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Baseline for Policing Research in Canada BUILDING A SAFE AND RESILIENT CANADA ECONOMICS OF POLICING Baseline for Policing Research in Canada Curt Taylor Griffiths, Ph.D. With the assistance of Joshua J. Murphy, B.A. Sandra R. Snow, B. Comm. Prepared for Community Safety and Countering Crime Branch Public Safety Canada The views expressed herein are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect those of the Department of Public Safety Canada or of those individuals interviewed. © Her Majesty the Queen in Right of Canada, 2014 Cat. No.: PS14-30/2014E-PDF ISBN No.: 978-1-100-24574-4 1 Table of Contents Table of Contents .......................................................................................................................................... 2 Executive Summary ...................................................................................................................................... 5 Introduction ................................................................................................................................................... 8 Project Objectives ......................................................................................................................................... 8 Project Method .............................................................................................................................................. 9 The Interview Schedule ............................................................................................................................ 9 The Evolution and Current State of Police Research in Canada ................................................................. 11 The State of Canadian Police Research ...................................................................................................... 13 The Federal Government and Police Research ........................................................................................... 14 The Role of the Provincial, Territorial & Municipal Governments in Police Research ............................. 19 The Absence of Research and the Dialogue on the Economics and Sustainability of Policing .................. 22 The Capacity of Police Services to Conduct Research ............................................................................... 24 Challenges in Building Capacity in P&R Units ...................................................................................... 26 Best Practice Planning and Research Units ............................................................................................ 27 RCMP Research .......................................................................................................................................... 28 Specific Areas of RCMP Research ......................................................................................................... 29 Organizations with a Research and/or Dissemination Component ............................................................. 34 The Police Sector Council ...................................................................................................................... 34 The Canadian Police College .................................................................................................................. 35 Canadian Police Knowledge Network .................................................................................................... 35 Police Boards .......................................................................................................................................... 36 The Canadian Police Research Centre .................................................................................................... 36 The Canadian Association of Chiefs of Police ....................................................................................... 36 The Law Enforcement Aboriginal Diversity Network: Lessons Learned? ............................................. 38 The Relationships Between Police Services and Academics ...................................................................... 38 University-based Programs in Police Studies ............................................................................................. 41 University-based Research Labs and Research Chairs: The British Columbia Experience ....................... 43 The Institute for Canadian Urban Research Studies (ICURS) at Simon Fraser University .................... 44 The Centre for Public Safety and Criminal Justice Research at the University of the Fraser Valley ..... 45 The Evolution of the Two Centres .......................................................................................................... 46 The Impact on Canadian Police Research ............................................................................................... 46 The Role of Private Consulting Firms in Canadian Police Research .......................................................... 46 2 The Dissemination of Police Research ....................................................................................................... 49 The Role of the Federal Government .......................................................................................................... 50 The State of Police Research in Selected International Jurisdictions ......................................................... 50 England ................................................................................................................................................... 51 The College of Policing ...................................................................................................................... 51 The UK Police Foundation ................................................................................................................. 56 Universities’ Police Science Institute ................................................................................................. 56 The Role of the Private Sector in England .......................................................................................... 58 Scotland .................................................................................................................................................. 58 The Scottish Institute for Policing Research ....................................................................................... 58 The Challenges of Establishing Collaborative Relationships ............................................................. 62 Funding for Police Research in Scotland ............................................................................................ 63 The Evolution of Police Research in Scotland .................................................................................... 63 The Role of Private Firms in Conducting Research ............................................................................ 63 The Dissemination of Research Findings in Scotland ........................................................................ 64 Processes for Incorporating Research in Police Policy ....................................................................... 64 Police Use of Research Findings ........................................................................................................ 65 Police Education ................................................................................................................................. 65 The United States .................................................................................................................................... 66 The Law Enforcement Organization of Planning and Research Directors ......................................... 66 The Police Executive Research Forum ............................................................................................... 66 National Institute of Justice................................................................................................................. 67 The Police Foundation ........................................................................................................................ 67 Rand Centre on Quality Policing ........................................................................................................ 68 Community Oriented Policing Services .............................................................................................. 68 CrimeSolutions.gov ............................................................................................................................ 68 Research Capacity in US Police Services ........................................................................................... 69 Australia .................................................................................................................................................. 70 Overview of Policing Research in Australia ....................................................................................... 70 Centre of Excellence in Policing and Security .................................................................................... 71 Australian Institute of Criminology .................................................................................................... 72 The Tasmanian Institute of Law Enforcement Studies ....................................................................... 72 University-Based Police Scholars ....................................................................................................... 72 3 Role of Private Research Agencies
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