Research and Policing

The Infrastructure and Political Economy of Federal Funding

Datos Bibliográficos

ID9763572
AutoresLawrence W Sherman (0000-0001-7391-3562, autor de correspondencia)
Año2004
Volumen593
Número1
Páginas156-178
Fecha de publicación2004-05-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaThe Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0002-7162 • E-ISSN: 1552-3349
EditorialSAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/0002716204263969
OpenAlexW2151907183
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas13
Referencias citadas12

Despite major progress in social science helping policeto prevent crime, federal funding for police research is atits lowest level in thirty-five years. Only a majorrestructuring of the political economy of criminology seemslikely to revive research with and for the police. Forabout $1 per American per year, federal funding for“Centers for Crime Prevention” could be established inall sixty-seven cities of more than 250,000 people and ineach of the twenty states with no cities that large. Bycreating much stronger grassroots engagement in research,both the consumption and the production of socialscience could be greatly strengthened to improve theeffectiveness and fairness of police practice

Consumption (sociology · Criminology · Economic growth · Economics · Grassroots · Political science · Politics · Social science · Sociology · Crime Patterns and Interventions · Law · Policing Practices and Perceptions · Public Administration · Regulation and Compliance Studies