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.

Rights

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Is Part Of

VCU University Archives

Is Part Of

VCU Theses and Dissertations

Date of Submission

12-7-2022

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