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Showing 1 to 9 of 9 for “"Evidence-based policing"”.
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Theorising evidence based policing: a discourse analysis
This thesis examines the rise of evidence-based policing (EBP) in the UK over the last two decades. EBP is a ‘what works’ initiative, claiming to offer benefits to policing policy and practice based on scientific research graded as ‘evidence’. EBP has exerted growing influence in British policing …
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RELATIONSHIP POLICING: IMPLEMENTING A NEW MODEL OF THINKING FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT TO BUILD FORMAL COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIPS
… various enforcement models, such as community policing and evidence-based policing. Another method is the formation of formal partnerships among chiefs and key community stakeholders with the purpose of building public trust and reducing crime. This study aims to answer the question: “How do …
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The acquisition and implementation of risk technologies by Canadian police services
… a shifting role of police in the era of evidence-based policing (EBP) and rapid technological advancement towards that of knowledge workers who fulfill ever-evolving demands for information and consumers of private sector technologies. Results are then used to substantiate a call for …
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Professionalism in Policing: Do Increased Education Requirements Improve Police Performance and Procedural Justice?
… and decreases clearance rates, and community policing training for police recruits increases clearance rates but also increases use of force. Community training was more likely to exist at departments with increased education requirements. These findings suggest that departments with …
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Risk Managed Demand: Proof of Concept for an Evidence-Based Framework, Operationalized to meet the Demand for Order in a Civil Society
… for a diversified response. This system is based on a “human-in-the-loop” application of Natural Language Processing (NLP), formed using Machine Learning (ML), to effectively support the professional judgment of 911 “call takers” with a low-latency risk forecast presented as “intelligent …
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Aspects of Police Search and Rescue Work for Missing Persons in Canada
… most critical and least understood tasks within policing: search and rescue (SAR). While many missing persons cases reported to the police in Canada are successfully resolved within 48 hours with the individual located safe and well, some are significantly more challenging because of unique …
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Learning to Field Test in Policing: Using an analysis of completed randomised controlled trials involving the police to develop a grounded theory on the factors contributing to high levels of treatment integrity in Police Field Experiments.
Evidence-based policing (EBP) has emerged as a key strand of police innovation since Sherman’s (1998) Police Foundation lecture. However, for others EBP raises as many questions as answers. One of the most contentious areas is the role advocated for randomised controlled trials in testing practice …
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The Cape Town Violence and Injury Observatory (VIO) Validity and utility of data sources for a prevention-oriented VIO in urban Cape Town, South Africa
… the injury surveillance system (ISS), provided evidence for an association between the implementation of the VIO model and a reduction in homicide count in high-violence settings (incidence rate ratio [IRR]=0.06; 95% CI 0.02 to 0.19; four studies), while the introduction of ISS showed …