Roundtable: The Iterative Growth of Translational Criminology at the National Level

Session Submission Type: Roundtable Session

Abstract

Integrating, disseminating, and diffusing research findings at a national level presents a unique and complex challenge for federal social science staff. This challenge is amplified considering the potential pitfalls involved in facilitating the appropriate adoption or adaptation of nuanced research findings; a diverse, and often evolving, target constituency; an emerging understanding of the science of implementation; and a balance between rigorous research and practical utility. This work is taking place all within the context of complicated and complex federal and local regulations. This roundtable of representatives from across the Department of Justice, Office of Justice Program’s bureaus will discuss recent initiatives to advance a translational criminology agenda across national criminal and juvenile justice policies, practices, and programs as well as their perceptions of the progress and regress contained within.

Sub Unit

• Area XIII: Roundtable Sessions

Chair

• Thomas E. Feucht, National Institute of Justice

Discussants

• Jennifer Tyson, Department of Justice, Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention

• Benjamin Adams, Department of Justice, Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention

• Nadine Frederique, National Institute of Justice

• Eric David Martin, National Institute of Justice

• Dara R. Blachman-Demner, National Institute of Justice

• Amy G. Leffler, National Institute of Justice

• Barbara A. Oudekerk, Bureau of Justice Statistics, U.S. Department of Justice

• Heather Warnken, Department of Justice, Office for Victims of Crime and Bureau of Justice Statistics