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Policing Advance Access originally published online on November 2, 2009
Policing 2009 3(4):381-387; doi:10.1093/police/pap032
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© The Authors 2009. Published by Oxford University Press [on behalf of CSF Associates: Publius, Inc]. All rights reserved. For permissions please e-mail: journals.permissions@oxfordjournals.org

Evidence-Based Policing and Crime Reduction

Karen Bullock* and Nick Tilley**

* Karen Bullock, Department of Sociology, University of Surrey, Guildford, Surrey, UK. E-mail: k.bullock{at}surrey.ac.uk
** Nick Tilley, UCL Jill Dando Institute of Crime Science, University College London, London, UK. E-mail: NickJTilley{at}aol.com

There have been calls for research evidence to be drawn into police practice. We examine evidence-based practice in the policing and crime reduction agenda, drawing on the experience of implementing problem-oriented policing in the UK and beyond. We suggest that that the development of such an agenda has been hampered by certain factors. Evidence is not routinely used by police officers (or partnerships) developing strategies to deal with crime problems who prefer to deliver traditional (law enforcement) responses. There is a limited knowledge base on which practitioners can draw in developing responses to crime problems, and the nature of evidence about what is effective is contested amongst academics. Whilst welcoming the moves to incorporate evidence in policing, we caution against excessive optimism about what can be achieved and make some recommendations for those engaged in developing evidence-based practice.


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