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Evidence-Based Policing: Translating Research into Practice - Softcover

Lum, Cynthia

 
9780198719946: Evidence-Based Policing: Translating Research into Practice

Synopsis

Argues that evidence-based policing is not just the process of evaluating police practices, but also about translating that knowledge into digestible and useable forms, as well as institutionalizing research processes and findings into everyday policing systems so that research can be used.

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About the Author


Cynthia Lum, George Mason University, Department of Criminology, Law and Society and Center for Evidence-Based Crime Policy, George Mason University,Christopher S. Koper, George Mason University, Department of Criminology, Law and Society and Center for Evidence-Based Crime Policy, George Mason University

Cynthia Lum is a Professor of Criminology, Law and Society at George Mason University in Fairfax, Virginia. She specializes in the areas of policing, crime prevention, technology, and evidence-based crime policy. She is also the Director of the Center for Evidence-Based Crime Policy, one of the founding members of the Division of Policing in the American Society of Criminology, and the founding editor of Translational Criminology magazine.  Dr. Lum is a member of the National Academies of Sciences committee on proactive policing, a Fulbright specialist, and a recipient of the James Smart Medal from Police Scotland.

Christopher S. Koper is a Professor of Criminology, Law and Society at George Mason University in Fairfax, Virginia. He is also the principal fellow of the Center for Evidence-Based Crime Policy at George Mason and an associate editor of the Journal of Experimental Criminology
(Springer). Dr. Koper was formerly the director of research at the Police Executive Research Forum and a member of the research advisory board of the Police Foundation. His research in policing has covered crime control strategies, the effects of technology, community policing, hiring and retention, and the institutionalization of evidence-based practices.

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