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SAC Orientation Webinar

SAC Orientation Webinar. Justice Research and Statistics Association 10 G Street, N.E., Suite 710 Washington, DC 20002 (202) 248-5014 www.jrsa.org. July 11, 2013. Joan Weiss, Executive Director. Introductions JRSA History and Overview Office of Justice Programs

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SAC Orientation Webinar

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  1. SAC Orientation Webinar Justice Research and Statistics Association 10 G Street, N.E., Suite 710 Washington, DC 20002 (202) 248-5014 www.jrsa.org July 11, 2013

  2. Joan Weiss, Executive Director Introductions JRSA History and Overview Office of Justice Programs Relationship with Bureau of Justice Statistics Plans for Affiliation with NCJA

  3. JRSA Staff on Webinar (in order of Presentation) Joan Weiss Karen Maline Executive Director Directorof Member Services Nancy Michel Stan Orchowsky Director of Publications Director of Research

  4. JRSA Staff Organization Chart

  5. JRSA History and Overview • Established in 1974 as a nonprofit organization by a group of SACs and the Bureau of Justice Statistics • Mission: To promote the development, analysis, and dissemination of objective and accurate information to support the policymaking process at state, local and national levels • JRSA Members – state SAC directors and staff; criminal and juvenile justice professions in public agencies and organizations; academics

  6. JRSA History and Overview (cont.) • Governance: Bylaws (documents on JRSA web site under “About JRSA”) Executive Committee President - Phil Stevenson, AZ Vice President - Stephen Haas, WV Secretary/Treasurer - Janeena Wing, ID Delegates(2) - Lisa Shoaf, OH Vacant Appointed Delegate - Dave Olson, Loyola University Past President - Jackie Vandercook, TN Committees Research and Training Committee - Rob McManus (SC), Chair SAC Website Award Committee - Janeena Wing (ID), Chair Nominations Committee - Jackie Vandercook (TN), Chair

  7. JRSA History and Overview (cont.) • Location of SACs – over two-thirds in State Administering Agency; other state agencies, such as AG’s office and DPS; universities SACs in State Administering Agencies Arizona Arkansas Colorado Connecticut Delaware District of Columbia Florida Georgia Hawaii Idaho Illinois Indiana Kansas Kentucky Louisiana Maryland Massachusetts Minnesota Montana Nebraska New Hampshire New York North Carolina North Dakota Northern Mariana Islands Ohio Oregon Pennsylvania Puerto Rico Rhode Island South Carolina South Dakota Texas Utah Virginia West Virginia Wisconsin

  8. JRSA History and Overview (cont.) SACs in Other State Agencies • Alabama • California • Iowa • Missouri • New Jersey • Oklahoma • Tennessee • Washington

  9. JRSA History and Overview (cont.) SACs in Universities Alaska University of Alaska Anchorage Maine University of Southern Maine Michigan Michigan State University Mississippi University of Southern Mississippi Nevada University of Nevada Las Vegas New Mexico University of New Mexico Vermont Norwich University • WyomingUniversity of Wyoming

  10. JRSA History and Overview (cont.) • Funding - primarily from federal grants from OJP agencies. Originally JRSA grants were only from BJS to support the SJS grant and annual conference; now from a variety of agencies. • Programs: research projects, technical assistance to state agencies, publications, meetings and conferences

  11. Office of Justice Programs

  12. Office of Justice Programs (cont.) • Assistant Attorney General of the Office of Justice Programs – Karol Mason Bureaus and Offices: Bureau of Justice Statistics - William Sabol, Acting Director SJS Grant Program: Devon Adams, Chief, Criminal Justice Data Improvement Program Stephanie Burroughs and Allina Lee, SJS Grant Managers National Institute of Justice – Greg Ridgeway, Acting Director Office for Victims of Crime - JoyeE. Frost, Principal Deputy Director Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention – Robert Listenbee, Jr., Administrator Bureau of Justice Assistance – Denise O’Donnell, Director OJP also includes offices such as the Office for Sex Offender Sentencing, Monitoring, Registering, Apprehending, and Tracking (SMART)

