MICROPOLITAN VS METROPOLITAN: AN EXAMINATION OF CITY SIZE AND POLICE FUNDING IN TEXAS

Author

William Casey Heath

Graduation Semester and Year

2021

Language

English

Document Type

Dissertation

Degree Name

Doctor of Philosophy in Public and Urban Administration

Department

Public Administration

First Advisor

Rod Hissong

Abstract

The current investigation seeks to understand if similarities or differences in police funding exist between metropolitan and micropolitan cities in Texas. Little is known about the micropolitan cities and police funding for micro cities. Therefore, the general assumption is that metropolitan and micropolitan cities operate similarly. However, the sizes of the cities vary significantly, where metropolitan cities generally comprise cities with populations over 50,000, and micropolitan cities comprise populations between 10,000 and 49,999. In addition, most research focuses on the enormous cities or the rural towns regarding police funding. Therefore, the investigation attempts to address the wide gap of literature involving police expenditures and the size of the city.

Keywords

Micropolitan, Metropolitan, Police funding, Police budgets

Disciplines

Public Affairs | Public Affairs, Public Policy and Public Administration | Social and Behavioral Sciences

License

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

Comments

Degree granted by The University of Texas at Arlington

Recommended Citation

Heath, William Casey, "MICROPOLITAN VS METROPOLITAN: AN EXAMINATION OF CITY SIZE AND POLICE FUNDING IN TEXAS" (2021). Public Affairs Dissertations. 214.
https://mavmatrix.uta.edu/publicaffairs_dissertations/214