Topic: 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?