Evidence Based Practice Case Study

Area III: (Core Study Area)

1. What is meant by evidence-based practice and how is this different from an historical standpoint.

The true definition of an Evidence-Based Practice (EBP) is: The approaches which have been empirically researched and has been proven to have considerable positive outcomes (Broderick, 2008). Evidence-based practices have validity and have shown to already work, but this also depends on the correlated evidence gather will it then decide if the practice you are trying to validate work as a best practice. The evidence based practices that are used in the criminal justice field have changed the entire landscapes of conducting investigations, interviews, court proceeding, etc. Some evidence-based practices concerning

Unless someone is very familiar with the rules and laws that govern the way evidence in case is used it will be hard to comprehend what is allowed and not allowed in the court system. Anyone that works in the court room will understand the Federal Rule of Evidence 404(b) or FER 404(b): The Fictitious Ban on Character Reasoning from Other Crime Evidence (Broderick 2008).
Although FER 404(b) is used in both civil and criminal cases it is primarily used in criminal cases. The FER 404(b) rule indicates that evidence procured on someone’s of other crimes, wrong doings, or other acts of wrong doings are not admissible in court to prove the character of the defendant that could indicate actions in conformity; which endows the common law “propensity rule.” (Broderick 2008) This rule does not allow an individual’s character of other implications that is solely based on evidence from bad acts an individual has done, but however the court system has shown that it breaks this rule and has even gone as far to let criminal prosecutors to use this type of evidence, wrong doings, or other characteristics that the defendant may have done in his/her past and use it against the defendant in a criminal