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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

By
Laura Jaitman
Edited by
David Weisburd ,
Tal Jonathan-Zamir ,
Gali Perry  and
Badi Hasisi
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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Summary

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 AmericaCaribbeanEvidence Based Policingtrustinstitutionscrime statisticsviolent crimecrime information systemspredictive policingpolitical concerns
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The Future of Evidence-Based Policing , pp. 235 - 251
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2023

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