John A. Eterno & Eli B. (John Jay College of Criminal Justice, New York, USA) Silverman 
The Crime Numbers Game [PDF ebook] 
Management by Manipulation

In the mid-1990s, the NYPD created a performance management strategy known as Compstat. It consisted of computerized data, crime analysis, and advanced crime mapping coupled with middle management accountability and crime strategy meetings with high-ranking decision makers. While initially credited with a dramatic reduction in crime, questions quic