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The Role of State Agencies in Translational Criminology

Connecting Research to Policy

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Authors:
  1. Mark S Davis

    1. Criminal Justice Research Center 325 Journalism Building, Ohio State University, Columbus, USA

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  • Demonstrates the critical role that state agencies play in translating criminological knowledge into policy and practice
  • Serves as a blueprint for legislators and policymakers interested in reducing crime and improving the administration of criminal and juvenile justice
  • Provides strategies for researchers to make their policy-relevant researchers accessible to policy-makers?
  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

Part of the book series: SpringerBriefs in Criminology (BRIEFSCRIMINOL)

Part of the book sub series: SpringerBriefs in Translational Criminology (BRIEFSTRANSLAT)

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Table of contents (6 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiii
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  2. Introduction

    • Mark S. Davis
    Pages 1-10

  3. An Overview of State-Level Criminal Justice

    • Mark S. Davis
    Pages 11-23

  4. Impediments To Translation in the States

    • Mark S. Davis
    Pages 25-33

  5. Real Examples of Translation

    • Mark S. Davis
    Pages 35-41

  6. Hypothetical Examples of Translation

    • Mark S. Davis
    Pages 43-48

  7. Conclusions and Recommendations

    • Mark S. Davis
    Pages 49-56

  8. Back Matter

    Pages 57-63
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About this book

This Brief discusses the role of state-level criminal justice organizations in the prevention and control of crime and delinquency. State agencies play an important role in translating criminological knowledge into criminal justice policy and practice. Their unique position enables them to help bridge the divide between the academic and federal agencies, and local communities that need the knowledge. Using several examples, the author shows how state agencies have facilitated translation with varying degrees of success.   The agencies covered include: state police/patrol, attorneys general, adult and juvenile corrections, and state criminal justice planning agencies. To a lesser extent they also include statewide organizations representing law enforcement, prosecutors, judges, probation and parole officers, crime prevention professionals, and victim advocates.   Most statewide criminal justice organizations are in an excellent position to translate criminological theory and research into policy and practice. Some, like those administering federal monies, to an extent are forced into the translation role for their constituents. Others, such as departments of corrections, do so out of necessity or because of enlightened leadership. Still others, such as state criminal justice planning agencies, provide leadership in translation because of the broad umbrella of their responsibilities and the incentives their pass-though dollars represent. Regardless, state agencies provide an important link between academic institutions and the federal government on one hand, and local criminal justice agencies on the other.​ This Brief provides and important resource for navigating that link.

Authors and Affiliations

  • Criminal Justice Research Center 325 Journalism Building, Ohio State University, Columbus, USA

    Mark S Davis

About the author

Mark S. Davis has served in a variety of criminal justice practitioner, policy, and research roles. His scholarship has appeared in Current Psychology, Journal of Research on Adolescence, Social Psychiatry & Psychiatric Epidemiology, Journal of Criminal Justice, and other journals. Dr. Davis earned his Ph.D. in sociology from The Ohio State University.



Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: The Role of State Agencies in Translational Criminology

  • Book Subtitle: Connecting Research to Policy

  • Authors: Mark S Davis

  • Series Title: SpringerBriefs in Criminology

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-57682-4

  • Publisher: Springer Cham

  • eBook Packages: Law and Criminology, Law and Criminology (R0)

  • Copyright Information: The Author(s) 2017

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-57680-0Published: 23 June 2017

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-57682-4Published: 07 June 2017

  • Series ISSN: 2192-8533

  • Series E-ISSN: 2192-8541

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XIII, 63

  • Number of Illustrations: 1 b/w illustrations, 3 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Criminology and Criminal Justice, general, Social Policy

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