Research & Evidence-Based Policing
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Businesses sprout up daily in cities across the globe. Some new companies look to fill existing structures to cut costs while other business ventures look to begin anew in new establishments. For each...
Research & Evidence-Based Policing
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Durham Constabulary in the UK is taking an innovative approach to reduce the harm caused by serial domestic abuse perpetrators. This approach, Multi-Agency Tasking and Coordination (MATAC), is signifi...
Education & Training
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  For decades, law enforcement has used virtual reality (VR) training for hard skills like firearm handling. This high-tech, lower-cost tool may also be usable for “soft skill” training for ...
Research & Evidence-Based Policing
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Success is never found; it is created. With this in mind, what is the greatest challenge for executive decision makers in creating optimum conditions to achieve success in law enforcement? In the Unit...
Criminal Justice Reform
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The term “evidence-based policing” shouldn’t be new to anyone reading this, but even with the advancements made in policing, the profession has a long way to go when it comes to using evidence t...
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Over the past half-century, the role of police has expanded greatly, resulting in law enforcement officers being relied on as the default responders for many of society’s deep-rooted problems, inclu...
Technology
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For 90 years, the primary source of information on crimes recorded by U.S. law enforcement was the Summary Reporting System (SRS) of the FBI’s Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program. A central stren...
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Over the past several decades, police practitioners and academic researchers have partnered to conduct critical research on all aspects of policing. These collaborations have created a significant set...
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