RT Article T1 Building and Sustaining Academic Researcher and Criminal Justice Practitioner Partnerships: A Corrections Example JF American journal of criminal justice VO 43 IS 3 SP 627 OP 640 A1 Drawbridge, Dara C. A1 Taheri, Sema A. A1 Frost, Natasha A. A2 Taheri, Sema A. A2 Frost, Natasha A. LA English YR 2018 UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1764203593 AB 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. K1 Offender re-entry K1 Researcher-practitioner partnerships K1 Corrections DO 10.1007/s12103-018-9432-z