Matthew A. Jones

Dr. Matthew Jones is an Assistant Professor of public administration in the Hatfield School of Government at Portland State University in Portland, Oregon, USA. His key research interests concern the administration and performance of public safety agencies and their use of technology. He has been a trainer and educator to public safety employees for a number of years and regularly serves as a conusltant in this field. He recently co-edited E-Government Website Development: Future Trends and Strategic Models with Dr. Ed Downey and is the co-editor of Public Service, and Web 2.0 Technologies: Future Trends in Social Media.

Publications

Using Web 2.0 as a Community Policing Strategy: An Examination of the United States Municipal Police Departments
Using Web 2.0 as a Community Policing Strategy: An Examination of the United States Municipal Police Departments
Matthew A. Jones, Melchor C. de Guzman, Korni Swaroop Kumar. © 2014. 14 pages.
Community policing is intended to empower citizens who are plagued by crime and disorder. Scholars have considered community policing as a proactive measure that addresses issues...
Public Service, Governance and Web 2.0 Technologies: Future Trends in Social Media
Public Service, Governance and Web 2.0 Technologies: Future Trends in Social Media
Ed Downey, Matthew A. Jones. © 2012. 369 pages.
Web 2.0 can create value for political processes by decreasing costs and increasing opportunities for civic engagement, and, as a result, will likely affect the future of...
Using Web 2.0 as a Community Policing Strategy: An Examination of the United States Municipal Police Departments
Using Web 2.0 as a Community Policing Strategy: An Examination of the United States Municipal Police Departments
Matthew A. Jones, Melchor C. de Guzman, Korni Swaroop Kumar. © 2012. 14 pages.
Community policing is intended to empower citizens who are plagued by crime and disorder. Scholars have considered community policing as a proactive measure that addresses issues...
E-Policing: Environmental and Organizational Correlates of Website Features and Characteristics Among Large Police Departments in the United States of America
E-Policing: Environmental and Organizational Correlates of Website Features and Characteristics Among Large Police Departments in the United States of America
Melchor C. de Guzman, Matthew A. Jones. © 2012. 19 pages.
Increasingly, information technology has pervaded the provision of services by police agencies in the United States. Recent research (Jones & de Guzman, 2010) has illustrated...
Preface
Preface
Ed Downey, Carl D. Ekstrom, Matthew A. Jones. © 2011. 5 pages.
This Preface is included in the book E-Government Website Development: Future Trends and Strategic Models.
E-Policing: The Value of Police Websites for Citizen Empowered Participation
E-Policing: The Value of Police Websites for Citizen Empowered Participation
Matthew A. Jones, Melchor C. de Guzman. © 2011. 17 pages.
This chapter provides a bridge between e-government research related to websites and the study of police organizations and strategy. In a digital age, the police need to have a...