This course, Exploring evidence-based policing, examines the basic elements of evidence-based policing and gives insight into how more evidence-based approaches can inform better policing practice.This course was produced by The Open University in association with the Police Service of Northern Ireland.
Overview
Syllabus
- Introduction
- 1 Evidence-based practices
- 1 Evidence-based practices
- 1.1 Sources of evidence
- 2 What is evidence-based policing?
- 2 What is evidence-based policing?
- 3 The stages of evidence-based policing
- 3 The stages of evidence-based policing
- 3.1 Assessing evidence
- 3.2 Implementation
- 4 Putting evidence-based policing into practice
- 4 Putting evidence-based policing into practice
- 5 The challenge and limits of an evidence-based approach
- 5 The challenge and limits of an evidence-based approach
- 5.1 Misconceptions about the idea of evidence-based practice
- 5.2 Sources of bias
- 5.3 Professional fads and fashions
- 5.4 Power, politics and careers
- 5 Conclusion
- 5 Conclusion
- References
- Acknowledgements