Roundtable: Unlocking Impact: Federal Strategies for Research Investment, Translation and Dissemination

Session Submission Type: Roundtable Session

Abstract/Description

The federal government plays a pivotal role in advancing research and has a unique responsibility and vantage to ensure findings are accessible to practitioners and decisionmakers to affect change domestically and internationally. The Department of Justice’s National Institute of Justice (NIJ), the Department of State’s Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs’ Office of Knowledge Management (ILN/KM), the Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) Center for Prevention Programs and Partnerships (CP3), and DHS’s Science & Technology Directorate each have responsibilities for advancing and disseminating evidence-based knowledge to improve crime and justice issues. This panel will discuss efforts to advance knowledge and improve translation and dissemination within the domestic and international arenas and opportunities for the federal government to enhance its impact.

Sub Unit

• Area XIV. Roundtables

Individual Presentations

• NIJ’s Quest to Make Research Actionable: CrimeSolutions and More - Angela Moore, National Institute of Justice

• Evidence Translation to Support International Criminal Justice and Anti-Crime Programming - Leonid Lantsman, U.S. Department of State - Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs

• Integrating Research and Best Practices into Public Guidance and Policymaking on Targeted Violence and Terrorism Prevention - Theodore Warner, Department of Homeland Security's Center for Prevention Programs and Partnerships

• Translational and Implementation of Research Evidence on Terrorism and Targeted Violence Domestically and Internationally - Nadine Frederique, Department of Homeland Security, Science & Technology Directorate

Chair

• Kaitlyn Sill, National Institute of Justice

Organized by a Division or external group?

National Institute of Justice