Pressures are increasing on educational policy and practice to use research to guide
improvement. Recently there have been concerted efforts to forge new and different kinds of …

In recent years, policing scholars have increasingly used survey methods to gain insight into
officers' attitudes and behaviours. Yet, surprisingly, methodological research analysing …

It has been claimed that evidence-based research plays an important role in policing
(Knutsson, 2017; Telep and Lum, 2014; Punch, 2015) because it is able to distinguish what …

To support the development and implementation of evidence-based crime reduction, we
systematically identified and appraised 70 systematic reviews of single crime reduction …

Evidence-based policing—using research and scientific processes to inform police
decisions—is a complex approach to policing that involves various challenges. One primary …

Police officer receptivity to empirical research and evidence-based policing is important to
consider because officers are responsible for implementing approaches validated by …

Partnerships between police and academics have proliferated in recent years, reflecting the
increased recognition of the benefits to be had on both sides from collaborating on research …

Recent calls for police to focus more on integrating research into practice require paying
closer attention to how receptive frontline practitioners are to using research. Officers in four …

The push toward professionalisation of policing is an expanding discourse in western
societies. Professions, as opposed to trades, crafts or occupations, have particular …

This paper provides a contextual understanding of police officer and civilian staff receptivity
to research and evidence-based policing (EBP) in UK through presentation of findings from …