NCJ Number
251992
Journal
Policing: A Journal of Policy and Practice Volume: 8 Issue: 4 Dated: December 2014 Pages: 368-378
Date Published
December 2014
Length
11 pages
Annotation
Using survey findings conducted among policing scholars with evaluations in the Evidence-Based Policing Matrix (the Matrix), this study examined research-practitioner partnerships from the researcher's perspective.
Abstract
The use of the Matrix enables a comparison of researcher responses with information already collected on various attributes of each evaluation. The current study found several relationships between the partnership and evaluation characteristics. Survey responses suggest that researchers were doing most of the initiation of these evaluations, and the majority of evaluation products are scholarly in nature. In addition, funding was central to the initiation of research, indicating that research-practitioner partnerships are likely often generated by researchers rather than their policing counterparts. If partnerships are to increase the use of research in policing, more attention should be given to follow-through and the continuance of researcher-practitioner relationships, which should include providing the police agency practical recommendations in addition to research outcomes. (Publisher abstract modified)