TY - JOUR AU - Paulsen, Jens Erik PY - 2019/05/14 Y2 - 2024/03/28 TI - A Values-based Methodology in Policing JF - Etikk i praksis - Nordic Journal of Applied Ethics JA - Etikk Praksis - Nord J Appl Ethics VL - 13 IS - 1 SE - DO - 10.5324/eip.v13i1.2547 UR - https://www.ntnu.no/ojs/index.php/etikk_i_praksis/article/view/2547 SP - 21-38 AB - <p style="font-weight: 400;">Professional work is currently based on explicit knowledge and evidence to a greater degree than in the past. Standardising professional services in this way requires repetitive (or at least similar) scenarios and might be seen as a challenge to professional autonomy. In the context of policing, officers perform a range of familiar tasks, but they may also encounter novel challenges at any moment. Moreover, police tasks are not well-defined. Therefore, many missions require police officers to rely on common sense, tacit knowledge or gut feeling. In this article, I argue that a values-based methodology may serve as a tool to help evaluate decisions in unfamiliar situations, to learn from experience, as well as be a quality control for established routines.</p><p style="font-weight: 400;"><strong>Keywords:</strong><span style="font-weight: 400;">&nbsp;&nbsp;</span><span style="font-weight: 400;">ethics, policing, decision-making, values, experiential learning</span>routines.</p> ER -