04663nam a22006135i 4500 978-3-031-59294-2 DE-He213 20251030112613.0 cr nn 008mamaa 240704s2024 sz | s |||| 0|eng d 9783031592942 978-3-031-59294-2 10.1007/978-3-031-59294-2 doi HV6001-7220.5 JKV bicssc SOC004000 bisacsh JKV thema Betts, Paul. author. aut http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut 78513 Critiquing Evidence-Based Policing in Britain [electronic resource] : A Genealogy / by Paul Betts. 1st ed. 2024. Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2024. XIX, 324 p. 1 illus. online resource. text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier text file PDF rda Critical Criminological Perspectives, 2731-0612 Chapter 1 Tensions in the rise of EBP in Britain -- Chapter 2 Epistemological considerations of discourse analysis -- Chapter 3 The Story-lines of EBP -- Chapter 4 The Subject Positions of EBP -- Chapter 5 The Institutional Reforms of EBP -- Chapter 6 Conclusion: Matters Arising for EBP. “Paul’s book is essential reading for students, officers, and policy makers who are seeking genuine culture change in policing. It evidences an urgent need for new research and thinking to tackle the issues that have so damaged public confidence in policing.” -Retired Deputy Chief Constable Richard Moore, Warwickshire Police, UK Evidence Based Policing (EBP) exerts significant influence on how actors think, act and speak about UK policing to the point that it is becoming institutionalised. Inspired by the insights of Michel Foucault into power-knowledge, governmentality and institutional reform over time, this book provides a comprehensive account of the emergence of EBP in Britain as well as original discourse analysis and analytical research into the texts produced by EBP. It presents a new history of EBP presented around EBP's story-lines, subject positions and the institutional changes it has created. This history shows EBP shares a genealogical heritage with modern discourses of managerialism and neoliberalism. EBP's roots are traced and it is re-presented as an extension of the problematic relationship in the production of criminological knowledge and the British state. This history fundamentally challenges the notion on which EBP rests: basing policing policy upon independent, robust knowledge. Instead this book argues EBP should be subject to greater illumination and challenge, suggesting EBP is a contestable device that is doing political work. It speaks to those interested in policing, critical criminology and political science. Dr Paul Betts retired as a police officer in March 2023, completing over 28 years’ service. His final role was a Detective Chief Superintendent seconded to Counter Terrorism Policing Headquarters, New Scotland Yard, London, UK, where he served as the National Prevent Coordinator. Paul is now a senior lecturer in Policing at Westminster Law School, University of Westminster, London, UK. He is also Honorary Fellow in Social and Political Science at the University of Melbourne, Australia, and is Honorary Professor of Criminal Justice at the Birmingham Law School, University of Birmingham, UK. Criminology. 58246 Critical criminology. Mass media and crime. 73748 Crime Sociological aspects. 58247 Political science. 58714 Political sociology. 57999 Crime Control and Security. 67070 Critical Criminology. Crime and the Media. 73749 Crime and Society. Political Science. 58714 Political Sociology. 57999 SpringerLink (Online service) Springer Nature eBook Printed edition: 9783031592935 Printed edition: 9783031592959 Printed edition: 9783031592966 Critical Criminological Perspectives, 2731-0612 80034 https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-59294-2 ZDB-2-LCR ZDB-2-SXLC 61344 61344