Evidence-based policing : use, benefits and limitations / / Garth den Heyer

• Autore: Den Heyer Garth
• Pubblicazione: Cham, Switzerland : , : Springer, , [2022]; ©2022
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (255 pages)
• Disciplina: 364
• Soggetto topico: Crime - Sociological aspects; Police administration - United States; Police administration
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Intro -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Contents -- Chapter 1: Introduction -- Introduction -- Research Evidence -- What Is Evidence-Based Practice? -- Defining Evidence-Based Policing -- The Benefits of Adopting Evidence-Based Policing -- The Difficulties of Conducting Research -- The Developments in Policing -- Professionalizing the Police -- The Drivers to Implement Evidence-Based Policing -- Obstacles to Implementing Evidence-Based Policing -- The Development and Use of Policy -- Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 2: What Is Evidence-Based Policing? -- Introduction -- The Origins of Evidence-Based Policing -- The Importance of Experimental Criminology -- An Introduction to the Arguments in Relation to the Use of Experimental Research Methods -- Defining Evidence-Based Policing -- What Is Evidence-Based Policing? -- A Critique of the Definition of Evidence-Based Policing -- An Expansion of the Definition of Evidence-Based Policing -- The Effectiveness of Service Delivery and Evidence-Based Policing -- Evidence-Based Policing and the Gathering of Good Evidence -- Practice-Based Evidence -- What Evidence Forms the Basis of Evidence-Based Policing? -- The Use of Randomized-Controlled Trials -- The Benefits of Evidence-Based Policing -- The Limitations of Evidence-Based Policing -- Evidence-Based Policing, Randomized Controlled Trials and Cost-Effectiveness -- Evidence-Based Management -- Evidence-Based Policing - An Alternative to Other Policing Models -- Translating Research into Practice -- Research and the Police -- Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 3: Developments in Evidence-Based Policing in the United Kingdom -- Introduction -- Evidence-Based Policing in the United Kingdom -- The College of Policing -- What Works? -- The Professionalization of the Police -- Collaboration by the Police with Universities and Research Institutions. ; Scottish Institute of Policing Research (SIPR) -- Northern 8 Police Research Partnership (N8 PRP) -- Internal Research by the Police -- Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 4: Evidence-Based Practice in the Health and Social Care Sectors -- Introduction -- The Use of Evidence-Based Practices in the Health Care Sector -- Examination of the Use of Evidence-Based Practice in the Health Care Sector -- Controversies in the Use of Evidence-Based Practices in the Health Care Sector -- Comparing the Use of Evidence in the Social Care Sector with Its Use in Policing -- Understanding Evidence-Based Practice in Social Care -- Forms of Knowledge and Its Use in Social Care -- An Assessment of Evidence-Based Practice in the Health Care and Social Care Sectors -- Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 5: The Arguments for and Against Adopting Evidence-Based Policing -- Introduction -- The History of Researching the Field of Policing -- The Health Sector and Evidence-Based Practice -- The Concept of Evidence-Based Policing -- Arguments Against Adopting Evidence-Based Policing -- The Problems with Randomized Controlled Trials -- Science and Evidence-Based Policing -- The Advantages and Disadvantages of Other Research Methods -- Problem-Oriented Policing -- The Problem with Evidence-Based Policing -- Barriers to the Implementation of Evidence-Based Policing -- The Argument of Caft Versus Professionalism -- Who Should Control the Police Research Agenda? -- Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 6: An Examination of Alternative Methods for Undertaking Police Research -- Introduction -- Police and Academic Research Collaborations -- Crime Science -- Problem-Oriented Policing -- Problem-Oriented Policing and Evidence-Based Policing -- Research Staff, Research Units and Pracademics -- Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 7: Assessing the Receptivity of Evidence-Based Policing. ; Introduction -- The Acceptance of Evidence-Based Policing -- Receptivity Studies of Evidence-Based Policing -- The Barriers to Accepting Evidence-Based Policing -- Police Reform -- Connecting Evidence to Practice -- Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 8: The Adoption of Evidence-Based Policing by Five Police Departments in the United States -- Introduction -- Methodology -- Summary of the Five Police Agencies -- Studies of the Police Agencies -- Grand Prairie Police Department (TX) -- Introduction -- Interviews -- Examples of the Adoption and Use of Evidence-Based Policing -- Calls for Service (CFS) and Hot Spots Policing -- Project Safe Child Pilot Program -- Conclusion -- Mid-Sized Texas Police Department -- Introduction -- Interviews -- Examples of the Adoption and Use of Evidence-Based Policing -- Management Analysis Program (MAPS) -- Conclusion -- Raleigh Police Department (North Carolina) -- Introduction -- Interviews -- Examples of the Adoption and Use of Evidence-Based Policing -- Addressing Crises Through Outreach, Referrals, Networking and Service (ACORNS) -- Strategic Area for Focused Engagement (SAFE) -- Conclusion -- Schenectady Police Department (New York) -- Introduction -- Interviews -- Examples of the Adoption and Use of Evidence-Based Policing -- Schenectady Cares Outreach -- Data-Driven Approaches to Crime and Traffic Safety (DDACTS) -- Conclusion -- Stockton Police Department (California) -- Introduction -- Interviews -- Examples of the Adoption and Use of Evidence-Based Policing -- Operation Ceasefire -- Intelligence, Communication and Planning (ICAP) -- Conclusion -- Comparison of How the Police Have Adopted Evidence-Based Policing -- Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 9: How Can the Adoption of Evidence-Based Policing Be Improved? -- Introduction -- Evidence-Based Crime Policy and Evidence-Based Policing. ; Implementing Evidence-Based Policing -- Police Ownership of Research -- Institutional Theory and Evidence-Based Policing -- Organizational Change and Evidence-Based Policing -- Research Collaboration and Evidence-Based Policing -- Police Research and Planning Units and Evidence-Based Policing -- Police Crime Analysts and Evidence-Based Policing -- Research and Evidence-Based Policing -- The Police Commitment to Evidence-Based Policing -- Cost-Benefit Analysis and Evidence-Based Policing -- Moving Forward: Being an Evidence-Based Police Profession -- Steps to Institutionalize Evidence-Based Policing -- Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 10: Conclusion -- Introduction -- Police Agencies as Experimental and Learning Organizations -- Undertaking Police Research -- The Findings from the Case Studies -- Areas That Can Be Improved to Encourage the Acceptance of Evidence-Based Policing -- The Reasons Why Evidence-Based Policing Has Not Been Widely Accepted -- Conclusion -- References -- Index.
• Titolo autorizzato: Evidence-Based Policing
• ISBN: 9783031171017; 9783031171000
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910619280003321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II