Building and Sustaining Academic Researcher and Criminal Justice Practitioner Partnerships: A Corrections Example

Bringing researchers and practitioners together in partnerships has substantial benefits. Partnerships can inform research questions and provide researchers with data to further their academic dialogues. Collaborative research provides practitioners with a better appreciation for research, and its i...

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Authors: Drawbridge, Dara C. (Author) ; Taheri, Sema A. (Author) ; Frost, Natasha A. (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
Published: 2018
In: American journal of criminal justice
Year: 2018, Volume: 43, Issue: 3, Pages: 627-640
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Keywords:
Offender re-entry
Researcher-practitioner partnerships
Corrections
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Summary:Bringing researchers and practitioners together in partnerships has substantial benefits. Partnerships can inform research questions and provide researchers with data to further their academic dialogues. Collaborative research provides practitioners with a better appreciation for research, and its integration into the provision of service. Published examples of successful partnerships in the criminological field offer insight into navigating the relationship building and maintenance process. The current paper discusses a partnership between researchers and practitioners at a corrections institution. The benefits and challenges to partnerships and recommendations for building and sustaining researcher-practitioner partnerships are discussed.
ISSN:1936-1351
DOI:10.1007/s12103-018-9432-z