During PSN competitive funding (FY2012-FY2017), Michigan State University, School of Criminal Justice, as a PSN Training and Technical Assistance provider hosted seven Violent Crime Reduction Workshops as an introduction to the PSN model for nearly 288 participants from 97 sites.
The two-day Workshop built on the action research model, establishing strong and value-added research partnerships, and effective implementation. The Workshop employed adult-learning principles and included the “cultural” dimensions of effective research partnerships, information about cutting-edge, evidence-based/informed and innovative strategies, and skills-building modules. A minimum of one practitioner, generally the Project Coordinator or primary point of contact, and the research partner attended as a "team". The Workshop was a required training as a newly funded PSN sites.
The sites completed the Violence Reduction Assessment Tool prior to attendance at the Workshop. Teams would receive their Assessment feedback at the Workshop. The feedback was then incorporated in their Strategic Action Plan during and post-Workshop. The Strategic Action Plan was used to guide a site's PSN efforts over the course of the grant period.
May 16-17, 2018
Barbara Weitz Community Engagement Center, University of Nebraska Omaha
Omaha, Nebraska
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April 12-13, 2017
Hilton Garden Inn
Denver, Colorado
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April 12-13, 2016
Kansas City Marriott Downtown
Kansas City, Missouri
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March 31- April 1, 2015
Hilton Phoenix Suites
Phoenix, Arizona
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June 10-11, 2014
Double Tree by Hilton Hotel Nashville Downtown
Nashville, Tennessee
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March 26-27, 2013
Courtyard Nashville Downtown
Nashville, Tennessee
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July 10-11, 2012
Lamar University
Beaumont, Texas
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