From Text Books to Footpaths: Making Real-World Research Stick at the Coal Face

Date21 May 2012
Published date21 May 2012
Pages231-243
DOIhttps://doi.org/10.1108/S1474-7863(2012)0000013015
AuthorIan Lambie,Julia Ioane
FROM TEXT BOOKS TO
FOOTPATHS: MAKING
REAL-WORLD RESEARCH
STICK AT THE COAL FACE
Ian Lambie and Julia Ioane
ABSTRACT
When research is complete and findings concluded, is research really just
about publishing findings? Have you ever wondered whether your research
will have any real impact in the world? In our opinion, we believe a bigger
obstacle awaits us at the end of a research project. This being the
implementation of research findings. We share with you our combined
experience spanning over three decades of research – the challenges and
learnings we have gathered along the way as we aim to translate research
findings into real world, everyday practical reality. Our research
experience is generally about human behaviour and psychology within
the forensic population. As a result, the implementation of findings is
crucial to inform policy makers, practitioners, local community agencies
and government departments about the way to work with this population.
In this chapter we provide a practical step-by-step approach to how we
aim to implement our findings in research. We look at the problem of
Perspectives on Evaluating Criminal Justice and Corrections
Advances in Program Evaluation, Volume 13, 231–243
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