  13. Relationship with Bureau of Justice Statistics • Legislative mandate of BJS to support state statistical functions • From inception of JRSA – grants to provide support for state SACs • Expansion of JRSA programs over the years • Change in 2012: OJP eliminated most sole source funding

  14. Plans for Affiliation with NCJA • Ad Hoc Joint Planning Committee of JRSA and NCJA (National Criminal Justice Association) • Agreement for 18-month transition period beginning October 2013, during which office space and administrative costs will be shared, but organizations will be completely independent

  15. Karen Maline, Director of Member Services State Justice Statistics grant (SJS) JRSA’s Information Dissemination Activities Training and Technical Assistance Information Sharing Among and Between States

  16. State Justice Statistics Grant (SJS) Goals • Enhance the capabilities of states to collect and analyze justice statistics • Foster and coordinate the exchange of information among local, state, and federal agencies • Serve as a forum for expressing the common concerns and perspectives of state analysts • Establish and promote professional standards for criminal justice researchers and policy analysts • Serve as liaison among the SACs and between the SACs and BJS as well as other Office of Justice Program (OJP) agencies

  17. JRSA’s SJS-Supported Activities • Information Dissemination Activities • Training and Technical Assistance - JRSA’s Mutual Assistance Program • Information-Sharing Among and Between the SACs

  18. Information Dissemination Activities • JRSA E-Newsletter (monthly) information on current justice publications, webinars, conferences, and training opportunities • grant notes, etc. (ad hoc) announces newly released solicitations from OJP and other federal agencies • JRSA Website features the SAC Spotlight and has information on the SACs, JRSA Executive Committee and staff, current projects, publications, and various resources. Also has a SAC-only section and a portal to access ISAR • Social Media Facebook and Twitter are used to announce news from the SACs, JRSA, and BJS, as well as other information that may be of interest to SACs

  19. SAC Spotlight Idaho is the fifth SAC to be highlighted on JRSA.org since the Spotlightwas introduced in 11/2012. Goal: to “Spotlight” a new SAC every six to eight weeks; publicized through listserv and social media

  20. Training and Technical Assistance - JRSA’s Mutual Assistance Program • Mutual Assistance Program (MAP) - provides funds for travel, for assistance from JRSA or other SACs, and training • Webinars - JRSA staff survey SAC directors to determine their training needs and interests; worked with BJS and the Research and Technical Assistance Committee to plan and implement skill-building webinars

  21. Training and Technical Assistance - JRSA’s Mutual Assistance Program (cont.) • Pre- and PostconferenceSeminars - JRSA tries to take advantage of national conferences to offer half-day and full-day professional seminars • Institutional Review Boards (IRB)/Protection of Human Subjects - Staff serve as a resource about federal regulations regarding human subjects and provide sample documents for SACs to create their own IRBs

  22. Examples of Assistance Provided through JRSA’s MAP • Participation in relevant conferences, e.g., National Association of State Sentencing Commissions, NCJA National Forum on Criminal Justice • Meetings between long-time SAC Directors and policymakers from states looking to establish new Statistical Analysis Centers • Travel for SAC or JRSA staff with expertise in a topic (e.g., forecasting, cost-benefit analysis…) to travel to another state

  23. Examples of Assistance Provided through JRSA’s MAP (cont.) • Conference calls on topics of general interest, e.g., conducting state victimization surveys and sources of funding for SACs • Peer Review activities—JRSA provides SAC directors with the opportunity to have their publications critiqued by other current or former SAC directors

  24. Requesting Mutual Assistance or Peer Review Get to the online form from the JRSA homepage: http://www.jrsa.org, click on “SAC Login” on the menu bar.

  25. Online Mutual Assistance Request Form

  26. Information-Sharing Among and Between the SACs • JRSA Listserv– tool for communication among the SACs and between JRSA and the SACs; sacs@jrsa.org. • Infobase of State Activities and Research (ISAR) - online collection of information about SAC activities and publications, as wells as SAC characteristics and the skills of SAC staff

  27. Infobase of State Activities and Research Get to ISAR from the JRSA homepage: http://www.jrsa.org, click on “SAC Login” on the menu bar.

