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Core Competencies
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Demonstrates expertise in leading criminal justice research and program evaluations, with a strong focus on quantitative and mixed-methods skills. Proven ability to manage data collection, analysis, and human-subjects protections while contributing to impactful research narratives and proposals.
Highest-signal resume keywords
Criminal Justice Research LeadershipQuantitative And Mixed-Methods SkillsHuman-Subjects (IRB) ProcessesRandomized Or Quasi-Experimental Evaluation ExperiencePeer-Reviewed Publications In Criminology
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Hard Skills
Program EvaluationData AnalysisResearch DesignStatistical MethodsFieldworkImpact EvaluationProcess EvaluationOutcome EvaluationData SecurityResearch Narrative Writing
Soft Skills
Project CollaborationCommunicationLeadership
Tools & Technologies
Data Collection ToolsStatistical Software
Industry Keywords
CriminologyJustice PolicyPolicing TechnologyElder AbuseOrganized CrimeGang InterventionsFederal Justice ResearchDrone Technology
About the role
Key responsibilities & impact- Serve as principal investigator on criminal justice research and evaluation proposals
- Design rigorous process, outcome, and impact evaluations of justice programs
- Lead studies in priority areas such as drone-as-first-responder programs, gang and organized-crime interventions, and elder abuse and neglect
- Lead data collection with justice agencies, including administrative records and fieldwork
- Oversee analysis, human-subjects protections, and data security
- Write research narratives, methods, and dissemination plans
- Contribute qualifications and past-performance narrative to WIL proposals when you authorize naming
Requirements
What you’ll need- Track record leading criminal justice research or program evaluations
- Peer-reviewed publications or major evaluation reports in criminology or justice policy
- Experience with justice agency data and human-subjects (IRB) processes
- Strong quantitative and/or mixed-methods skills
- Comfortable as a project-based contract collaborator; remote US
- Prior federal justice research award as PI or co-PI
- Randomized or quasi-experimental evaluation experience
- Research experience on policing technology (e.g., drones), gangs and organized crime, or elder abuse and neglect
- PhD preferred (criminology, criminal justice, sociology, or related field)