ABSTRACT
We have argued that problem-oriented policing and partnership working comprises an effort to deliver Evidence-Based Policy and Practice (EBPP) in relation to crime reduction and order maintenance, as well as a wide range of other issues that fall within the remit of the police, such as children going missing and road traffic accidents. As shown in Chapters 1 and 2, the theory and practice of problem-oriented policing (and more recently partnership) now go back more than a quarter of a century. Chapters 3 and 4 looked in some detail at what can reasonably be considered some of the best contemporary problem-oriented efforts in Britain. Chapter 5 outlined a range of resources that have been devised to enable improvements in evidence-based problem-oriented work. Chapter 6 discussed the changing contexts for developing and delivering evidence-based problem-oriented policing. This chapter considers what has been learned from the experience of problem-oriented policing and partnership about the scope for, obstacles to and methodology appropriate to EBPP in the police service.
