Educational Resources
2009 Summer Workshops
These courses will be offered:
- BJS Workshop on Quantitative Analysis of Crime and Criminal Justice, June 22 - July 17, 2009
- Using National Juvenile Corrections Data Files: 1997-2006, 8:30 am, Monday, June 1, 2009 to 12:00 pm, Wednesday, June 3, 2009
- Workshop on Sentencing and Other Federal Case Data Analysis, July 20 to July 23, 2009
See below for further information, and visit the ICPSR Summer Program site for application materials and deadlines. Admission is on a rolling basis.
Criminal Justice Summer Workshops
The National Archive of Criminal Justice Data offers educational opportunities through its parent organization, the Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research (ICPSR). ICPSR sponsors a Summer Program in Quantitative Methods of Social Research, which offers a comprehensive, integrated program of studies in research design, statistics, data analysis, and social methodology. The Summer Program offers courses during two four-week sessions, with instruction organized in lecture, seminar, and workshop formats.
BJS Workshop on Quantitative Analysis of Crime and Criminal Justice Data
An intensive seminar on Quantitative Analysis of Crime and Criminal Justice Data, sponsored by the Bureau of Justice Statistics, covers substantive issues addressed by a number of Bureau of Justice (BJS) datasets, such as recent reductions in crime and increases in imprisonment. Also evident in these datasets are methodological issues concerning new measures of criminal offending, reliable and valid instrumentation design, accuracy of event reporting, administrative record data sampling, missing data imputation, and standard error calculation for multistage sampling designs. Seminar sessions will focus on these substantive and methodological issues through the use of didactic lectures, discussions with guest speakers, computerized problem-solving exercises, and the development and execution of a research report using the available data.
All selected applicants receive stipend support from NACJD to offset transportation, course materials, and per diem expenses.
Using National Juvenile Corrections Data Files
Sponsored by the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) and the National Archive of Criminal Justice Data, ICPSR, this 3 day workshop focuses on trends in juvenile corrections populations at the national and state levels, the residential facilities that hold them, the variations in practices in place, and the services provided to young persons in custody. Participants will learn to analyze multi-year national data files on juvenile corrections using the Secure Survey Documentation and Analysis (Secure SDA), a powerful online data analysis tool that enables descriptive to multivariate analysis of data from different surveys and over time.
Datasets include the Census of Juveniles in Residential Placement (CJRP) 1997, 1999, 2001, 2003, including new data from 2006; and the Juvenile Residential Placement Facilities Census (JRFC) 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, also with new 2006 data. The course is designed for State and local juvenile justice researchers, academic researchers, and policy makers at the local, state, and federal levels. A limited number of selected applicants will receive stipend support of up to $1,000; please indicate a request for stipend in the application cover letter. Jurisdictional teams are welcome.
Workshop on Sentencing and Other Federal Case Data Analysis
In partnership with the U.S. Sentencing Commission and the Bureau of Justice Statistics, the National Institute of Justice is introducing a new workshop on Federal case data analysis. The course will cover Federal case processing from arrest through sentencing and post-release stages (e.g., sentencing guidelines) and feature data compiled by BJS' Federal Justice Statistics Program. The four-day workshop will use lecture, demonstration, and sentencing data exercises which require experience with regression analysis and SPSS. HLM software will be demonstrated. Support for non-Federal employees (up to $1,250) will be made available to qualified applicants for travel and living expenses Applicants with applied research or academic backgrounds—including legal studies, criminology, criminal justice, sociology, political science, anthropology, and economics—are encouraged to apply.
Workshop Eligibility
Researchers from colleges and universities, nonprofit organizations, and government agencies are eligible to participate in these workshops. Participants are selected on the basis of their interests in the topical area, prior methodological training, and potential for research contributions to the topical area.
Application Materials and Deadlines
No tuition is charged for any of these three courses. There are three components required for application to each course:
- A completed ICPSR Summer Program application.
- A resume or vita.
- A cover letter stating the nature of your interest in the course, the elements of your background that have prepared you for the course, and how you plan to use what you learn from the course.
Application deadline is April 27, 2009. Applicants who are selected will be contacted shortly after May 1, 2009. The Summer Program listings contain additional important information and instructions for applying through the Summer Program Portal.
Further Information
Questions specific to the criminal justice workshops can be directed to:
Director, National Archive of Criminal Justice Data
Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research
University of Michigan
P.O. Box 1248
Ann Arbor, MI 48106
Phone: 1-800-999-0960
E-mail: nacjd@icpsr.umich.edu
