NCJ Number
113881
Journal
Justice Quarterly Volume: 5 Issue: 2 Dated: (June 1988) Pages: 257-280
Date Published
1988
Length
14 pages
Annotation
This study explored the use of social science research information as an input to policy formulation and decisionmaking in a State department of corrections.
Abstract
Interviews of administrators and research personnel were combined with collateral evidence to examine levels and types of use and to identify factors associated with utilization. Research use was found to be minimal but somewhat surprising in terms of diversity. Analysis of the data led to the conclusion that certain structural variables and variables associated with bureaucratic decisionmaking are crucial to an understanding of use and to the development of a viable model of the utilization process. (Author abstract)