RT Article
T1 Building Bridges Between Researchers and Police Practitioners in Small and Midsize Law Enforcement Agencies in the United States
JF Journal of contemporary criminal justice
VO 37
IS 2
SP 276
OP 292
A1 Iwama, Janice
A2 McDevitt, Jack
A2 Bieniecki, Robert
LA English
YR 2021
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1755889364
AB Although partnerships between researchers and police practitioners have increased over the last few decades in some of the largest police agencies in the United States, very few small agencies have engaged in a partnership with a researcher. Of the 18,000 local police agencies in the United States, small agencies with less than 25 sworn officers make up about three quarters of all police agencies. To support future collaborations between researchers and smaller police agencies, like those in Douglas County, Kansas, this article identifies challenges that researchers can address and explores how these relationships can benefit small police agencies across the United States.
K1 Police Reform
K1 Partnership
K1 researcher
K1 police practitioner
DO 10.1177/1043986221999882