Resumen de Heed the evidence
Spinney talks about the fight against crime, which is like a bottomless pit. It is an especially big problem now that police departments around the world are being forced to make cuts in the wake of the global recession. The squeeze on police budgets will worry many of people, yet there are those who see it as an opportunity. Traditionally, the police have preferred a common-sense approach over one that uses research to direct how they carry out their work. Unfortunately, decades of research show that what makes for good policing is often counter-intuitive.
