Justice Information Center

The Justice Information Center (JIC) is a searchable database of the research and evaluation work of the Justice Research and Statistics Association's staff, members, and partners. It includes information from the national, state, and local levels across a broad range of crime and justice topics.

The JIC covers research-based materials grouped into several Communities and Collections:

 

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Implementation Science: Let's Begin with Understanding Research
(George Mason Center for Advancing Correctional Excellence, 2017-07) Faye Taxman, Ph.D.; Teneshia Thurman, Ph.D.
Implementation Science (IS) is the study of methods to promote the use and integration of research evidence into policy and practice (Lobb and Codlitz 2013). In this presentation Dr. Faye Taxman and Dr. Tenesia Thurman from George Mason University's Center for Advancing Correctional Excellence (ACE) introduce the use of IS in criminal justice. This presentation was part of the July 2017 Smart Suite Academy Fellows Academy.
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Deferred Dispositions for Domestic and Sexual Violence Cases in Maine: Findings and Lessons
(Justice Research and Statistics Association, 2021-10-28) George Shaler; Elisabeth F. Snell; Robyn Dumont
As jurisdictions look to transform their criminal justice processes, there is interest in the use of deferred dispositions. However, there has been little research on the use of deferred dispositions in cases involving domestic or sexual violence. This recent examination by the Maine Statistical Analysis Center, with the cooperation of the Maine Coalition Sexual Against Assault and the Maine Coalition to End Domestic Violence, used data obtained from the Maine District Attorneys Technical Services (MEDATS), the electronic repository for Maine district attorney data. The study found that those deferred with domestic violence and sexual assault offenses were more likely to recidivate than those with other types of offenses. In this session, researchers will share their methods, findings, and lessons for future examinations of deferred dispositions.
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Qualitative Research to Inform Criminal Justice Policy and Practice Part Two
(Justice Research and Statistics Association, 2022-06-26) Henry H. Brownstein, PH.D.
This two-part webinar series features Dr. Henry H. Brownstein and focuses on the use of qualitative research to inform criminal justice policy. Dr. Brownstein is a Distinguished Research Professor in the Department of Sociology and Anthropology of the Eberly College of Arts and Sciences at West Virginia University. Session 2: Qualitative Methods to Inform Criminal Justice Policy and Practice To contribute to public policy and practice, researchers must participate in what can be called a marketplace of claims where they compete and collaborate with advocates representing a variety of interests, politicians, government officials, practitioners, and even other researchers. This session will include a presentation and discussion of how qualitative research can inform criminal justice policy and practice. Examples will be presented from earlier qualitative studies that have provided information to policymakers and practitioners.
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Qualitative Research to Inform Criminal Justice Policy and Practice Part One
(Justice Research and Statistics Association, 2022-07-19) Henry H. Brownstein, Ph.D.
This is the first of a two-part webinar series featuring Dr. Henry H. Brownstein, which focuses on the use of qualitative research to inform criminal justice policy. Dr. Brownstein is a Distinguished Research Professor in the Department of Sociology and Anthropology of the Eberly College of Arts and Sciences at West Virginia University. Session 1: Qualitative Methods for Social Research Social research is intended to help us to conceptualize and analyze our experience of social life so that we can describe, understand, and explain it as it is presented to us in a form that we recognize as empirical reality. Whereas quantitative methods attend to social phenomena as objects that can be measured and emphasize experimentation to eliminate plausible explanations, qualitative studies attend to social phenomena as subjects and emphasize methods that seek meaning in symbolic representations including, for example, words and images. This session will include a presentation and discussion of qualitative methods as an appropriate approach to research considering the historical and theoretical foundation of qualitative research; when and why they are appropriate; specific methods for sampling, data collection, and analysis; and the challenge of validity.
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Data for Operations I: Program Development and Performance Measurement
(Justice Research and Statistics Association, 2021-06-08) Stefanie Lopez-Howard; Rafael Soares; Taylor Jones
This presentation was part of the Justice Research and Statistics Association's Spring Virtual Research Gathering hosted online in June 2021. The presentation by Georgia Statistical Analysis Center staff and the executive director of the Council of Accountability Court Judges describes the development of a funding formula for accountability (problem-solving courts) in Georgia.