RT Article
T1 Confronting Community Gun Violence Through Research Translation: A Case Study of Challenges and Facilitators
JF American journal of criminal justice
VO 50
IS 2
SP 282
OP 306
A1 Noorman, Kaylee
A2 Davidson, Kimberly M.
A2 Fridel, Emma E.
A2 Arrigo, Shayna
A2 Strickland, Rachel
A2 Pesta, George B.
A2 Blomberg, Thomas G.
LA English
YR 2025
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1925711080
AB In recent years, gun violence has surged in many cities along with increasing demands for effective intervention and prevention. Researcher-practitioner partnerships (RPPs) have been identified as a promising practice to effectively respond to a particular community’s gun violence with appropriately aligned intervention and prevention programs. However, recently, numerous sources have called for RPPs to include the perspectives of those with lived experiences as part of the RPP model, yet inclusion of these voices can present unique challenges for research translation. This case study contributes to the budding understanding of these specific RPPs by documenting the experienced procedures and challenges of a local community-engaged RPP. Specifically, we describe the development of this partnership, the research partner’s activities during the planning phase of this partnership, and, primarily, outline and assess the challenges encountered through the inclusion of community partners and voices during this phase and discuss the impact of these challenges on project progress. Documented challenges included weighing community perceptions of crime versus empirical data, putting the “cart before the horse,” and managing expectations. These challenges contributed to goals, roles, and expectations being misaligned with the focus of the partnership, competing priorities and recommendations for implementation strategies, and resistance to research translation. We conclude with tangible recommendations for the initiation of a community-engaged approach to RPPs, focusing on how to preemptively circumvent or more adeptly navigate these distinctive challenges.
K1 Research translation
K1 Community-engaged partnerships
K1 gun violence
K1 Researcher-practitioner partnerships
K1 Social Work and Community Development
K1 Social Work Research
K1 Research Skills
K1 Community Psychology
K1 Translational Research
K1 Practice-as-Research
DO 10.1007/s12103-024-09786-4