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Research With Considerations of Use
Author(s) -
Huff C. Ronald
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
criminology and public policy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.6
H-Index - 33
eISSN - 1745-9133
pISSN - 1538-6473
DOI - 10.1111/1745-9133.12171
Subject(s) - sociology , criminal justice , work (physics) , economic justice , social justice , focus (optics) , social work , engineering ethics , pedagogy , public relations , criminology , psychology , social science , political science , law , engineering , optics , mechanical engineering , physics
The August Vollmer Award Address is intended to focus on contributions to justice and the recipient's research and policy experiences. This is a story of one person's career focusing mainly on research with “considerations of use.” After receiving a formal education in psychology, social work, and sociology, as well as experience as a practitioner, the author's academic career has primarily focused on the link between research and criminal justice policy and practice. This is the story of that journey and how it was aided by events that could not have been foreseen .