Institute for Justice Research and Development

FSU researchers expand trauma-responsive services for individuals returning home from jail

Published: July 11, 2022 | 11:15 am | Posted in: Education & Society, Health & Medicine, University News

Researchers at the Institute for Justice Research and Development (IJRD) at the Florida State University College of Social Work are expanding their work with the Seminole County Sheriff’s Office and the John E. Polk Correctional Facility to treat trauma among individuals getting released from jail in Seminole County. “Lifetime traumatic experiences are nearly universal among […]

FSU researchers lead grant to study technology impact on increasing support for individuals under community supervision

Published: November 12, 2019 | 4:00 pm | Posted in: Education & Society

Is a smart phone app the answer to increasing support and improving well-being among individuals under community supervision? A team of researchers led by two Florida State University scholars intends to find out with the help of a $1.9 million grant from the National Institute of Justice. Carrie Pettus-Davis, executive director and founder of the […]

FSU researchers receive grant to conduct re-entry program for young men

Published: October 21, 2019 | 1:11 pm | Posted in: Education & Society

Researchers (l to r) Carrie Pettus-Davis, Stephen Tripodi and Tanya Renn of the Institute for Justice Research and Development at the FSU College of Social Work.

Florida State University has received a grant totaling nearly $1.2 million from the National Institute of Justice to evaluate the effectiveness of a comprehensive trauma-based re-entry program for young adult men. A team of researchers including Carrie Pettus-Davis, Stephen Tripodi and Tanya Renn of the Institute for Justice Research and Development at the FSU College […]

FSU institute event highlights data-driven solutions to transform criminal justice system for the 21st century

Published: June 28, 2019 | 5:07 pm | Posted in: University News

Florida State University’s Institute for Justice Research and Development (IJRD) hosted a spoken-word event about justice and opportunity June 27 at the FSU Center for Global Engagement. The event, organized by Carrie Pettus-Davis, founder and executive director of the Institute for Justice Research and Development (IJRD), was designed to generate public discourse about criminal justice reform. Pettus-Davis […]

Innovative social work and criminal justice research center finds a home at FSU

Published: May 8, 2019 | 3:50 pm | Posted in: University News

The Florida State University College of Social Work celebrated its new research entity, the Institute for Justice Research and Development at the Augustus B. Turnbull III Florida State Conference Center Thursday, April 18. More than 100 people gathered to learn about the newest multidisciplinary research institute to find a home at FSU. The institute’s mission […]

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