Crawford, TAM orcid.org/0000-0001-5792-5977 (2017) Research co-production and knowledge mobilisation in policing. In: Knutsson, J and Thompson, L, (eds.) Advances in Evidence-Based Policing. Crime Science Series . Routledge , Abingdon , pp. 195-213. ISBN 9781138698734
Abstract
This chapter argues for a transformation in the relations between researchers and police partners in the co-production of knowledge to inform policing strategies and practices. In contrast to certain dominant models of Evidence Based Policing, co-production affords a different understanding of the generation, mobilisation and application of knowledge. It requires a fundamental refiguring of both the way researchers engage with police partners and the place and value of knowledge, data and evidence within policing. The attributes and challenges of co-production are explored and analysed drawing on experiences from existing police-university collaborations. It highlights the significant hurdles that need to be negotiated to realise the necessary structural and organisational change that co-production demands. Co-production embraces a plurality of sources of data and raises questions about the nature of power relations between partners and the dangers of collusion. The chapter advances a vision of the division of labour that is structured around the ‘independent interdependence’ of researchers and practitioners.
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2017 – Routledge. This is an Accepted Manuscript of a book chapter published by Routledge in Advances in Evidence-Based Policing on the 22nd May 2017, available online: http://www.routledge.com/Advances-in-Evidence-Based-Policing/Knutsson-Tompson/p/book/9781138698734. | ||||||
Keywords: | evidence based policing; co-production | ||||||
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Depositing User: | Symplectic Publications | ||||||
Date Deposited: | 14 Jun 2017 15:29 | ||||||
Last Modified: | 22 May 2018 00:39 | ||||||
Published Version: | https://www.routledge.com/Advances-in-Evidence-Bas... | ||||||
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Series Name: | Crime Science Series |