Evaluating IRAN State Police Performance Using Data Envelopment Analysis

In this paper, we evaluate the efficiency of state police services in the continental IRAN using a multiple-stage data envelopment analysis model. Using multiple inputs and multiple outputs to characterize police service provision, technical and scale efficiency are calculated for the 30 Cities. Given the complex nature of service provision, we allow for environmental factors of production and control for these non-discretionary inputs. Our results indicate that most provincial are technically efficient, but nearly half are operating at less than optimal scale size.

Keywords:

Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) , Environmental inputs , Police Services