Overview
- Uniquely tailors discussion of research and academic skills to a higher education police audience
- Accessibly written by experts in the field with unique professional experience
- Provides a thorough understanding of the importance of evidence-based research in operational settings
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About this book
This book highlights how the practical skills of the police officer can be transferred into the realm of academic research and support them in becoming part of the evidence-based policing movement. It starts by exploring the professionalisation of the police service through higher education accreditation and the different methodologies of social research practice. Using operational comparisons and a little humour, it guides the reader through the swamp of concepts and processes, such as ethical approval, research paradigms and data gathering and analysis. It then takes them on a journey of reflection and reflexivity, challenging their own perspective on policing and working within the wider criminal justice sector and how they can make a valuable contribution to the development of policing practice.
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Book Title: A Police Officer’s Guide to Academic Research
Editors: Anne Eason
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-19286-9
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: Law and Criminology, Law and Criminology (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2023
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-031-19285-2Published: 02 January 2023
eBook ISBN: 978-3-031-19286-9Published: 01 January 2023
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIV, 118
Number of Illustrations: 1 b/w illustrations
Topics: Policing, Research Methodology, Crime and Society