"Bridging the Gap between Research and Practice"

A special program coordinated by Criminal Justice Journalists and
the Justice Research and Statistics Association

November 18, 2011
American Society of Criminology 2011 Conference
Washington Hilton Hotel, 1919 Connecticut Avenue, NW, Washington, DC

Researchers and practitioners in the justice field have a vested interest in ensuring that research results have an impact on program and policy decisions. The question is how best to make this happen. Criminal Justice Journalists and the Justice Research and Statistics Association have organized a special program devoted to this topic at the 2011 American Society of Criminology conference held in Washington, DC, November 16-19. The four panel sessions in this program on "Bridging the Gap between Research and Practice" will run consecutively on Friday, November 18, from 9:30 a.m. - 3:20 p.m.

The panels will focus on current issues in four different areas: policing, victimization, corrections, and juvenile justice. Two researchers and two practitioners on each panel will engage in a facilitated discussion that focuses on what we know from the research and what we need to know for effective practice. Representatives of practitioner organizations will join interested ASC attendees in a dialogue between panelists and the audience.

Attendance at these special panel sessions does not require registration for the ASC conference. Please email Joan Weiss, JRSA Executive Director, jweiss@jrsa.org, to indicate your plans to attend.

Agenda and Panelists