DOI
https://doi.org/10.25772/TJ0N-R529
Defense Date
2022
Document Type
Dissertation
Degree Name
Doctor of Philosophy
Department
Public Policy & Administration
First Advisor
Richard F. Huff, Ph.D.
Second Advisor
Sarah Jane Brubaker, Ph.D.
Third Advisor
Myung H. Jin, Ph.D.
Fourth Advisor
Janet Woolum, Ph.D.
Abstract
This study focuses on the impact of city performance in public safety on a city’s growth in population, employment, and per capita income. The effectiveness of performance management affects the willingness of governmental agencies to continue using performance management as a tool for day-to-day operations and the improvement of governmental services. The research goal of the study is to discover the relationship between city performance in public safety and the growth of a locality in population, employment, and per capita income. The purpose of the study is to determine if there is a relationship between city performance in public safety and the growth of a city among the 11 cities in the Valley (Phoenix Metro Area) in Arizona. It aims to discover whether the performance of a city in public safety (gauged by the performance data of 11 cities in the Valley of Arizona from 2010 to 2019 in the field of public safety (police) has a positive, negative, or no impact on the growth of a locality (gauged by changes in population, unemployment rate and per capita income of the 11 cities in the Valley of Arizona from 2010 to 2019) in the Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale Metropolitan Statistical Area.
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Is Part Of
VCU University Archives
Is Part Of
VCU Theses and Dissertations
Date of Submission
12-7-2022