Collaborative Research: Broadening Participation and Perspectives in the Study of Crime and Justice

这项提案延续了来自不同背景（非裔美国人、亚裔、拉丁裔和白人）、学科（犯罪学或刑事司法、家庭关系、法律、公共政策、政治学、社会工作和社会学）和职业阶段（助理教授、副教授和正教授）的一组学者的成功合作。(2)提高种族/民族、犯罪和刑事司法之间相互联系的研究质量；(1)拓宽犯罪和刑事司法研究的视角和参与程度。这些学者（种族民主、犯罪和司法网络，RDCJN）建立了一个夏季研究所（SRI）和年度夏季讲习班，作为实现这些目标的工具。该小组已经取得了一些重要的成就，其中包括从迄今为止举办的9次sri中毕业的68名青年学者。这些教员正在出版并获得终身教职。事实上，68位教授中有33位已经获得终身教职，未来几年还会有更多的人加入这一行列。因此，该项目积极“参与”STEM领域，而少数族裔学者的代表性明显不足。具体来说，在犯罪学和刑事司法领域，有色人种学者的代表性不足的程度相对较高。在美国犯罪学学会（ASC）报告种族的成员中，只有5.6%是黑人；5.1%是拉丁裔；5.8%是亚洲人；1%是美国印第安人，1.4%是其他人种。除了促进来自代表性不足群体的年轻教员的学术事业成功外，种族民主、犯罪和司法网络还开展了活动，以改进对种族/族裔、犯罪和刑事司法之间相互关系的研究。该小组制定了一项全面的研究议程，并开展了合作项目，以解决所提出的问题。他们的努力还包括在主流来源上发表文章，以便将未被充分代表的教员的观点纳入有关犯罪和司法问题的主流文学。由于他们在犯罪和刑事司法方面的独特背景、经验和优势，代表性不足群体的成员在研究这些主题时带来了不同的观点、方法和数据类型。由于这些替代办法能够揭示犯罪和受害情况、刑事司法机构的运作以及刑事司法系统内不同群体的待遇，因此必须将它们纳入学科的主流。这种包容促进了对犯罪的来源和后果的理解，以及对嫌疑人、被告和罪犯的刑事司法处理，并有助于在代表性不足的学者中取得成功的职业生涯。RDCJN的目标是继续(1)促进来自弱势群体的年轻学者进行创新研究的研究和专业发展，从而促进学术界的民主包容；(2)承担额外的合作项目，以更全面地了解种族/民族、犯罪和刑事司法之间的相互关系。这些目标是相互关联的。要增进对犯罪和司法的了解，就需要通过使学术界民主化，使代表性不足的群体的独特观点和方法得到重视。每年的RDCJN研讨会将SRI的教师整合到一个全国性的学者网络中，同时也：促进探索种族/民族，犯罪和司法研究的国家研究议程的进展；产生大量的研究（迄今为止有6篇），增进了对这一主题的理解，并将未被充分代表的学者的工作带入主流渠道；推动参与者合作项目的发展；加强参与RDCJN而非SRI的不同青年学者的专业发展。

SES- 1530714Jody MillerRod BrunsonRutgers University NewarkSES-1530728Ruth PetersonOhio State UniversityThis proposal continues the successful collaboration of a group of scholars from diverse backgrounds (African American, Asian, Latino, and White), disciplines (Criminology or Criminal Justice, Family Relations, Law, Public Policy, Political Science, Social Work, and Sociology), and stages of career (assistant-, associate-, and full-professors, and graduate students) whose work is oriented to (1) broadening perspectives and participation in research on crime and criminal justice, and (2) improving the quality of research on the interlinkages among race/ethnicity, crime, and criminal justice. These scholars (the Racial Democracy, Crime and Justice Network, RDCJN) established a Summer Research Institute (SRI) and annual summer workshops as vehicles for pursuing these goals. The group has achieved a number of important successes that include graduating 68 young scholars from the nine SRIs held thus far. These faculty are publishing and gaining tenure. Indeed, 33 of the 68 have attained tenure, and many more will join this group over the next few years. Thus, the project is actively "participation" in STEM fields in an area with significant underrepresentation of minority scholars. Specifically, the extent of underrepresentation of scholars of color within criminology and criminal justice is relatively high. Among American Society of Criminology (ASC) members who report their race/ethnicity, just 5.6% are Black; 5.1% are Latino/a; 5.8% are Asian; 1% are American Indian, and 1.4% identify as ?other.?Besides fostering the academic career success of young faculty from underrepresented groups, the Racial Democracy, Crime and Justice Network has undertaken activities to improve research on the interrelationships among race/ethnicity, crime and criminal justice. The group has developed a comprehensive research agenda and undertaken collaborative projects to address the issues posed. Their efforts also include working to publish in mainstream sources so that the perspectives of underrepresented faculty become integrated into the mainstream of literature on crime and justice problems. Given their unique backgrounds, experiences, and vantage points on crime and criminal justice, members of underrepresented groups bring alternative perspectives, approaches, and types of data to bear in studying these topics. To the extent that such alternative approaches shed light on criminal offending and victimization, the operations of criminal justice agencies, and the treatment of different groups within the criminal justice system, it is important that they be included in the mainstream of disciplines. Such inclusion fosters understanding of the sources and consequences of crime and the criminal justice processing of suspects, defendants, and offenders, and contributes to the successful careers among underrepresented scholars.. The RDCJN goals are to continue to (1) advance the research and professional development of young scholars from underrepresented groups for carrying out innovative research, and thereby foster democratic inclusion in academe; and (2) undertake additional collaborative projects that provide a more complete understanding of the interrelationships among race/ethnicity, crime, and criminal justice. These goals are interrelated. Improving understanding of crime and justice requires bringing the unique perspectives and methods of underrepresented groups to bear by democratizing academe. The annual RDCJN workshops integrate the SRI faculty into a national network of scholars, while also: facilitating progress in exploring a national research agenda on the study of race/ethnicity, crime and justice; yielding volumes of studies (6 so far) that enhance understanding of this topic and bring the work produced by underrepresented scholars into mainstream outlets; promoting the development of collaborative projects by participants; and enhancing the professional development of diverse young scholars who participate in the RDCJN, but not the SRI.