Evidence-Based Practice (EBP) has over the last decade made an increasing mark in several fields, notably health and medicine, education and social welfare. In

1. This book offers the first practical introduction to the principles and methods of Evidence-Based Policing. While there is a growing literature on the topic,

The volume aims to increase knowledge and understanding of how evidence-based policing is being adopted and implemented by police agencies in the United States

Evidence-based policing is based on the straightforward, but powerful, idea that crime prevention and crime control policy should be based on what works best in