NCJ Number
227415
Journal
Journal of Criminal Justice Education Volume: 20 Issue: 1 Dated: March 2009 Pages: 40-55
Date Published
March 2009
Length
16 pages
Annotation
This study evaluated the means for assessing both individual and departmental research productivity.
Abstract
Results show that an identified cohort of grant activity stars or rainmakers is evidenced just as previous research has identified publication stars. Additionally, top research departments can be identified based on grant dollars and total number of granting agencies from which faculty has acquired funds. This approach, looking at research grant productivity, can be seen as an additional, viable means of evaluating both individuals and departments. There are variations not only between who is identified as a publication star and as a grants star, but also differences in the individuals identified as stars for grants from various types of funding agencies. Regarding whether or not the stars of one type of granting agencies are the same as those who are stars in other types of agencies, findings show that there is great variation across the researchers who have obtained funding from numerous Federal agencies and those who have obtained funding from numerous State agencies. Findings did not show a definitive answer to the question regarding whether grants stars had high publication rates. Also found was that the doctoral programs obtained far greater numbers of research funding dollars and from a greater number of granting agencies. Data were collected from147 individuals using self-reported numbers and total dollar values of research grants received by a sample of faculty in masters' and doctoral degree granting criminal justice departments. Tables and references