The reliability of police employee counts: Comparing FBI and ICMA data, 1954–2008

William R. King, Abdullah Cihan and Justin A. Heinonen

Journal of Criminal Justice, 2011, vol. 39, issue 5, 445-451

Abstract: Researchers commonly use secondary data counts of police employees from police agencies. There has been some concern with using such data, yet there have been no published systematic assessments of their reliability.

Date: 2011
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DOI: 10.1016/j.jcrimjus.2011.08.002

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