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Research
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Links to our research: Human Rights and the Criminal Justice System
Community Prosecution (including the Safe Neighborhoods Initiative)
Community Safety Initiative (CSI)
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With the goal of influencing public policy and practice, the Program's research agenda has included policing, prosecution, drug policy, youth violence, firearms trafficking, public defense, and community revitalization. The overarching themes that link these subject areas are: improving public safety, creating partnerships between communities and public agencies, problem solving, and enhancing the quality of life in communities. As a research program with close ties to the world of practice, the Program in Criminal Justice's primary goal is to influence the field. To accomplish this goal, the Program has employed five types of activities (which are not mutually exclusive) to accomplish its work: Action Research. Action research combines, as the name suggests, both action and research. While data are being collected and research conducted, the information is being used to effect change. The usual method is for a working group to be established that discusses the data collected by the researchers and, through a problem-solving process, designs interventions to address the identified problems. Case-Based Research. In cased-based research, each case offers a rich story about the complexities, challenges, and successes or failures of a specific problem and place. Researchers/casewriters conduct a series of on-site visits and interviews to collect the data for the case. It is expected that the observations presented in the written case will have transferable lessons for similar or other arenas. Most of these cases are listed on our Publications page. Traditional Academic Research. Traditional academic research has been utilized throughout the Program's history. Results from many of these projects have been used to influence public policy. Executive Sessions. An Executive Session is a convening of individuals of independent standing who are prepared to take joint responsibility for rethinking and improving society's responses to an issue. The basic model of an Executive Session is a series of five or six three-day meetings, usually held over a period of three years, in which twenty-five to thirty high-level practitioners and academics engage in a creative dialogue with a view to redefining, and proposing solutions for, substantive policy issues. See our Executive Sessions page for more information. Publications. Publications are always an important component of the work of a research center. The Program in Criminal Justice has produced a large number of working papers (i.e., not formally published), especially in support of its Executive Sessions. In addition, researchers have published books and articles as products of their projects. For a complete list, go to our Publications page. |
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