Evidence Based Policing Flashcards

Using data, analysis, and research to complement experience and professional judgment to provide the best possible police service to the public.

To use data, analysis, and research to make policing more effective.

Data, analysis, research, evidence.

<p>Experience and professional judgment.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<ol> <li>It's hard to know whether the results of a study done in one place are transferable elsewhere. 2. Science never 'proves' anything, rather it tests theories. 3. Police agencies have to juggle competing interests, priorities and outcomes.</li> </ol> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Law, values, politics, and public opinion.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Help identify which policing strategy might be the best fit for its situation, implement that strategy, and determine how effectively the strategy is working.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Agency actions should be guided by the latest and best information about crime and offenders in its jurisdiction.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<ol> <li>Data to identify emerging crime and disorder problems. 2. Analysis to describe the problems and figure out why they are occurring. 3. Implementation of tailor-made responses. 4. Assessment to determine whether the problems have been reduced and if not, why.</li> </ol> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Strong emphasis on improving community relationships, reducing fear of crime, and providing quality services.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>EBP represents the most logical approach for LE agencies as it considers, implements, evaluates, and refines its chosen strategies of policing.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>An activity is effective to the extent that it achieves its intended outcomes.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<ol> <li>Mistaking an output, such as number of arrests, for an outcome, such as reducing crime. 2. Choosing one outcome while ignoring others.</li> </ol> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The specific things police do.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The valuable results that occur in a society as a consequence of what the police do.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<ol> <li>Reducing serious crime. 2. Holding offenders to account. 3. Maintaining safety and order. 4. Reassuring the public. 5. Providing quality services. 6. Using force and authority fairly and effectively. 7. Using financial resources fairly, efficiently, and effectively.</li> </ol> Signup and view all the answers

<p>People must be satisfied that the police are capable, trustworthy, and performing as effectively as possible.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>They must have the 7 Bottom Lines of Policing met.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The test of police efficiency is the absence of crime and disorder, not the visible evidence of police action in dealing with it.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<ol> <li>Most agencies only have data on reported crime, which vastly undercounts the actual amount of crime. 2. Distortion occurs when residents become more likely or less likely to report crimes. 3. The longstanding reliance on the Uniform Crime Reporting program (FBI).</li> </ol> Signup and view all the answers

<p>False</p> Signup and view all the answers