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Understanding Research for Community Corrections Management Staff
SESSION INFO
Wednesday, January 8, 2020
10:00 AM - 10:45 AM
Session Type: Workshop
A key challenge to effectively translate research into practice is for practitioners to clearly understand research and know how to apply it. This is particularly true for management staff in probation and parole agencies. Such staff must manage both line officers and programs within their respective agencies and having the skillset to discern “good” research from “bad” is important for them to perform their job well. This workshop will explore the reasons that underlie this challenge and offer guidance to community corrections management staff on how to better understand research.
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SESSION PRESENTERS
Travis Johnson
Program Associate, American Probation and Parole Association
Travis Johnson, is a Program Associate of Grants and Research with the American Probation and Parole Association. In his role, he assists with work on the association’s various grant-funded projects involving training, technical assistance, and research/evaluation to the community corrections field. Travis is currently working on several projects. BJA’s Project Safe Neighborhood as well as several different tribal initiatives. His interest lean towards supervision through technology and supervision of radicalized domestic terrorists. He received his Master’s in Safety, Security and Emergency Management from Eastern Kentucky University.
Nathan Lowe, PhD
Senior Research Associate, Child Welfare & Justice, American Probation and Parole Association
Nathan Lowe, Ph.D., is the Program Director of Grants and Research with the American Probation and Parole Association. In this role, he oversees the staff who work on the association’s various grant-funded projects involving the provision of training, technical assistance, and research/evaluation to the community supervision field. Nathan also manages and directly contributes to such projects, as well as coordinates the production of APPA’s journal Perspectives. As a former practitioner, Nathan’s areas of interest primarily concentrate on efforts to improve community supervision practices. Notably, he is co-author and manager of the Impaired Driving Assessment, a screening tool to identify risk and needs for individuals who are convicted of an impaired-driving offense. He has extensive experience in conducting research with populations involved with the justice system using mixed-mode methodologies and various statistical techniques. Nathan’s work has been published in a variety of formats, including scholarly peer-reviewed journals, professional journals, and technical reports. He received his Ph.D. in Sociology from the University of Kentucky.
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