Leaders’ Understanding of Evidence-Based Practices: A Survey of Police Chiefs and Probation/Parole Chiefs

Immense pressure is being put on criminal justice agencies to adopt and implement evidence-based practices (EBP). Empirical evidence highlights the need for leadership support to make agencies more evidence-based. The current study is an empirical examination of how criminal justice leaders understa...

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Main Author: Kim, Bitna (Author)
Contributors: Lee, Daniel
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
Published: 2024
In: American journal of criminal justice
Year: 2024, Volume: 49, Issue: 2, Pages: 328-347
Online Access: Volltext (lizenzpflichtig)
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Keywords:
Community Corrections
Leadership
Police
Research partnership
Training
evidence-based practice

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