Role of State Administrative Agencies in Advancing Criminal Justice Research, Findings from the Researcher-Practitioner Partnerships Study (RPPS).

摘要

The National Institute of Justice has devoted substantial efforts to promoting researcher-practitioner partnerships to advance research in the criminal justice (CJ) system. Until now, little was known about how state administrative agencies (SAAs) in the CJ system promote or facilitate research partnerships between academic researchers and CJ system practitioners or how previous successful collaborations could inform future ones. Therefore, the goal of this study was to improve our understanding of successful researcher-practitioner partnerships between those working within and outside of the CJ system so that their lessons learned can be shared to promote the creation of new partnerships and enhance existing ones. The RPPS was a two-part study. Part One. A web-based survey of CJ system SAAs aimed to (a) determine each SAA's infrastructure and general experiences regarding research in the CJ system and (b) document lessons learned from past or current successful collaborations between SAA practitioners and researchers not employed within the CJ system. SAAs in all 50 states and Puerto Rico were contacted to participate. Seventy-five participants from 49 states completed the web-based survey; 41% were administrators or directors of the agency, 35% were supervisors or managers, 21% were front-line or support staff, and 3% were directors of state Statistical Analysis Centers1 (SAC) on behalf of universities.