CONFIRMATORY ANALYSIS OF POLICE ORGANIZATIONAL PERFORMANCE: ANALYSIS OF THE RELATIONSHIP OF THE ENVIRONMENT TO DESIGN STRUCTURE AND PERFORMANCE

To date, police organizations have not been rigorously analyzed by organizational scholars and most analysis of these organizations has been captured through a single construct. This book explains the development of confirmatory police organizational analysis by validating a multi- dimensional conceptual framework that explains the relationships among three constructs: environmental constraints, the design structures of police organizations, and organizational performance indicators. For the first time, structural equation modeling and data envelopment analysis are used together to confirm the effects of the environment on police organization structure and performance. The methodology and results enhances the understanding of the relationship among the constructs while subjecting environmental and police organizational data to two comprehensive analytical techniques.

Jeff Goltz retired as a Captain from the Orlando Police Department in 2008 and is the Director of the Criminal Justice Institute at Valencia Community College in Orlando, Florida. He received his Ph.D. in 2006 and his interests include the study of police organizational performance and other areas of public management and administration.