A Police Officer’s Guide to Academic Research

Abstract

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.

• Book Type: Edited Book
• Online Publication Date: Jan 1, 2023
• Publication Date: Jan 2, 2023
• Deposit Date: Sep 21, 2022
• Publicly Available Date: Jan 2, 2025
• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
• Edition: 1st
• Book Title: A Police Officer’s Guide to Academic Research
• ISBN: 9783031192852
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-19286-9
• Keywords: Criminology; Criminal Justice; Policing; Professionalization; Research method; Evidence-based research; Academic; Vocation; Police force
• Public URL: https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/9619557
• Publisher URL: https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-031-19286-9#bibliographic-information
• Related Public URLs: https://blackwells.co.uk/bookshop/product/A-Police-Officers-Guide-to-Academic-Research/9783031192852
• Contract Date: Sep 1, 2022