Research co-production and knowledge mobilisation in policing

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Measuring Procedural Justice Policy Adherence During Use of Force Events: The Body-Worn Camera as a Performance Monitoring Tool

“…Finally, the principal investigator met with the NPD to request input on how the research could be conducted in a manner most beneficial to their mission and goals. Through this action, we welcomed practitioner participation in the knowledge-generating process (see Crawford, 2017;Katz & Huff, 2020) and the result is an information product that demonstrates the utility of BWC footage as a tool for monitoring adherence to departmental policies around principles of procedural justice.…”

Practicing co-produced research: tackling domestic abuse through innovative multi-agency partnership working

“…The value of mutually learned and mobilised knowledge arising out of both of these research experiences has been illustrated. Relationships, and people within organisations and agencies matter in effecting organisational and cultural change (Crawford, 2017(Crawford, , 2019. Hard work to the extent that scepticism if not conflict will feature.…”

“…Methodologies emerging out of the traditions of participatory action research, co-operative inquiry and experience-based co-design have been championed which counter the 'donor-recipient' model of research. Crawford (2017Crawford ( , 2019Crawford ( , 2020a in particular has pioneered the case for non-linear impacts being meaningful in the social sciences. Whilst coproduced research is currently being conducted there is little literature to date that explicates the policing specific benefits and challenges of doing so.…”

Understanding the status of evidence in policing research: reflections from a study of policing domestic abuse

“…Our original formulation for this research stems from a common argument in the research literature: that police staff engaged in innovation, evaluation and EBP often do not have the capacity to reflect properly on the challenges of operational implementation; and that officers involved in operational implementation will often not grasp the value, significance, orindeedthe potential limitations of scientific research in policing (Crawford, 2017).…”