What is Evidence Based Policing? Flashcards
Who was likely the first to articulate the principles of an evidence-based approach to policing?
Sherman
What are the two dimensions of a research orientation in policing?
- using results of evaluations of law enforcement tactics, strategies, and policies to guide decisions
- generating and applying analytic knowledge from internal and external sources
In addition to the process or products of evulating police practices, what is evidence based policing?
The translation of that knowledge into indigestible and useable forms and the institutionalization of knowledge into practice and policing systems
has relationships between the scientific community and law enforcement, and the views of officers of education, always been positive?
no
Who does evidence-based policing necessitate strong partnerships and increased communication and collaboration with?
researchers, analysts, and law enforcement officers
what does the standard model do?
examines the daily activities of patrol officers
in the standard model of policing, officers’ behavior during non committed time is marked by what two characteristics?
high levels of discretion and low levels of supervision
what is the goal of the standard model?
to detect crime and disorder, bring offenders to justice, and settle other problems, disputes, and issues that might arise from individual calls for service
What are alternatives to the standard model?
Problem-oriented policing and intelligence-led policing
What is the problem-oriented policing model?
It questions the focus on responding to individual calls for service, arguing that individual calls in combination signal broader underlying problems
What is intelligence-led policing?
Efforts that focus on targetting serious offenders, triaging crime problems, making greater use of surveillance and informants, and making intelligence central to decision-making
What are the benefits of evidence-based policing?
-the chances that they will achieve goals are higher than if they employ strategies not shown to yield such outputs
-might increase satisfaction in police work
-can also increase job satisfaction
what are the challenges of evidence-based policing?
-ease of access may not be enough to prompt the use of that research
-difficult for any reform to change the status quo and the standard approach to policing
-institutionalized barriers
-over valuation of experience
-false expectations and beliefs about the role of researchers and research in policing, some of which have been propagated by academics themselves
-researchers in the evidence-based policing
