Be Part of the Global Corrections Community…
The ICPA R&D Network is an informal collection of both researchers and other corrections professionals committed to promoting evidence-informed practice in our field. With a current signed-up count of more than 60 members from 18 countries, the group concentrates on a few major activities in realizing its mission — ‘To effectively disseminate research-informed correctional knowledge and promote its application for the advancement of professional and humane corrections and prisons world-wide’. In view of the size and spread of the Network, most communication among members is conducted via e-mail, mostly as follow-through from our Annual Network Meeting in conjunction with the Annual ICPA Conference. The following are some of the key […]
(573.94 KB) | 30. November 2018 | Author: Frank Porporino, Ph.D., Chair, ICPA Research & Development Network
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In the early 1960s and 1970s the classical liberal ideal of ‘pure’ science was being slowly eroded by a growing body of pragmatic discourse which explored the need to use scientific inquiry (i.e., basic/applied research) to promote economic growth and inform social policy. Ever since, there has been ongoing debate as to the merits of applied (i.e., ‘real world’) research and its ability to inform (social) policy. The journal article (noted above) begins with a sound overview of the merits of evidence-based/evidence-informed research. As the authors duly note, there still exists a degree of disconnect between policy-makers and researchers – as Chapman (1979) is quoted as saying: “social scientists and […]
(466.29 KB) | 3. November 2016 | Author: Prof. John Winterdyk
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A brief summary of the ICPA Research & Development Expert Groups activity as of May 2016
(434.83 KB) | 6. May 2016 | Author: Frank Porporino
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ICPA is a non-governmental organisation in Special Consultative Status 