Critical Reflections on Evidence-Based Policing

Section 1: Evidence-Based Policing in Context Introduction: Evidence-based Practice and Policing: Background and Context Karen Bullock, Nigel Fielding and Simon Holdaway 1. The Development of Evidence-Based Policing in the UK: Social Entrepreneurs and the Creation of Certainty Simon Holdaway 2. Research Synthesis, Systematic Reviewing and Evidence-based Policing Karen Bullock 3. Street-level Theories of Change: Adapting the Medical Model of Evidence-based Practice for Policing Nick Cowen and Nancy Cartwright 4. Evaluation Evidence for Evidence-Based Policing: Randomistas and Realists Aiden Sidebottom and Nick Tilley Section 2: Evidence-Based Policing and Police Practice 5. Evidence-Based Policing: Competing or Complementary Models? Jennifer Brown 6. Democracy, Accountability and Evidence-Based Policing: Who Calls the Shots? Kevin Morrell and Mike Rowe 7. Wicked Policing and Magical Thinking: Evidence for Policing Problems that Cannot be 'Solved' in an Age of 'Alternative Facts' Martin Innes Section 3: Steps Toward Applying Research Evidence to Policing 8. Changing the Narrative: Harnessing Culture as Evidence Jenny Fleming 9. Effecting Change in Policing Through Police/Academic Partnerships: The Challenges of (and for) Co-production Adam Crawford Section 4: Conclusion 10. Evidence-Based Practice in Policing: Future Trends Nigel Fielding