What is it about?
Tests three explanations of police growth: public choice, organization constraint models and radical economic explanations. Some support for all three models is found, though consistent support for radical criminological models is most evident while public choice models are rejected.
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Why is it important?
An empirical study of criminal justice growth which illustrates how radical criminological explanations can be tested. Results support radical expectations and adds to the empirical literature in radical criminology.
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This page is a summary of: Determinants of police growth in Phoenix, 1950–1988, Justice Quarterly, March 1997, Taylor & Francis,
DOI: 10.1080/07418829700093241.
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