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National Scientific Advisory Committee
Learn about the scholars and experts who guide the science we generate.
Community Advisory Board
Learn about the individuals with lived experience of the criminal justice system who maximixe our impact.
Prioritizing the rapid dissemination of research findings to advocates, professionals, and policymakers.
Our mission is to use science to improve lives, communities, and institutions by developing and researching innovations that reduce unnecessary reliance on the criminal justice system and by offering solutions that produce equity and prosperity across race, socioeconomic class, and behavioral health status.
We prioritize the rapid dissemination of research findings to advocates, professionals, and policymakers.
New Report Released!
The third in a series of quarterly reports describing the inner workings and early discoveries of the 5-Key Model for Reentry was just released. Read the breaking media alert and access the full report here.
Media Alert
In a heart-wrenching letter, Carrie Pettus-Davis, IJRD's Executive Director, describes how the existence of a 17-year gap between scientific innovation and actual changes to policy and practice directly affects her family. The report details the steps she and her team are taking to accelerate the scientific process and improve outcomes.
Accelerating Science using the Feedback Loop
We invite you to learn about how the Feedback Loop has been used to overcome challenges and adapt both the 5-Key Model intervention and how the intervention is delivered to maximize impact for individuals as they release from prison.
Our Approach
Unlike traditional academic research centers, our approach is anchored in trans-sector innovation. We use this approach because it is clear that the problems in criminal justice cannot be solved solely from within - this has been tried for decades with little progress. Trans-sector innovation uses a problem solving approach that brings various disciplines together to respond to the increasingly connected and complex challenges facing our communities.
Post-Master's Fellows
An exciting opportunity for new MSWs to engage in experiential learning with criminal-justice involved populations.
Practicum & Internships
Learn about our practicum, internship, and field work opportunities for students.
Testing Evidence-Based Trauma-Informed Treatment with Adults Releasing from Jail in Seminole County, Florida
Nearly 96% of incarcerated men and women report at least one lifetime traumatic experience with most reporting an average of three lifetime traumatic experiences. Left untreated, trauma symptoms can increase the likelihood of future behavioral health problems and entanglement in the criminal justice system.
In a new innovative approach to responding to traumatic experiences, the James E. Polk Correctional Facility in Seminole County, Florida is partnering with IJRD to implement trauma-informed treatment designed for incarcerated individuals preparing for release from jail. The trauma treatment, Skills Training for Affective and Interpersonal Regulation (STAIR) will be delivered in individual and group-based therapy sessions inside the jail as well as in community settings.
The implementation of STAIR includes the delivery of services as well as a research study to assess the feasibility and impact of STAIR on a variety of recipient outcomes. Therefore, we are hiring two part-time positions – a Trauma-Informed Care Practitioner to deliver treatment to incarcerated and formerly incarcerated men and women and a Research and Assessment Specialist to enroll participants into the study and conduct data collection interviews before and after the intervention in the jail and in community settings.
Learn more!
Learn more about this project and how you can join our team in Seminole County, Florida.
Trauma-Informed Care Practitioner
We are hiring a Master’s level practitioner to deliver the STAIR intervention to adults at the James E. Polk Jail and in the Seminole county community after their release. Read the full advertisement here.
Research & Assessment Specialist
We are hiring a Bachelor level researcher to enroll individuals at the James E. Polk jail into the study and interview them on site and in the Seminole County community after their release. Read the full advertisement here.
Reentry Project Manager
Reentry Project Managers manage a team of practitioners and researchers in our field sites working to implement randomized controlled trials of data-driven reentry programs.
Reentry Program Specialist
Reentry Program Specialists deliver services to individuals in incarceration settings and in the community to help them develop well-being.
Research & Assessment Specialist
Research & Assessment Specialists interview individuals in incarceration settings and in the community to understand their experience of reentry.
Clinical Research Associate
Clinical Research Associates ensure services are delivered as designed by monitoring the use of evidence-driven interventions and providing feedback and training to practitioners.
Project Support Specialists
Project Support Specialists assist research staff with tracking and coordinating research activities with participants returning from prison to the community.
Reentry Community Engagement Associates
We seek individuals who have experienced incarceration to serve as Reentry Community Engagement Associates in Indiana, South Carolina, and Ohio to do outreach to participants.
Research Technicians
Research Technicians are graduate students who support our teams across the nation. For more information, please contact us at justiceresearch@csw.fsu.edu
Data Management Analyst
We are searching for an experienced data management analyst to join our Tallahassee team!
By 2025, our goals are to:
- Mobilize researchers in 25 states to derive locally-driven solutions
- Build actionable research standards for examining the effectiveness of criminal justice reforms
- Drive awareness of data-driven solutions for criminal justice reforms
Mobilize researchers in 25 states to derive locally-driven solutions
Build actionable research standards for examining the effectiveness of criminal justice reforms
Drive awareness of data-driven solutions for criminal justice reforms
Our Open House Event
Florida Department of Corrections Secretary Mark Inch spoke to a crowd of 100 about what our innovative multidisciplinary research institute means for FSU and the state of Florida.
Transforming the Criminal Justice System
Carrie Pettus-Davis, Lamont Carey, and Bill Rone generated a public discourse around justness and opportunity at the Globe Theatre in Tallahassee June 27, 2019.
Our National Scientific Advisory Committee
Our National Scientific Advisory Committee shapes and guides the science we generate and disseminate. We meet bi-annually to maximize the impact and rigor of our work.
Policy and Practice Briefs
Papers designed to guide criminal justice policy and practice reforms.
Tools for the Field
Products designed to be used by policy experts and practitioners in the field.
