Towards Implementing Evidence-Based Policing

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12 - Towards Implementing Evidence-Based Policing

Challenges in Latin America and Caribbean

from Part IV - Challenges to the Implementation of Evidence-Based Policing

Published online by Cambridge University Press: 01 June 2023

Edited by

Gali Perry and

David Weisburd: Affiliation:
Hebrew University of Jerusalem and George Mason University, Virginia
Tal Jonathan-Zamir: Affiliation:
Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Gali Perry: Affiliation:
Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Badi Hasisi: Affiliation:
Hebrew University of Jerusalem

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Latin America and the Caribbean is the most violent region on earth. However, implementation of evidence-based policing (EBP) lags due to institutional, cultural, political, and skills barriers. This chapter analyzes the context in which EBP is implemented and the challenges encountered and identifies actions to further promote EBP in the region. Challenges to adopt EBP include those present in advanced countries such as the need to institutionalize EBP and to build academic-practitioner partnerships, and also some challenges more prominent in the region including lack of reliable data, instability of political institutions and lack of trust in the police

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Latin America Caribbean Evidence Based Policing trust institutions crime statistics violent crime crime information systems predictive policing political concerns

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Information: The Future of Evidence-Based Policing , pp. 235 - 251
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108885737.016 [Opens in a new window]
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2023

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