'There was an old Soviet joke, about how central planners decided to
reward factories, based on how many nails they produced. So the plants
naturally began producing copious quantities of minuscule nails.
So planners began measuring output by weight, and the factories
promptly started producing small numbers of enormous nails'
'
["management" by statistics]
'Sergei says, the heart of the problem is that the ministry is comple-
tely infused with a culture of statistics, particularly statistics
that show ever-increasing figures for “solved crimes.”
The entire ministry and individual departments, precincts, and
officers live in dread of the dreaded “analogous period from last
year” (known by insiders, by the Russian acronym APPG). It is, Sergei
says, “the root of all evil” in the force.
He says that an officer who solved 40 crimes last year, is simply
obligated to solve at least 41 this year. And he compared it to a
journalist who covers five terrorist attacks in one year and is
informed by his editor that he must cover at least six this year.'
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Source:
[Russia] Where To Start With Police Reform?
- Radio Free Europe _ Radio Liberty © 2010
http://www.rferl.org/content/blog/1921657.html
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Reference:
(nn) 'Human Rights Order on Satan, last incarnation l. ron hubbard'
(incl. Definitions of 'Karma,' of 'Truth,' and of 'Punishment')
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http://groups.google.com/group/alt.christnet.christianlife/msg/4b691b97c821da7d
http://groups.google.com/group/alt.philosophy/msg/08815021fc500b06
(nn) 'Заказ Прав человека относительно Сатаны, последнего воплощения
Рона Л. Хаббарда
(вкл. Определение 'Кармы,' 'Правды,' и 'Наказания')'
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