Police-Academia Co-Production of Evidence for Policy and Practice

Session Submission Type: Roundtable Session

Abstract

Some of the world’s leading applied police researchers will come together to debate a topic whose increasing popularity is perhaps matched only by its contentiousness: evidence-based policing. Drawing on their unusually rich and varied research careers in the US and Europe, participants will reflect on the conceptualisation, generation, application and evaluation of evidence in policing. The emergence and development of the evidence-based policing movement will be discussed. Practical and theoretical shortcomings in the dominant model of evidence-based policing will be highlighted. Arguments for a more inclusive, collaborative and realist approach will be put forward, in which police and researchers co-produce evidence to inform policy and practice. Audience members will be invited to engage in the debate, contributing their own perspectives on and experiences of evidence-based policing. The overarching aim of the session is to promote greater and more nuanced understanding of the roles evidence has, can and could play in policing.

Sub Unit

• Area VIII: Roundtables

Participants

• John E. Eck, University of Cincinnati

• Jack Greene, Northeastern University

• David Kennedy, John Jay College of Criminal Justice

• Johannes Knutsson, Norwegian Police University College

• Eli Silverman, Professor Emeritus, John Jay College of Criminal Justice

• Ella Cockbain, University College London