RT Article
T1 A Canadian replication of Telep and Lum’s (2014) examination of police officers’ receptivity to empirical research
JF Policing and society
VO 30
IS 3
SP 276
OP 294
A1 Blaskovits, Brittany
A2 Huey, Laura 1966-
A2 Bennell, Craig
A2 Kalyal, Hina
A2 Javala, Shaela
A2 Walker, Thomas
LA English
YR 2020
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1798235692
AB Research conducted in the United States (U.S.) suggests that many police professionals are unaware of, or resistant to, empirical research, and see little value in adopting evidence-based approaches for tackling policing issues. To determine whether similar views are held by Canadian police professionals, 598 police professionals (civilians and officers) from seven police services across Canada were surveyed. The survey was designed by Lum and Telep (n.d. Officer receptivity survey on evidence-based policing. Fairfax, VA: Center for Evidence-Based Crime Policy, George Mason University) to determine respondents’ knowledge of, and support for, evidence-based policing (EBP). Using their survey allowed us to compare our results to the data they collected in the U.S. Although Canadian respondents had similar concerns regarding EBP as those in the U.S., in several ways, Canadian police professionals were more open to the idea of EBP. The results are encouraging, but still suggest a lack of buy-in from some police professionals in certain regards. Potential reasons for the cross-national discrepancies, and the consequences of the findings, are discussed.
K1 Evidence-based policing
K1 receptivity to research
K1 Replication
K1 Survey
DO 10.1080/10439463.2018.1522315