Lemas: A Comparative Organizational Research Platform
2002 ◽
Vol 4
(1-2)
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pp. 21-38
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Keyword(s):
The Law
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The Law Enforcement Management and Administrative Statistics (LEMAS) survey is a comparative organizational research platform from which studies of police organizational structures can be launched. This article briefly describes the survey and its origin, discusses its capacity to provide measures of organizational dimensions, and considers how the survey results can best be used to increase our understanding of police organizations.