Researcher–practitioner partnerships: a case of the development of a long-term collaborative project between a university and a criminal justice agency

Bales, William D.; Scaggs, Samuel; Clark, Catie L.; Ensley, D; Coltharp, Philip

doi:10.1080/1478601x.2014.947807

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“…And, while all three sites implementing the reviews had initiated the reviews prior to the actual project period, grant funding supplemented the review process, made detailed data collection possible at all four sites, as well as funded research team involvement. It is impossible to ignore the role external funding plays in the development of multi-agency efforts like crime incident reviews and more broadly, police practitioner researcher partnerships (see, for example, Bales et al 2014, Grieco, Vovak, and Lum 2014, Rojek, Smith, and Alpert 2012. This is not to say that incident reviews cannot be implemented without external or additional funding, rather, it makes it all the more important that the necessary organizational elements are in place for successful implementation and long-term sustainability (McGarrell and Hipple 2014).…”

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Gun crime incident reviews as a strategy for enhancing problem solving and information sharing

Hipple

McGarrell

O’Brien

et al. 2016

Journal of Crime and Justice

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Gun crime incident reviews as a strategy for enhancing problem solving and information sharingAbstract Over the last several decades, police departments and other criminal justice agencies have seen a shift toward a proactive problem-solving response to crime problems. This problem solving orientation has often included an emphasis on expanded partnerships across criminal justice agencies as well as with a variety of community stakeholders, including researchers. This manuscript uses the issue of gun violence as a lens through which to examine the organizational and inter-organizational changes necessary to apply a data-driven, proactive, and strategic policing-led response to gun homicides and non-fatal shootings in four Midwestern sites. Each site adapted a unique data collection process and incident review. The data collection, incident reviews, and the varying models developed across the four cities, provide a reflection on corresponding organizational and inter-organizational changes that illuminate the movement toward this proactive, data-driven, problem solving model of criminal justice. Fulfilling the promise of the incident reviews, however, requires internal organizational and cross-agency inter-organizational collaboration to align people, systems, and resources with this proactive, problem-solving model. Additionally, effectively implementing these organizational and interorganizational changes appears dependent on commitment and leadership, collaboration and partnerships, data quality and availability, and training and communication within and across organizational boundaries.

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Gun crime incident reviews as a strategy for enhancing problem solving and information sharing

Hipple

McGarrell

O’Brien

et al. 2016

Journal of Crime and Justice

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“…There are numerous mechanisms through which an RPP can be established and funded, including government grants, private foundation grants, and funding through the practitioner agency itself (Braga, 2013; Rojek, Smith, & Alpert, 2012). Regardless of how the RPP is established, Bales et al (2014) suggested that one of the best ways to ensure its effectiveness is for academic and research organizations to be committed to and proactively develop relationships with practitioner agencies through jointly funded research projects. Furthermore, Rudes et al (2014) found that the best way to maintain the relationship was to continue providing assistance even after the funded project was completed through regular and open communication.…”

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“…Bales and colleagues (2014) described a RPP between FSU and the Florida Department of Corrections (FDC) and concluded that the FDC, like many other practitioner agencies, had a need for high-quality empirical research to guide their policies and practices. However, even though the agency had a designated research division, it was not adequately funded, nor did staff have the time to dedicate to complex and time-consuming research.…”

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Building Collaborative Evidence-Based Frameworks for Criminal Justice Policy

Brancale

Blomberg

Siennick

et al. 2021

Criminal Justice Policy Review

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Researcher–policymaker/practitioner partnerships (RPPs) have emerged as a successful tool for translating research into policy and practice. However, the available research has focused on RPPs with law enforcement and correctional agencies. Notably absent are studies that describe and evaluate RPPs between researchers and legislative bodies. Specifically, questions remain about the establishment, unique constraints, best practices for effective implementation, and sustainability of partnerships between researchers and policymakers. This study contributes to the literature by describing a unique RPP between a university and a state legislature. Through this retrospective case analysis, we describe the steps taken to initiate the partnership, its implementation, and outcomes. Importantly, in the context of the prior research, we describe the lessons learned, next steps, and implications for partnerships with policymakers.

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“…There are numerous mechanisms through which an RPP can be initiated and funded, including government grants, private foundation grants, and funding through the practitioner agency itself (Rojek et al, 2012b). Bales et al (2014) suggested that one of the best ways to develop a successful RPP is for academic and research organizations to be committed to and proactively develop relationships with practitioner agencies through jointly funded research projects. In describing his relationship with the Boston Police Department, Braga (2013) identified the "embedded researcher" model as another type of RPP.…”

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Criminal Justice Policy Reform Through Researcher–Practitioner/Policymaker Partnerships

Noorman

Brancale

Blomberg

2021

Handbook of Issues in Criminal Justice Reform in the United States

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This chapter describes how researcher-practitioner/policymaker partnerships (RPPs) can effectively contribute to criminal justice policy reform. We begin by providing an overview of RPPs that have resulted in criminal justice system reforms. We then describe a unique partnership between researchers and a state legislature. The chronology of the initiation, implementation, and outcomes of the RPP with the legislature are included in our description as well as the lessons learned and implications for future RPPs. This chapter concludes with recommendations regarding how RPPs with legislatures and practitioners can contribute to more effective criminal justice reform. This chapter contributes to the literature on criminal justice policy reform by describing an RPP with a legislative organization, which has been notably absent in prior relevant literature. Importantly, RPPs with policymakers can contribute to criminal justice policy reform by providing policymakers with evidence-based options and likely outcomes of legislation. Specifically, through RPPs, researchers and policymakers can proactively assess the potential impacts of various policy options prior to the drafting of legislation.

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Researcher–practitioner partnerships: a case of the development of a long-term collaborative project between a university and a criminal justice agency

Cited by 14 publications

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Gun crime incident reviews as a strategy for enhancing problem solving and information sharing

Gun crime incident reviews as a strategy for enhancing problem solving and information sharing

Building Collaborative Evidence-Based Frameworks for Criminal Justice Policy

Criminal Justice Policy Reform Through Researcher–Practitioner/Policymaker Partnerships

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