  28. Accessing ISAR Click on “ISAR login.”

  29. Logging into ISAR Each SAC director has a user name and password (which can be shared with staff who will be helping to update information). If you need to know yours, contact meat kmaline@jrsa.org.

  30. To Search in ISAR Click here to search the Infobase.

  31. Searching ISAR You can use a key word or choose a BJS SJS Theme from the last fifteen years. You can search on one SAC or all of them.

  32. Search Results Because I logged in as South Carolina, I have rights to go into SC’s activity and publication, and revise it right from this results page. You can check boxes of titles that interest you and see abstracts about these activities.

  33. Adding New Activities and Publications to ISAR All new activities must be entered in ISAR (BJS made this a special condition of the SJS grant), but submitting publication information is optional. Existing activities can be revised at any time. Periodically, JRSA staff will initiate a systemwideupdate during which all SACs will be reminded to review and revise the information from their state.

  34. Adding a New Activity The information in the top of the form is populated from information about the SAC and staff that you control in ISAR through the Maintenance Function. The rest of the form is about the new activity.

  35. SAC Skills and Characteristics/Maintenance Menu A variety of information about the SACs, including location in state government, relationship with other agencies, access to data, and information system responsibility, is available in the SAC Skills and Characteristics section. It also lists SAC skills, which helps JRSA identify who among the SACs might be able to provide technical assistance or instruction in specific areas of expertise. SAC directors and staff can revise this information using the Maintenance Functions.

  36. SAC Characteristics

  37. SAC Characteristics(cont.)

  38. SAC Skills This page shows skills by SAC; newest version of ISAR will have a list—by skill—of all SAC staff able to provide assistance for that particular skill.

  39. Maintenance Functions • From this menu, SACs can: • Add, revise, and delete staff contact and skills information, • Change the SAC Director • Change the SAC address information • Revise SAC Characteristics information

  40. Nancy Michel, Director of Publications JRSA Forum SAC Publication Digest Justice Research and Policy (JRP)

  41. JRSA Forum Quarterly newsletter that contains: • In-depth articles on national issues • Substantive reports from SAC directors on SAC/state projects • Brief updates on BJS, JRSA, and SAC activities and publications • Announcements

  42. JRSA Forum

  43. JRSA Forum Examples of “Substantive reports from SAC directors on SAC/state projects” • Developing the Ohio Criminal Justice Strategic Plan (March 2012 issue) Describes in detail the SAC’s role in the larger process of developing Ohio’s strategic plan • The Arizona Prescription Drug Initiative (September 2012 issue) Explains the project and describes how the SAC is participating We encourage longer reports from SACs about projects! Contact Karen Maline to discuss a possible article.

  44. SAC Publication Digest • Published twice a year • Each issue contains abstracts of SAC publications arranged by topic • All issues/abstracts searchable online by key word and state • Abstracts contain link to full report Watch for our email asking for your reports!

  45. SAC Publication Digest

  46. Justice Research and Policy (JRP) Justice Research and Policy http://jrsa.metapress.com JRP Editors Rob McManus, South Carolina SAC Director Bill Clements, Ph.D., Vice-President and DeanCollege of Graduate and Continuing StudiesNorwich University

  47. Justice Research and Policy (JRP) • Semiannual, peer-reviewed journal begun in 1999 • Contains policy-oriented research on a wide range of topics, with a particular focus on issues relevant to state and local government agencies • Numerous contributions from SAC directors /staff • Subscriptions for SACs and JRSA members are free, but you must sign up for a MetaPress account to log in and view the articles

  48. Justice Research and Policy (JRP) Start at http://jrsa.metapress.com/home/main.mpxOn the left hand side, click on ‘register’.

  49. Justice Research and Policy (JRP) Once this screen appears, select ‘register individual’.

  50. Justice Research and Policy (JRP) Fill out contact details, create username & password. Leave Token space BLANK. Click on register.

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