Evidence-Based Policing

Read Chapter 2 of the Bachman textbook, Chapter 2 of the Mosher textbook, and the website article "Evidence-Based Policing" before discussing the following prompts:

• Describe the major elements of evidence-based policing.
• How do the elements relate to research in criminal justice?
• In what areas is evidence-based policing already being used?
• What are the steps you would take to convince a department not using evidence-based policing to use it?

Please use below as references:

Bachman, R., & Schutt, R. K. (2017). Fundamentals of research in criminology and criminal justice (4th ed.). Los Angeles, CA: Sage Publications, Inc. ISBN: 9781506359571.

Mosher, C. J., Miethe, T. D., & Hart, T. C. (2011). The mismeasure of crime (2nd ed.). Los Angeles, CA: Sage Publications, Inc. ISBN: 9781412981811.