Exploring evidence-based policing

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.

• 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