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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.

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Strengthening Justice in the U.S.: The Impact of Scientific Research

Date Published

December 2016

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Translational Criminology Research Fellowship

Date Published

November 2015

Publication Type

Report (Grant Sponsored), Program/Project Description

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Identifying the Needs and Challenges of Criminal Justice Agencies in Small, Rural, Tribal, and Border Areas

Date Published

2016

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical), Report (Technical Assistance), Report (Study/Research), Report (Grant Sponsored)

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

From the Acting Director: National Institute of Justice Seeks To Make America Safer

Date Published

August 2013

Publication Type

Technical Assistance, Report (Grant Sponsored), Program/Project Description

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

NIJ Evaluation of the Byrne Criminal Justice Innovation (BCJI) Program

2016-BJ-BX-K069

Closed

Funding First Awarded

2016

$789,552

Establishing a National Institute of Justice Research Test & Evaluation Center: Continuation

2013-MU-CX-K111

Closed

Funding First Awarded

2016

$3,500,000

Improving Seminal Fluid Detection Sensitivity in Extended Post-Coital Intervals by QQQ Mass Spectrometry

2015-R2-CX-0024

Closed

Funding First Awarded

2016

$49,045

The Impact of State-Level Firearms Laws on Homicide Rates by Race/Ethnicity

2016-MU-MU-0047

Closed

Funding First Awarded

2016

$610,000

Panacea or Poison: Can Propensity Score Modeling (PSM) Methods Replicate the Results from Randomized Control Trials (RCTs)?

2016-R2-CX-0030

Closed

Funding First Awarded

2016

$39,972

National Institute of Justice Executive Branch Policy Fellowship Program

2015-IJ-CX-K013

Closed

Funding First Awarded

2016

$276,489

Safety, Health, and Wellness Strategic Research Plan - 2016-2021

Date Published

August 2016

Publication Type

Report (Technical Assistance), Program/Project Description, Policy

Agencies

NIJ

Strengthening Justice in the U.S. - The Impact of Scientific Research

Date Published

July 2016

Publication Type

Technical Assistance, Policy, Issue Overview

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Structural Inequality in School Discipline:Regulating Intolerance in Public Schools

2016-R2-CX-0007

Closed

Funding First Awarded

2016

$32,000

Envisioning the Future of NIJ - Interview With Director Nancy Rodriguez

Date Published

July 2015

Publication Type

Program/Project Description, Legislation/Policy Description, Interview

Agencies

NIJ

Partnerships: Coming Together To Study Crime & Solutions

Date Published

June 2011

Publication Type

Presentation (Multimedia), Issue Overview, Interview

Agencies

NIJ

Terrorism Research Before and After 9/11 - Interview With Gary LaFree

Date Published

June 2011

Publication Type

Presentation (Multimedia), Issue Overview, Interview, Conference Material

Agencies

NIJ

Sexual Violence Research 15 Years After VAWA - Panel at the 2010 NIJ Conference

Date Published

June 2010

Publication Type

Legislation/Policy Analysis, Issue Overview, Conference Material

Agencies

NIJ

Translating Science: A Town Hall on the Challenges - Plenary Panel at the 2011 NIJ Conference

Date Published

June 2011

Publication Type

Presentation (Multimedia), Issue Overview, Conference Material

Agencies

NIJ

U.S. Department of Justice's Request for Research on Indigent Defense

Date Published

March 2012

Publication Type

Presentation (Multimedia), Legislation/Policy Description, Conference Material

Agencies

NIJ

Director's Corner: Translational Criminology

Date Published

March 2012

Publication Type

Program/Project Description, Legislation/Policy Description, Conference Material

Agencies

NIJ

Action Research and the Community to Criminal Justice Feedback Loop - Interview With Edward Davis

Date Published

June 2011

Publication Type

Technical Assistance, Presentation (Multimedia), Interview, Conference Material

Agencies

NIJ

Practitioner Perspective on the Importance of Research - Interview at the 2010 NIJ Conference

Date Published

June 2010

Publication Type

Presentation (Multimedia), Issue Overview, Interview, Conference Material

Agencies

NIJ

Less Prison, More Police, Less Crime: How Criminology Can Save the States From Bankruptcy - Interview With Lawrence Sherman

Date Published

April 2010

Publication Type

Presentation (Multimedia), Legislation/Policy Analysis, Conference Material

Agencies

NIJ

Criminal Justice System Response to Intimate Partner Violence Victims: Developing a Research Agenda Meeting, March 7-8, 2016

Date Published

March 2016

Publication Type

Report (Technical Assistance), Program/Project Description

Agencies

NIJ