Roundtable: Sustainability in BCJI Sites Using Researcher/ Practitioner Partnerships

Session Submission Type: Roundtable Session

Abstract

This roundtable consists of Byrne Criminal Justice Innovation grant awardees that are in various stages of planning and implementing crime reduction, public safety and community engagement activities. The focus of the discussions will be based on researcher and practitioner partnerships with police agencies as well as community based organizations. Specifically, discourse will include topics such as how to build sustainable relationships with the agencies and what are some impediments to overcome, understanding the role of the research partners in the overall planning and implementation of the grant award, and successful evidence-based strategies that can be or have been utilized.

Sub Unit

• Area XIII: Roundtable Sessions

Division of Special Interest

• Divisions of Special Interest / Division of Policing

Chair

• Julie Schnobrich-Davis, Central Connecticut State University

Discussants

• Eugena Givens, Central Connecticut State University

• David May, Mississippi State University

• Charlotte Gill, George Mason University

• Robert Stokes, DePaul University

• Mary Ellen Brown, Arizona State University

• Claudia Gross Shader, City of Seattle Office of City Auditor