Description
Book SynopsisExamining what makes something evidence-based and not merely evidence-informed, this book unifies the voices of police practitioners, academics, and pracademics. It provides real world examples of evidence-based police practices and how police research can be created and applied in the field.
Trade Review"As evidence-based policing becomes more prominent in law enforcement policy and practice, this edited volume provides important examples and debates to the field." Cynthia Lum, George Mason University.
Table of ContentsIntroduction; Section 1: Key Ideas; A Light Introduction to Evidence Based Policing~Renee J. Mitchell; Targeting, Testing and Tracking: The CAM System of Evidence Based Police Assignment~Lawrence W. Sherman; Problem Analysis to Support Decision Making in Evidence Based Policing~Anthony A. Braga and Riley Tucker; The Legal Framework for Evidence based Policing in the US~Seth Stoughton; Identifying Some Misconceptions about Evidence Based Policing: A Research Note~Laura Huey, Brittant Blaskovits, Craig Bennell, Hina Kalyal and Tom Walker; Section 2: Methodological Discussions in Evidence Based Policing; “Not All Evidence Is Created Equal”: On the Importance of Matching Research Questions with Research Methods in Evidence-Based Policing~Barak Ariel; Twitter a New Tardis for Policing?~Emma Williams and Ian Hesketh; Systematic Reviews: “Better Evidence for a Better World”~Peter Neyroud; The Case for Open Police Research~Craig Bennell and Brittany Blaskovits; Knowledge Wars: Professionalisation, Organisational Justice and Competing Knowledge Paradigms in British Policing~Emma Williams & Tom Cockroft; Section 3: Current and Emerging Research Areas; The Trials and Tribulations of Evidence based Procedural Justice~Sarah Bennett, Lorraine Mazerrolle, Emma Antrobus, Peter Martin and Lorelei Hine; Hot Spots Made Easy~Renee J. Mitchell; The Cost of Mental Health Related Calls on Police Service: Evidence from British Columbia~Adam Vaughan & Martin Andresen; Using Body-Worn Cameras to Create an Evidence-Based De-Escalation Training Program~Natalie Todak; Section 4: Experiences in EBP; Moving to the inevitability of Evidence Based Policing~Peter Martin; Why is evidence based policing growing and what challenges lie ahead?~ Alex Murray; A Practical Approach to Evidence based Policing~Gary Cordner.
