What role should practitioners have in the translation of science to operational and clinical practice? Typically the translation process is a "guessing game" as to what the research really means. But there are evidence-based strategies that can be used to remove the guessing and focus on the findings such as learning collaboratives, communities of practice, specialized infographs, quality improvement processes, data driven decision making, relationships--each has a strategy to co-produce the scientific findings. This talk will outline each change process and how co-production is a vital component. Examples will include evidence-informed approaches to advance well-being as an outcome, safety in custody, and evidence-informed approaches for community sanctions. Further, it will detail clearly the roles of professionals/practitioners in this change processes to advance science translation. The goal of this talk is to empower the field to work on translation in a manner that it affects operational practice regarding well-being, safety, and evidence-informed practices in community sanctions.
Moderated by Luke Grant, Deputy Commissioner, Corrective Services New South Wales, Australia
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Faye Taxman PhD
Professor, George Mason University, United States
Faye S. Taxman, Ph.D., is a University Professor at the Schar School of Policy and Government at George Mason University. She is a health service criminologist. She is recognized for her work in the development of seamless systems-of-care models that link the criminal justice system with other health care and other service delivery systems and reengineering probation and parole supervision services. She has conducted experiments to examine different processes to improve treatment access and retention, to assess new models of probation supervision consistent with RNR frameworks, and to test new interventions. She developed the translational RNR Simulation Tool (www.gmuace.org/tools) to assist agencies in advancing practice. Dr. Taxman has published more than 220 articles. She is the current Principal Investigator for the National Institute on Drug Abuse‘s Justice Community Opioid Innovation Network (JCOIN). The American Society of Criminology's Division of Sentencing and Corrections has recognized her as Distinguished Scholar twice as well as the Rita Warren and Ted Palmer Differential Intervention Treatment award. She received the Joan McCord Award in 2017 from the Division of Experimental Criminology. In 2018, she was appointed a Fellow of the American Society of Criminology. In 2019, she received the lifetime achievement award from the American Society of Criminology's Division of Sentencing and Corrections. In 2023, she won the August Vollmer Award from ASC. The Society for Implementation Research Collaboration (SIRC) in 2022 identified Dr. Taxman and her team for their work on collaborative and engaged research with the Mission Award.
