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The Best-Kept Secret(s) of Evidence Based Policing

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 June 2016

Paul Dawson  and
Elizabeth A. Stanko
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Abstract

This paper draws on the work of the Evidence and Insight Team, a dedicated research function presently at the Mayor's Office for Policing And Crime, previously based within the Metropolitan Police Service for over a decade. The aim of the paper is to make readers aware of the obliquely hidden data goldmine that exists within UK policing. Such data captures the decisions police make routinely, the kinds of situations police encounter and with whom. This rich data seam goes beyond crime – and should be used more outside of policing. The authors, Paul Dawson and Elizabeth A. Stanko, argue that interested academics need a better roadmap of the data in order to stimulate basic knowledge and usage. Three case studies are presented that illustrate the scope and challenges of working with such data.

Keywords

evidence based policingpolicedata managementresearch
Type
Sources and Methods in Criminology and Criminal Justice Research
Information
Legal Information Management , Volume 16 , Issue 2 , June 2016 , pp. 64 - 71
Copyright
Copyright © The Author(s) 2016. Published by British and Irish Association of Law Librarians 

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