{"product_id":"9781439810316","title":"The Crime Numbers Game: Management by Manipulation","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn the mid-1990s, the NYPD created a performance management strategy known as Compstat. It consisted of computerized data, crime analysis, and advanced crime mapping coupled with middle management accountability and crime strategy meetings with high-ranking decision makers. While initially credited with a dramatic reduction in crime, questions quickly arose as to the reliability of the data. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Crime Numbers Game: Management by Manipulation\u003c\/b\u003e brings together the work of two criminologists—one a former NYPD captain—who present the first in-depth empirical analysis of this management system—exposing the truth about crime statistics manipulation in the NYPD and the repercussions suffered by crime victims and those who blew the whistle on this corrupt practice.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eProviding insider insight into a system shrouded in secrecy, this volume:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDocuments and analyzes a wide array of data that definitively demonstrates the range of manipulation reflected in official New York City crime statistics\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eExplores how the consequences of unreliable crime statistics ripple throughout police organizations, affecting police, citizens, and victims\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDocuments the widening spell of police performance management throughout the world\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eReviews current NYPD leadership approaches and offers alternatives\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAnalyzes the synchronicity of the media’s and the NYPD’s responses to the authors’ findings\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eExplores the implications of various theoretical approaches to Compstat\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOffers a new approach based on organizational transparency\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003ePresenting a story of police reform gone astray, this book stunningly demonstrates how integrity succumbed to a short-term numbers game, casting a cloud on the department from which we can only hope it will emerge.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor more information, check out the authors' blog, \u003cb\u003eUnveiling Compstat\u003c\/b\u003e, at blogspot.com and their website. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEterno and Silverman’s work in this book was cited in the article The Truth About Chicago’s Crime Rates: Part 2 in the June 2014 issue of Chicago magazine. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cu\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Authors in the News\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/u\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe authors'studies on crime were featured in a November 1, 2010 \u003cb\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/b\u003e article and their comments were published on the editorial page. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTheir work was also cited in a November 30, 2010 \u003cb\u003eUptowner\u003c\/b\u003e article about police manipulation of crime statistics. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSilverman and Eterno described a proposed strategy for improving community confidence in the integrity of crime statistics in a January 24, 2011 \u003cb\u003eDaily News\u003c\/b\u003e article. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOn August 22, 2011, Eli Silverman commented on a recent rise in NYC crime statistics in a \u003cb\u003eNew York Post\u003c\/b\u003e article. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOn November 29, 2011, the Village Voice featured an article written by Silverman and Eterno on crime statistics manipulation and recent corruption scandals. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEli Silverman was interviewed by the Plainview Patch in a December 20, 2011 article about people's perception of crime in a community. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe book is cited in a February 23, 2012 Wall Street Journal article about a lawsuit filed by a NYPD officer. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJohn Eterno was a featured guest on Talkzone Internet Talk Radio on February 25, 2012. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEli Silverman spoke in a February 27, 2012 NY1 Online video about concerns regarding NYPD's stop and frisk policy. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe book was profiled in a February 27, 2012 article in The Chief, a weekly newspaper for New York civil service employees. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe authors appeared on a March 26, 2012 local ABC news program about underreported crime rates. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ethePolipit blog discussed the book on April 2, 2012. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJohn Eterno was quoted in an April 9, 2012 New York Times article about the NYPD's stop-and-frisk policy. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEli Silverman was quoted in a May 2, 2012 DNAinfo.com article about rising New York City crime rates. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA New York Times Op-Ed piece referenced Eli Silverman on May 13, 2012. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJohn Eterno's Op-Ed piece entitled \"Policing by the Numbers\" appeared in the New York Times on June 17, 2012. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe book was cited in a June 19, 2012 \u003cb\u003eMother Jones\u003c\/b\u003e article. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJohn Eterno was featured in a \u003cb\u003eReuters TV\u003c\/b\u003e program about the NYPD's \"stop and frisk\" policy. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEli Silverman testified on April 4, 2013 in a class action lawsuit related to the NYPD stop and frisk policy. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOn July 14, 2014, an article written by John Eterno and Eli Silversman about Police Commissioner Bratton's stop-and-frisk policy appeared in the New York Daily News. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47030281928944,"sku":"9781439810316","price":80.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781439810316_p0.jpg?v=1763757998","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781439810316","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}