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"January 2011"--Page 1.
"This is one in a series of papers that will be published as a result of Harvard’s Executive Session on Policing and Public Safety. In the early 1980s, an Executive Session on Policing helped resolve many law enforcement issues of the day. It produced a number of papers and concepts that revolutionized policing. Thirty years later, law enforcement has changed and NIJ and Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government are again collaborating to help resolve law enforcement issues of the day."--Page 1.
"NCJ 232179"--Page [4].
Summary
"This paper focuses on the underlying assumptions of David Weisburd's and Peter Neyroud's paper in this series, titled "Police Science", rather than on its particular suggestions. Many social scientists would not relish their suggestion — that police take charge of the research agenda — fearing a drop-off in the quality of scholarship. In that respect, W&N’s conclusions are unusual. However, their underlying assumptions — that policing should be evidence-based, and that you can’t know what works unless you take scientific research seriously — align closely with the foundations of the evidence-based policing movement. This paper examines the underlying assumptions of that broader EBP movement, as what EBP proposes requires some counterbalance and caution, particularly at this time in the development of policing."--Page 3.