Evidence-Based Policing Translating Research into Practice

by Lum, Cynthia; Koper, Christopher S.

• ISBN13: 9780198719946
• ISBN10: 0198719949
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2017-05-23
• Publisher: Oxford University Press

Author Biography

Cynthia Lum, George Mason University, Department of Criminology, Law and Society and Center for Evidence-Based Crime Policy, George Mason University,Christopher S. Koper, George Mason University, Department of Criminology, Law and Society and Center for Evidence-Based Crime Policy, George Mason University

Cynthia Lum is a Professor of Criminology, Law and Society at George Mason University in Fairfax, Virginia. She is also the Director of the Center for Evidence-Based Crime Policy, one of the founding members of the Division of Policing in the American Society of Criminology, and the North American Editor of Policing: A Journal of Policy and Practice (Oxford). She specializes in the areas of policing, security, and evidence-based crime policy, and served as a patrol officer and detective in the Baltimore City Police Department.

Christopher S. Koper is a Professor of Criminology, Law and Society at George Mason University in Fairfax, Virginia. He is also the principal fellow of the Center for Evidence-Based Crime Policy at George Mason and an associate editor of the Journal of Experimental Criminology (Springer). Dr. Koper was formerly the director of research at the Police Executive Research Forum and a member of the research advisory board of the Police Foundation. His research in policing has covered crime control strategies, the effects of technology, community policing, hiring and retention, and the institutionalization of evidence-based practices.

Table of Contents

PART I. THE BASICS OF EVIDENCE-BASED POLICING
1. What is Evidence-Based Policing?
2. Which Evidence Forms the Base For Evidence-Based Policing?
3. Translating Research: The Evidence Based Policing Matrix
PART II. EVIDENCE-BASED APPROACHES TO POLICING
4. Place-Based Approaches and Hot Spots Policing
5. Individual-Focused Strategies
6. Neighborhood and Jurisdiction Interventions
7. Technology: Evidence-Based Policing Playing Catch-up
PART III. IMPLEMENTING EVIDENCE-BASED POLICING
8. Receptivity and the Demand for Evidence-Based Policing
9. Institutionalizing Research into Practice - An Introduction
10. Incorporating Evidence-Based Policing through Professional Development
11. The Playbook: Evidence for Everyday Patrol
12. The Case of Place Strategy: Changing the Unit of Investigations
13. The Role of Crime Analysis in Evidence-Based Policing
14. Supervision, Management, Strategic Planning, and Leadership for Evidence- Based Policing
PART IV. RESEARCHERS AND THE ADVANCEMENT OF EVIDENCE-BASED POLICING
15. Translational Criminology - Ideas for Researchers