EVIDENCE BASED POLICING

Evidence Based Policing



Evidence Based Policing

Introduction

At its most basic level, evidence is anything that tends to prove or disprove an alleged fact. Most evidence can be divided into three broad categories: direct evidence, indirect evidence, and physical evidence. This paper discusses evidence based policing in a concise and comprehensive way.

Evidence Based Policing: A Discussion

Direct evidence establishes an element of a crime through an eyewitness account, confession, or anything observed (including writings and audio, video, or digital recordings of observations). Indirect evidence is based on inference and deductive reasoning (e.g., a smoking gun indicates the weapon has been fired and ...