Twenty-one mental models that can change policing : a framework for using data and research for overcoming cognitive bias / Renée J. Mitchell.
"This book goes beyond other police leadership books to teach practitioners how to think about policing in a structured way that synthesizes criminological theory, statistics, research design, applied research, and what works and what doesn't in policing into Mental Models. A Mental Model is a repre...
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| Language: | English |
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New York :
Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group,
2022.
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| Series: | Routledge series on practical and evidence-based policing
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| Physical Description: | xviii, 209 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 26 cm. |
| Format: | Book |
Contents:
- Introduction: What is a mental model and how does it help policing. Part I. How we think. Mental model #1: system #1 and system #2 ; Mental model #2: cognitive biases ; Mental model #3: first principles thinking ; The mental models in practice I-mental models 1-3: system 1 and system 2, cognitive biases, and first principles thinking
- Part II. How we think about math. Mental model #4: false linear thinking ; Mental model #5: binary percent changes ; Mental model #6: second order thinking ; The mental models in practice II-mental models 4-6: false linear thinking, binary percent changes, and second order thinking
- Part III. How things concentrate. Mental model #7: the Pareto principle ; Mental model #8: the law of crime concentration ; Mental model #9: the felonious few ; The mental models in practice III-mental models 7-9: the Pareto principle, the law of crime concentration, and the felonious few
- Part IV. How things vary. Mental model #10: distributions ; Mental model #11: law of large numbers ; Mental model #12: regression to the mean ; The mental models in practice IV-mental models 10-12: distributions, law of large numbers, and regression to the mean
- Part V. How to determine causality. Mental model #13: correlation is not causation ; Mental model #14: causal inference ; Mental model #15: Bayesian (probabilistic) reasoning ; The mental models in practice V-mental models 13-15: correlation is not causation, causal inference, and Bayesian reasoning
- Part VI. How to think scientifically. Mental model #16: peer review your perspectives ; Mental model #17: the scientific method ; Mental model #18: evidence-based practice ; The mental models in practice VI-mental models 16-18: peer review your perspectives, the scientific method, and evidence-based practices
- Part VII. How to make decisions. Mental model #19: targeting, testing, and tracking ; Mental model #20: harm indexes ; Mental model #21: decision-making models ; The mental models in practice VII-mental models 19-21: triple t-targeting, testing, and tracking, harm indexes, and decision-making models
- Part VIII. How to apply it all. Conclusion: how the twenty-one mental models can improve policing and reduce cognitive bias ; Mental model method
- how it all fits together, mental models 1-21.