R&D Utilization by Local Services

Problems and Proposals For Further Research

Robert K. Yin

ResearchPublished 1976

Indicates some of the major strategies and alternatives for facilitating R&D utilization by local services, drawing on the criminal justice area — law enforcement agencies, prosecutors' offices, courts, and corrections programs — to provide concrete illustrations of the main issues. Attention is focused on the conversion from knowledge into practice — with no implication intended that the conversion process is simple or that knowledge or practice are easily defined entities. Emphasis is placed on the processes of organizational change and adaptation that occur in local public service agencies, rather than on the development of specific hardware products. Traditional and alternative R&D utilization strategies are discussed. The alternative approach suggests further investigation of the following topics: (1) elaboration of natural points of entry, (2) identification of individuals and organizations that control natural points of entry, (3) determination of information used to make key decisions concerning natural points of entry, and (4) development of new measures of impact.

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