The Source for Crime and Justice Data

Law Enforcement Management and Administrative Statistics (LEMAS), 1987

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Principal Investigator(s): United States Department of Justice. Bureau of Justice Statistics

Summary: This survey, the first in the Bureau of Justice Statistics' program on Law Enforcement Management and Administrative Statistics (LEMAS), presents information on three types of general purpose law enforcement agencies: state police, local police, and sheriffs' departments. Data from the primary state police agency in each of 49 states (Hawaii does not have a state police agency) are also presented. Variables include size of the populations served by the typical police or sheriffs' ... (view full summary)

Persistent URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR09222.v3

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