Roundtable: NIJ’s Reducing Violent Crime Strategic Plan

Session Submission Type: Roundtable Session

Abstract/Description

NIJ has recently published the National Institute of Justice Strategic Plan on Reducing Violent Crime. NIJ’s goal for this strategic plan is to learn from previous research on reducing violence, develop evidence-based programs and strategies to reduce violent crime, and effectively share that information with the field. The Strategic Plan describes NIJ’s current and projected efforts to help researchers, evaluators, policymakers, law enforcement, and practitioners reduce violent crime. The strategic goals outlined in the plan are interrelated and vital to finding solutions in order to reduce violent crime and enhance public safety. This Strategic Plan should be of interest to researchers (academia, government, and industry); federal, state, local, tribal, and international government partners; and criminal justice policymaker and practitioner communities. Findings from the activities that fall within the strategic plan will be disseminated among stakeholders in ways designed to foster an effective feedback loop and have the greatest impact. The goal of this round table is to present to the field the strategic plan and to solicit feedback on how NIJ may accomplish the strategic priorities within the plan.

Sub Unit

• Area XI. Roundtables

Individual Presentations

• NIJ’s Reducing Violent Crime Strategic Plan: Reducing Community Violent Crime - Mary Poulin Carlton, National Institute of Justice

• NIJ’s Reducing Violent Crime Strategic Plan: Reducing Firearms Violence - Basia E. Lopez, US DOJ National Institute of Justice

• NIJ’s Reducing Violent Crime Strategic Plan: Reducing Violence Against Women - Christine (Tina) Crossland, U.S. Department of Justice, National Institute of Justice

Chair

• Nadine Frederique, National Institute of Justice, Office of Justice Programs, DOJ