Summary
"The nature of police work makes the application of performance contracts highly challenging. Many questions still need to be answered. Can performance measures be selected that reflect the quality and variety of police work? Can targets be set at the right level? Are financial incentives a good way of rewarding efforts? These issues have been discussed in a range of research studies and policy documents - particularly by policy makers and analysts in Anglo-Saxon countries. In this study, Ben Vollaard reviews some of the existing literature in this area and applies it to the current debate on performance contracts for the police forces."--Page 7.