ABSTRACT

The ability to conduct sound crime analysis has become a necessity in contemporary policing. This is due to the central role that analysis plays in modern police practices, as well as improved technological capabilities. Yet, many police departments struggle with the development of their inhouse analytical abilities; and existing evaluation literature offers little guidance given the void of scholarly attention on this topic. This study represents one of the first outcome assessments of an effort to improve crime analysis functions within an urban police department. Pre and post analyst knowledge tests surrounding training sessions indicated a 25 to 53% improvement. Further, an approximated before-after assessment of police administrator behavior found that use of analytical work products significantly increased, to being used ‘about 1 to 2 times per week’ on average. This signified a demonstrable improvement in the integral use of data derived information in the performance of policing operations.

摘要

进行合理的犯罪分析的能力已成为当代警务工作的必要条件。这是由于分析在现代警务实践中起着核心作用，以及技术能力的提高。但是，许多警察部门都在为内部分析能力的发展而苦苦挣扎。鉴于学术界对此主题的关注空缺，现有的评估文献很少提供指导。这项研究是对改善城市警察部门内犯罪分析功能的工作进行的首批成果评估之一。围绕培训课程进行的分析师前后知识测试表明，培训前后提高了25％至53％。此外，对警务人员的行为进行了前后前后的近似评估，发现分析工作产品的使用显着增加，平均“每周大约使用1至2次”。这表明在警务操作的性能中，数据衍生信息的整体使用有了明显的改善。