Improving policing depends on producing and then using the best available evidence when making decisions, developing policies, and designing programs and practices. Our new publication is a guidebook that presents a practical framework for understanding evidence-based policing (EBP) that is understandable, feasible, and directly tied to making policing more effective.
The framework is presented in 45 small “bytes” and organized by sections that will first help you understand what EBP and what it isn’t. The framework then identifies data that should be collected, analyses that should be conducted, and research that should be carried out—all for the purpose of making policing better.