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"What is Evidence-Based Policing (EBP) and how is it done? This book provides an answer to both questions, offering an introduction for undergraduate students and a hands-on guide for police officers wanting to know how to put principles into practice. It serves as a gentle introduction to the terminology, ideas and scientific methods associated with evidence-based policy, and outlines some of the existing policing applications. A couple of introductory chapters summarize evidence-based policy and its goals and origins. The core of the book eases the reader through a range of practical chapters that answer questions many people have about evidence-based practice in policing. What does good science look like? How do I find reliable research? How do I evaluate research? What is a hypothesis? How do randomized experiments work? These chapters not only provide a practical guide to reading and using existing research, but also a roadmap for readers wanting to start their own research project. The final chapters outline different ways to publish research, discuss concerns around evidence-based policing, and ask what is in the future for this emerging field. Annotated with the author's own experiences as a police officer and researcher, and filled with simple aids, flowcharts, and figures, this practical guide is the most accessible introduction to evidence-based policing available. It is essential reading for policing students and police professionals alike"--

What is evidence-based policing and how is it done? This book provides an answer to both questions, offering an introduction for undergraduate students and a hands-on guide for police officers wanting to know how to put principles into practice. It serves as a gentle introduction to the terminology, ideas, and scientific methods associated with evidence-based policy, and outlines some of the existing policing applications. A couple of introductory chapters summarize evidence-based policy and its goals and origins. The core of the book eases the reader through a range of practical chapters that answer questions many people have about evidence-based practice in policing. What does good science look like? How do I find reliable research? How do I evaluate research? What is a hypothesis? How do randomized experiments work? These chapters not only provide a practical guide to reading and using existing research, but also a roadmap for readers wanting to start their own research project. The final chapters outline different ways to publish research, discuss concerns around evidence-based policing, and ask what is in the future for this emerging field. Annotated with the author's own experiences as a police officer and researcher, and filled with simple aids, flowcharts, and figures, this practical guide is the most accessible introduction to evidence-based policing available. It is essential reading for policing students and police professionals alike. Further resources are available on the book's website at evidencebasedpolicing.net.

What is evidence-based policing and how is it done? This book provides an answer to both questions, offering an introduction for undergraduate students and a hands-on guide for police officers wanting to know how to put principles into practice. It serves as a gentle introduction to the terminology, ideas, and scientific methods associated with evidence-based policy, and outlines some of the existing policing applications. A couple of introductory chapters summarize evidence-based policy and its goals and origins. The core of the book eases the reader through a range of practical chapters that answer questions many people have about evidence-based practice in policing. What does good science look like? How do I find reliable research? How do I evaluate research? What is a hypothesis? How do randomized experiments work? These chapters not only provide a practical guide to reading and using existing research, but also a roadmap for readers wanting to start their own research project. The final chapters outline different ways to publish research, discuss concerns around evidence-based policing, and ask what is in the future for this emerging field. Annotated with the author's own experiences as a police officer and researcher, and filled with simple aids, flowcharts, and figures, this practical guide is the most accessible introduction to evidence-based policing available. It is essential reading for policing students and police professionals alike. Further resources are available on the book's website at evidencebasedpolicing.net.

Strategic Thinking in Criminal Intelligence is designed to complement the drive for more strategic planning in law enforcement crime prevention and detection. It is a vital resource for intelligence practitioners, crime analysts, law enforcement managers and advanced students of policing.

Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- List of figures -- List of tables -- Preface and acknowledgements -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Origins of intelligence-led policing -- 3 The magnitude of the crime challenge -- 4 Defining intelligence-led policing -- 5 Police decision-making -- 6 Interpreting the criminal environment -- 7 Influencing decision-makers -- 8 Having an impact on crime -- 9 Technology and ILP -- 10 Evaluating intelligence-led policing -- 11 Challenges for the future -- References -- Index

AbstractThis contribution outlines various spatial and temporal aspects of medical or public-health related calls for service from the public to police in Philadelphia in 2019. These incidents comprise about 8% of the police department's workload that originates from the public. Calls appear to be highly concentrated in a few areas, and specifically the Center City and Kensington neighborhoods. They are also more likely to occur late afternoon and evening. The article shows that some medical or public health activity initially masquerades as crime or other policing work and some events eventually determined to be police/crime activity can initially appear to be public health related. About 20% of activity in this area does not appear predictable from the initial call type as handled by police dispatch.

This Brief reviews the history of foot patrol and the recent, research-driven resurgence of foot patrol in places such as Philadelphia. It summarizes and critiques existing literature on the subject, examining the efficacy of foot patrol. At the time the Philadelphia Foot Patrol Experiment was published, popular opinion about foot patrol was that it might improve community perception of police and reduce fear of crime, but it did not have a concrete crime prevention benefit. The Philadelphia Experiment represented a major examination of this concept, involving over 200 officers in 60 locations over a two-year period, in some of the highest violent crime areas of Philadelphia. The results suggested that a targeted hot spots-oriented foot patrol strategy did contribute to violent crime reduction. Four years later, the lead author of that seminal experiment explores its findings, together with the findings of the Philadelphia Policing Tactics Experiment, and examines their differences. This work also explores officer experiences with foot patrol. This Brief concludes with policy recommendations about foot patrol, when and how to implement it, and the benefits it can add to a police department. This Brief will be of interest to researchers in Criminology and Criminal Justice, particularly with an interest in Police Studies, and related fields such as sociology and public policy. It will also be of interest to practitioners and policy makers interested in evidence-based policing.

"Acknowledgments" -- "Contents" -- "About the Authors" -- "Crowd-Pleasers and Crime Fighters" -- "References" -- "A History of Foot Patrol" -- " Introduction" -- " Humble Beginnings" -- " Peel's Great Experiment" -- " The Early Days of American Policing" -- " The Political Era" -- " The Professional Era and the Decline of Foot Patrols" -- " Conflicting Pressures Slowly Drive a Crisis in Policing" -- " Policing Starts to Learn What Works" -- " Community Policing" -- " Experimenting with Foot Patrol" -- " Rethinking the Unit of Analysis" -- "References" -- "The Philadelphia Experience" -- " The Past Rediscovered" -- " The Philadelphia Foot Patrol Experiment" -- " The Experimental Design" -- " Implementing the Foot Patrols" -- " The Officer Experience" -- " The Limits of Beat Boundaries" -- " Evaluation" -- " The Philadelphia Policing Tactics Experiment" -- " Foot Patrol During the Tactics Experiment" -- " How and Why Did the Experimental Results Differ?" -- " Where Next for Foot Patrol?" -- "References" -- "The Foot Beat Experience" -- " What Is Real Police Work?" -- " What Did Foot Patrol Officers Do?" -- " Harm Reduction and Harm-Focused Policing" -- " The Conundrum of Performance Evaluations" -- " Balancing Community Work with Enforcement Actions" -- " The Need to Leave: Difficulties Maintaining Beat Integrity" -- " Conclusions" -- "References" -- "Foot Patrol Policies" -- " Introduction" -- " Selecting the Right Officers" -- " Training Foot Patrol Officers" -- " The Geographic Area for Foot Patrol" -- " Hot Spots Within Hot Spots: The Hotspot Matrix" -- " Other Foot Beat Area Considerations" -- " Tasking Foot Patrol Officers" -- " Permanent or Park-and-Walk Patrols?" -- " Incorporating Foot Beats into an Area's Overall Crime Control Strategy" -- " The Community Component" -- " Assessing and Rewarding Foot Patrol