Learning While Doing: Linking Knowledge to Policy in the Development of Community Policing and Violence Prevention in the United States (From Integrating Crime Prevention Strategies: Propensity and Opportunity, P 301-331, 1995, Per-Olof H Wikstrom, Ronald V. Clarke, et al, eds. -- See NCJ-164757)

• NCJ Number: 164769
• Author(s): M H Moore
• Date Published: 1995
• Length: 31 pages
• Sale Source: National Council for Crime Prevention
• Publication Type: Research (Applied/Empirical)
• Language: English
• Country: Sweden
• Note: *This document is currently unavailable from NCJRS.

Annotation

This paper explores how society can link the development of knowledge to the development of policy on community policing and violence prevention in the United States.

Abstract

Alternative images of how society develops and uses knowledge in confronting various social problems are sketched, and the different sketches are applied to analyze efforts to expand community policing and to prevent youth violence. A social research and development model is presented in which formal scientific inquiry establishes the size and character of problems nominated for social action, identifies problem causes, supports efforts to devise effective interventions, and disseminates findings and important innovations. The model is evaluated in terms of its strengths and weaknesses. Alternative models are proposed for solving social problems, and points of comparison among the models are noted. Application of the models to community policing and violence prevention is discussed. 41 references