TY - JOUR
T1 - A critical examination of the introduction of drug detection dogs for policing of illicit drugs in New South Wales, Australia using Kingdon's 'multiple streams' heuristic
AU - Lancaster, Kari
AU - Ritter, Alison
AU - Hughes, Caitlin
AU - Hoppe, Robert
PY - 2017/11/1
Y1 - 2017/11/1
N2 - This paper critically analyses the introduction of drug detection dogs as a tool for policing of illicit drugs in New South Wales, Australia. Using Kingdon's 'multiple streams' heuristic as a lens for analysis, we identify how the issue of drugs policing became prominent on the policy agenda, and the conditions under which the alternative of drug detection dogs for illicit drugs policing came to be endorsed by decision makers. By applying Kingdon's heuristic, we also consider how this approach may be used to illuminate the limitations of the evidence-based policy paradigm in the context of policing policy.
AB - This paper critically analyses the introduction of drug detection dogs as a tool for policing of illicit drugs in New South Wales, Australia. Using Kingdon's 'multiple streams' heuristic as a lens for analysis, we identify how the issue of drugs policing became prominent on the policy agenda, and the conditions under which the alternative of drug detection dogs for illicit drugs policing came to be endorsed by decision makers. By applying Kingdon's heuristic, we also consider how this approach may be used to illuminate the limitations of the evidence-based policy paradigm in the context of policing policy.
KW - Drug detection dogs
KW - Kingdon
KW - Multiple streams
KW - Policing
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85036620722&partnerID=8YFLogxK
UR - http://purl.org/au-research/grants/arc/DP140100219
UR - http://purl.org/au-research/grants/nhmrc/1021988
U2 - 10.1332/174426416X14683497019265
DO - 10.1332/174426416X14683497019265
M3 - Review article
AN - SCOPUS:85036620722
VL - 13
SP - 583
EP - 603
JO - Evidence & Policy: A Journal of Research, Debate and Practice
JF - Evidence & Policy: A Journal of Research, Debate and Practice
SN - 1744-2648
IS - 4
ER -