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Translational criminology

Public Criminology: Charting the Course from Evidence to Action

Translational Criminology - Toward Best Practice

Journal
American Journal of Criminal Justice
Date Published
2018
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Publication Type
Research (Applied/Empirical), Program/Project Description, Best Practice/State-of-the-Art Review

Translational Criminology

One of the ideas that I am emphasizing at NIJ as we move forward is "Translational Criminology." I first learned about the idea of translational research in the field of medicine from my daughter who is a pediatrician. The idea of translational criminology is simple yet powerful. If we want to prevent, reduce and manage crime, scientific discoveries must be translated into policy and practice...

Understanding the Science-Practice Gap

December 2016
In this video Jessica Shaw, Ph.D., describes what she learned about the science-practice gap while working as a translational criminology fellow at NIJ. She discusses what the science-practice gap is, how research intermediaries work to bridge that gap, how organizations and individuals can have gaps, and the importance of interdisciplinarity.