Learning from Practice Professor Colin Rogers Head of
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Learning from Practice • • Professor Colin Rogers Head of Research, Centre for Policing and Security University of South Wales.
Centre for Police Sciences. • Created in 2004 • Aimed at providing qualifications to support applicants to the police service and similar agencies • Part of the UPSI tripartite between Cardiff university, South Wales Police and then University of Glamorgan
• Recognition that policing underpinned by a pragmatic approach, yet rooted in many theories and concepts. • As part of UPSI we delivered the foundation degree in police sciences to SWP probationers as part of their probationary period. • Implicit in all our course was the evidence based approach. • To move an organisation towards such a culture this needs to be inbuilt at the point of entry for new recruits.
As part of this approach the idea of learning from practice is very important.
• Supporting our courses through good quality research has always been a priority. • We have been research active, at a local, national and international level from the very beginning. • A few of the areas we have researched into are • The use of community intelligence by police • Police and marginalised group engagement • Police unionism (USA) • Governance and accountability • The utility of volunteers in the police • POP and Community policing (Uruguay) • Closure of police station front desks • Educating police Officers (Australia)
Feedback of research includes such as the Hydra Minerva suite we have at the centre a swell as through visiting guest speakers, lectures, publications etc.
Learning from practice helps: • Identify and apply advances in knowledge and practice in order to enhance professional standards • Investigate and utilise effective communications techniques in the learning environment including receiving and giving constructive and effective feedback • Helps understand employ group learning approaches thereby stimulating consultation etc.
A brief example: Victim Care Unit Research • Role to ensure victims of crime were dealt with in compliance with force policy etc. • In particular satisfaction levels of victims of crime • Also the impact the unit was having upon perceptions of victims of crime. Findings included • Satisfaction levels with police performance declined following initial contact with police. • There appeared to be some evidence of an applied ‘hierarchy of victimisation’ applied by some police officers.
