Building an evidence-based policing infrastructure requires that police researchers understand, develop, and participate in activities that facilitate the translation of research to practice. One core component of this participation is finding methods to meaningfully interact with police practitioners in ways that convey research findings and provide opportunities to apply research in practice. The Evidence-Based Research Program of the Center for Evidence-Based Crime Policy has been awarded a grant from University of Cambridge, Institute of Criminology to foster a partnership with its Police Executive Programme. Specifically, this grant serves to build the capacity for law enforcement agents in the United Kingdom to become more evidence-based in their daily practices, to improve their education in this area, and to apply their knowledge acquisition in the field. This venture is spearheaded by Dr. Cynthia Lum, co-Director of the Evidence-Based Research Program and Visiting Scholar at Cambridge University with fellow collaborators of the Evidence-Based Policing Matrix, Dr. Christopher Koper (Police Executive Research Forum) and Mr. Cody Telep (Mason).
May 05, 2010
