Evaluating U.S. judicial district prosecutor performance using DEA: Are Disadvantaged Counties More Inefficient?
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
6-2009
Publication Source
European Journal of Law and Economics
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
Copyright
Copyright © 2009, Springer
Publisher
Springer
Volume
27
Issue
3
Peer Reviewed
yes
eCommons Citation
Gorman, Michael F. and Ruggiero, John, "Evaluating U.S. judicial district prosecutor performance using DEA: Are Disadvantaged Counties More Inefficient?" (2009). MIS/OM/DS Faculty Publications. 71.
https://ecommons.udayton.edu/mis_fac_pub/71
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