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Evaluating U.S. judicial district prosecutor performance using DEA: Are Disadvantaged Counties More Inefficient?
European Journal of Law and Economics
  • Michael F. Gorman, University of Dayton
  • John Ruggiero, University of Dayton
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
6-1-2009
Abstract

In this paper, we evaluate the efficiency of prosecutor office efficiency in the United States. Using multiple inputs and multiple outputs to characterize prosecutor office production, technical and scale efficiency are calculated for U.S. counties. Given the complex nature of service provision and potential heterogeneity based on judicial district size, we restrict our sample to those counties with populations between 100 and 500 thousand. Given the efficiency results, we also test whether efficiency is statistically related to median income and the percentage of minority population. The results suggest that prosecutor offices in more socio-economically disadvantages counties are more inefficient.

Inclusive pages
275–283
ISBN/ISSN
0929-1261
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Permission documentation is on file.

Publisher
Springer
Peer Reviewed
Yes
Citation Information
Michael F. Gorman and John Ruggiero. "Evaluating U.S. judicial district prosecutor performance using DEA: Are Disadvantaged Counties More Inefficient?" European Journal of Law and Economics Vol. 27 Iss. 3 (2009)
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/michael_gorman/23/