Exam 2 Flashcards
What is the purpose of research?
Advancing academic knowledge and utilizing applied knowledge.
Florida DJJ Development Academic collaborations
Juvenile Justice Educational Enhancement Program (FSU) and the Juvenile Justice System Improvement Project (Georgetown)
What are examples of Florida DJJ Development Collaborations
Academic collaborations, Government research collaboration/funding,
and Private/public foundations research collaborations
Florida DJJ Development private/public foundations research collaborations
Annie E. Casey
What is Translational Criminology?
Creating policy-relevant knowledge, disseminating information and translating it for policy use, and reducing barriers to implementation.
What are ways to distinguish policy relevant research?
The aims or the research question, immediate applicability to practice, and feasibility of implementation.
When pertaining to disseminating research, where do practitioners turn?
Practitioners/trade publications, professional associations, government research, conference, and peer networking
What are potential barriers that may impact successful translation of research?
Clarify/interpretability of research, internal/leadership support, politics, training, trust/relationships, fiscal/resources (staff turnover & data capacity), “Crisis of the Day”, time
What are elements of clarity/interpretability of research barriers?
Jargon/technical complications, Ambiguous findings, and applicability/feasibility
In regards to the clarity and interpretability of research what is considered as ambiguous findings?
The consistency, and quantity and quality.
What are examples of clarity and interpretability of research?
Paint colors for detention centers and community vs residential placements.
What are elements of Internal/leadership support barriers?
Policymaker and practitioner leadership, and academic leadership
What are examples of Internal/leadership support?
Police Cheif/Sheriff background and Dr. Eric Hall (DJJ Secretary)
In regards to Internal and leadership support what are elements of policymaker and practitioner leadership?
Familiarity and experience with research and perceptions of research bias.
In regards to Internal and leadership support what are elements of academic leadership?
ivory tower and confidence in findings
What are elements of trust and relationships barriers?
Potential exposure and negative experiences
What is an example of a trust and relationship barrier?
Council of state Government Report
In regards to trust and relationship barriers, what is a potential result of potential exposure?
Results reflect poorly on agency
In regard to trust and relationship barriers, what are potential negative experiences?
Interpersonal interactions, additional workload caused by collaboration, and differential goals
What are the elements of fiscal and resource barriers?
Time and resource demands of research, timeline for research, and turnover
In regard to fiscal and resource barriers, what are elements of time and resource demands of research?
Assign staff, develop research design, build data collection capacity, monitor program and research fidelity, interpret results, and policy responses
In regard to fiscal and resource barriers, what are the elements of timeline for research?
short-term demands, and forecasting
What are elements of Crisis of the day barriers?
high-profile incidents, research incremental and time-consuming
What is an example of a Crisis of the day barrier?
School resource officers and school violence
In regards to the Crisis of the day, what are the elements of high-profile incidents?
Demand quick responses and little time or desire to involve researchers
What are some facilitators for overcoming barriers?
developing relationships, evidence-based movement, supportive leadership, information research, and cross training
How is “Research” in juvenile justice guided by the emergency of the day?
Responsive and reactive, ad-hoc, specific to time and context
How is “Research” in juvenile justice methodologically simplistic?
Trends, counts, and cost
What is the value of researcher and academic involvement?
methodological techniques, access to literature, and legitimacy
What are researcher and academic involvement methodological techniques?
Multivariate analysis and randomized control trials
What is a researcher and academic involvement access to literature?
Comprehensive literature review, meta-analyses, and application of theory
What are research-practitioner models?
Publicly accessible data, research-practitioner partnerships, pracademics, embedded academic
What are the benefits of publicly accessible data?
ease of access, transparency, and not labor intensive
What are the drawbacks of publicly accessible data?
Suitability for research, blind spots for limitations, specificity of data
What are formal collaborations of research-practitioner partnerships?
Criminal justice agencies, and legislative bodies and policymakers
What research-practitioner partnerships are frequently tied to funding?
Grant funding, agency sponsored
What are the elements of the Juvenile Justice System Improvement Project?
Multi-jurisdiction collaboration, academic consults (evidence-based practices), adaptability to the local context, limited scope, temporary
What are some academic consultants (Evidence-based practices) of the Juvenile Justice System Improvement Project?
The RNR model, Disposition Matrix, Continuum of Services Mapping, Standardized Program Evaluation Protocol
What are the primary benefits of the Juvenile Justice System Improvement Projects?
to expand research capacity with research expertise and practitioner insight promote policy-relevant and high-quality research, establish long-term relationships
What are the elements of Pracademics?
Training agency staff in the academic process, intimately familiar with day-to-day, limited autonomy
What are pracademic elements of training agency staff in the academic process?
Research methods, theory, and data analytics
What is embedded academic?
Academic embedding within agency, attending to regular functions, maintains ties to academia
What are academics embedded within the agency?
Physical office, routine contact, knowledge of real-time events
What are some ways to attend regular functions?
staff meetings and internal networking
What are the benefits of the DJJ Office of Research and Data Integrity
familiarity with data, collaboration with key stakeholders, cost-effective vs. external collaboration
What are the challenges of the DJJ Office of Research and Data Integrity?
Autonomy, resources, all other translational barriers