years during which the West Valley Area exceeded the average reduction in crime of the entire LAPD, which has continued as of this writing. Although based on a single case, the evidence strongly suggests that Intersect Policing can assist police departments to achieve the purpose of law enforcement, reduce the fear and incidence of crime, change mythologies and culture, and improve morale. Creating an Intersection where all stakeholders in the crime reduction process can communicate and exchange ideas enables police departments to achieve the purpose of law enforcement. |
| Keyword | CompStat; crime reduction; intersect policing; The Medici effect; policing at the intersection; police culture; organizational learning; mythologies; double-loop learning; systems leadership; networking; collaboration |
| 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 |
| Contributing entity | University of Southern California |
| Rights | Pape, Edward Allen, Jr. |
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| 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@dots.usc.edu |
| Archival file | uscthesesreloadpub_Volume4/etd-PapeEdward-1192.pdf |
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| Full text | INTERSECT POLICING: Bringing CompStat to the Field Level to Reduce the Fear and Incidence of Crime by Edward Allen Pape, Jr. A Dissertation Presented to the FACULTY OF THE USC SOL PRICE SCHOOL OF PUBLIC POLICY UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree DOCTOR OF POLICY, PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT December 2012 Copyright 2012 Edward Allen Pape, Jr. |
