Abstract
Nudge theory (Thaler and Sunstein 2008) has been embraced by a range of UK and US politicians and a plethora of other public and private organisations, drawing inspiration form the world of psychology, behavioural science, political theory and behavioural economics and in a gross simplification—can be described as the study of decision making and how these can be improved. In respect to the UK, the ‘Behavioural Insight Team’, (BIT) (aka the Nudge Unit) was formed in July 2010, with a main drive to test, learn and adapt—and to transform how government thinks about public policy and enable citizens to make better choices for themselves.
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Each Borough in London has a Borough Commander—also known as the rank of Chief Superintendent—is the head of Policing within the Borough.
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Evidence and Insight oversaw the internal Staff Survey of Police staff—distributed to all staff for completion.
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Stanko, E.A., Dawson, P. (2016). Nudging the Police: Rank and Parochial Stubbornness. In: Police Use of Research Evidence. SpringerBriefs in Criminology(). Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-20648-6_12
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