About The Cambridge Centre for Evidence-Based Policing is a research & training consultancy applying evidence to improve policing practices worldwide. Its Director, Professor Lawrence W. Sherman, is the founder of Evidence-Based Policing.

The Cambridge Centre for Evidence-Based Policing is a research & training consultancy applying evidence to improve policing practices worldwide. Its Director, Professor Lawrence W. Sherman, is the founder of Evidence-Based Policing.

Online Courses

The Centre now offers online courses that can be taken by police agencies around the world without the need for personal attendance at Cambridge, fitting into operational requirements.

Cambridge Journal of Evidence-Based Policing

The Cambridge Journal of Evidence-Based Policing furthers empirical research on Evidence-Based Policing, the systematic practice of applying research to decision-making in policing.

Research

The Cambridge Centre for Evidence-Based Policing provides professional expertise to police forces worldwide, as well as developing and implementing bespoke forecasting and other algorithmic tools.

Training

The Cambridge Centre for Evidence-Based Policing provides training programmes to police forces worldwide. These include readily available courses and courses tailored to address organisations’ needs. The courses are delivered at Cambridge on a residential basis, at an organisation’s site upon request, and/or online.

People

The Cambridge Centre for Evidence-Based Policing is under the direction of Professor Lawrence W. Sherman and Dr. Heather Strang. It draws on the expertise of Fellows who are world-renowned academics and practitioners. It also employs graduate students and recent graduates of the University of Cambridge.

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