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Evidence-based policing (EBP) is an approach to policy making and tactical decision-making for police departments. It has its roots in the larger movement towards evidence-based practices. Advocates of evidence-based policing emphasize the value of statistical analysis, empirical research, and ideally randomized controlled trials. EBP does not ...
Lawrence W. Sherman (born October 25, 1949) is an experimental criminologist and police educator who defined evidence-based policing.Since October 2024 he has served as Chief Executive Officer of Benchmark Cambridge, a global police reform organisation.
There are also emphases on community policing to build relationships and community trust in law enforcement; the evidence-based policing approach of using of data to assist with decision-making; and the importance of civilian oversight of police work. Nonetheless, instances of misconduct and brutality have continued to occur.
The Wichita Police Department is missing evidence in homicides, rapes and other criminal cases, a 2021 outside audit found. But the city manager’s office was unaware of the extent of the problem ...
A multi-year criminal investigation under former Los Angeles County Sheriff Alex Villanueva into the agency's inspector general — a probe that a legal advisor for the county called "not legally ...
The case riveted the city as it was the largest case of police misconduct in Oakland in decades. Despite the settlement's hefty price tag, Russo said the cases could have cost the city tens of millions of dollars more had they gone to trial, pointing out that the victims had spent more than 25 years, combined, imprisoned on false charges.
Maryland v. King, 569 U.S. 435 (2013), was a decision of the United States Supreme Court which held that a cheek swab of an arrestee's DNA is comparable to fingerprinting and therefore, a legal police booking procedure that is reasonable under the Fourth Amendment.
A significant focus of Huey's research is the politics of policing. Her first book, Negotiating Demands: The Politics of Skid Row Policing in Edinburgh, San Francisco and Vancouver, draws on field-based research to comparatively examine "the influence of local political, moral, and economic issues on police practices within marginalized communities" [4] within three 'liberal', yet very ...