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"This book examines the scientific evidence for the effectiveness of various police practices and provides tools to help turn research into practice. Part I gives a practitioner's definition of evidence-based policing, a primer on how to judge and interpret research findings, and a review...
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Oxford University Press,
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| Publisher Address: | Oxford, United Kingdom : |
| Publication Dates: | 2017. |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
| Edition: | First edition. |
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"This book examines the scientific evidence for the effectiveness of various police practices and provides tools to help turn research into practice. Part I gives a practitioner's definition of evidence-based policing, a primer on how to judge and interpret research findings, and a review of the Evidence-Based Policing Matrix, a tool for translating research on police crime control interventions. In Part II the authors review the breadth of knowledge about policing interventions for people, places, communities, and technology, focusing on how to optimize operations based on this information. |
| Carrier Form: | ix, 323 pages : illustrations, forms ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages [279]-308) and indexes. |
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9780198719946 (paperback) : 0198719949 (paperback) |
| Index Number: | HV7921 |
| CLC: | D035.3 |
| Call Number: | D035.3/L957 |
| Contents: | Part 1. Evidence-based policing : the basics. What is evidence-based policing? -- Which evidence forms the base for evidence-based policing? -- Translating research : the evidence-based policing matrix -- Part 2. Evidence-based approaches to policing. Place-based approaches and hot sports policing -- Individual-focused strategies -- Neighborhood and jurisdiction interventions -- Technology-evidence-based policing playing catch-up -- Part 3. Implementing evidence-based policing. Receptivity and the demand for evidence-based policing -- Institutionalizing research into practice : an introducti |