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Introduction: Starting the Conversation. Foundations for Receptivity: Thinking About the Where and the How of Police Work. Step One: Appreciation of Evidence in the Business of Policing. Where Do You Find Yourself and Your Development/Engagement with Operational Decisions?. Step Two: Recognising the Usefulness of the Logic of Problem Solving. Step Three: Digging Down and Understanding the Problem and Its Context. Step Four: A Thinking Professional. Step Five: Binding the Problem Solving—Implementation. Example or Thought Exercise. Now You Have Begun, in Summary. The Case for Programme Integrity in Police Craft: You Can’t Do Science Without Being Systematic. Example 1: An Evaluation of a Reducing Gang Violence Project—The ‘Pathways Initiative’. Example 2: Evaluating a ‘Diamond’ Approach to Integrated Offender Management. Evaluation in the Eye of the Storm: Reflections on the Diamond Evaluation. Influencing Programme Integrity from the Inside … and Widening the Conversation Outside. Final Thoughts on Programme Integrity. Embracing the Challenges in Professionalising the Police Profession: Learning to Work with Evidence Differently. The Challenge in Making Effective Research Influence Policing. Nudging the Police: Rank and Parochial Stubbornness. Devoting Time to Persuasion: Communication and Challenging Business as Usual. The Need for Standards of Evidence Within Evidence-Based Policing. What Should Be the Balance Between ‘Craft Experience’ and ‘Scientific Evidence’. Training, Time and Technical Ability to Allow Breathing Space for Evidence-Based Policing. A Demanding Job: Why Don’t We Have the Time to Read? Technical Ability of More than Police Officers. And Finally, Over to You. References. Index.