Evidence-based policing: using evidence and research to improve policing practice

This article appeared in the "Ethical Record" the journal of the Conway Hall Ethical Society following a talk on the subject which took place at their Thinking On Sunday series of Events on 14th January 2016.
It outlines the concept of Evidence-Based Policing to a non-specialist audience. It defines the concpet and outlines why it is required within contemporary policing as a facet of police professionalism.

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