Details

Related name

• Skogan, Wesley G. [Browse]
• Wycoff, Mary Ann [Browse]
• Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [Browse]

Series

• ICPSR (Series) ; 6480. [More in this series]
• ICPSR 6480

Restrictions note

Use of these data are restricted to Princeton University students, faculty, and staff for non-commercial statistical analysis and research purposes only.

Summary note

This study sought to evaluate the Madison, Wisconsin, Police Department's creation of a new organizational design (both structural and managerial) that was intended to support community-oriented and problem-oriented policing. One-sixth of the organization serving approximately one-sixth of the community was used as a test site for the new community policing approach. This Experimental Police District (EPD) was charged with implementing ''quality policing,'' which emphasized quality of service delivery, quality of life in the community, and quality of life in the workplace. For the first part of the program evaluation, attitude changes among officers working in the EPD were compared with those of officers working in the rest of the police department. Part 1, Commissioned Personnel Data, Wave 1, contains responses from 269 commissioned personnel surveyed in December 1987, before the creation of the EPD. Part 2, Commissioned Personnel Data, Wave 2, consists of responses from 264 police officers who completed a Wave 2 survey in December 1988, and Part 3, Commissioned Personnel Data, Wave 3, supplies responses from 230 police officers who completed a Wave 3 survey in December 1989. Although the analysis was to be based on a panel design, efforts were made to survey all commissioned personnel during each survey administration period. Police personnel provided their assessments on how successfully quality leadership had been implemented, the extent to which they worked closely with and received feedback from other officers, the amount of their interaction with detectives, the amount of time available for problem-solving, ease of arranging schedules, safety of working conditions, satisfaction with working conditions, type of work they performed, their supervisor, commitment to the department, attitudes related to community policing and problem-solving, perception of their rel... Cf.: http://webapp.icpsr.umich.edu/cocoon/ICPSR-STUDY/06480.xml

Notes

Title from ICPSR DDI metadata of 2006-09-15.

Type of data

4 data files + machine-readable documentation (text) + SAS setup file(s) + SPSS setup file(s) + Stata setup file(s) + SAS transport + SPSS portable + Stata system + data collection instruments

Time and place of event

Start: 1987; and end: 1990.

Geographic coverage

Madison, United States, Wisconsin

Funding information

U.S. Department of Justice. National Institute ofJustice. 87-IJ-CX-0062

System details

Mode of access: Internet.

Methodology note

• Data source: Commissioned personnel data were collected by written surveys completed by the officers. Data for Wave 1 of the resident survey were collected through personal interviews in the resident's home. Data for Wave 2 of the resident survey were collected primarily through telephone interviews.
• Universe: Police officers in the Madison Police Department and residents of the city of Madison, Wisconsin.

Contents

Part 1: Commissioned Personnel Data, Wave 1; Part 2: Commissioned Personnel Data, Wave 2; Part 3: Commissioned Personnel Data, Wave 3; Part 4: Residents Data, Waves 1 and 2; Part 5: SAS Data Definition Statements for Commissioned PersonnelData, Wave 1; Part 6: SAS Data Definition Statements for Commissioned PersonnelData, Wave 2; Part 7: SAS Data Definition Statements for Commissioned Personnel Data, Wave 3; Part 8: SAS Data Definition Statements for Residents Data, Waves1 and 2; Part 9: User Guide

Other format(s)

Also available as downloadable files.

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