Prosecution in the eyes of the justice-involved: A community-based participatory research approach

Authors

Belén Lowrey-Kinberg, University of California

Abstract

"Community based participatory research (CBPR) centers the voices of community members in the research process. Long used in the field of healthcare, criminal justice researchers have employed CBPR only in limited contexts, and never in the context of prosecution research. This paper reports on findings from a CBPR study that employed focus groups with justice-involved individuals to identify their perceptions of the pre-trial process, prosecutors’ priorities, and recommended directions for research. The findings from these focus groups were used as the basis for developing interview questions for prosecutors, which were subsequently implemented in two larger research projects examining prosecutor discretion. This paper, shares recommendations for prosecution researchers seeking to implement CBPR in future work."

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Recommended Citation

Lowrey-Kinberg, Belén (2025) "Prosecution in the eyes of the justice-involved: A community-based participatory research approach," Qualitative Criminology (QC): Vol. 14: No. 3, Article 4.
Available at: https://dc.swosu.edu/qc/vol14/iss3/4