UROP Research Mentor Project Submission Portal: Submission #740

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  approximately_how_many_hours_a_week_would_the_research_assistant: '5'
  are_you_currently_looking_for_students_: 'No'
  confirmation_1: '1'
  contact_email_fsu_email: jmc09m@fsu.edu
  contact_email_fsu_email2: rmodi@fsu.edu
  contact_email_fsu_email_if_affiliated_: amg08k@fsu.edu
  faculty_advisor_confirmation: ''
  faculty_advisor_name: ''
  faculty_advisor_s_fsu_email: ''
  fsu_college: 'Social Sciences and Public Policy'
  fsu_department_if_applicable_: 'Interdisciplinary Social Science'
  headshot_optional_: ''
  if_the_project_location_is_off_campus_does_the_student_need_to_p: ''
  mentoring_philosophy: 'My goal as a faculty at FSU is to help students find their passions and realize their potential. Mentors have the power to expose students to new interests and opportunities. In my PhD program, I had the immense privilege to work with mentors that have changed the trajectory of my life just because they believed in me, encouraged me to challenge myself and guided me along the way. I hope to pay this forward to undergraduate students.'
  mentor_handbook_and_faqs: '1'
  name_of_other_faculty_collaborator_if_applicable_: 'Radha Modi'
  number_of_assistants_needed_faculty_postdoc_max_6_graduate_stude: '3'
  other_faculty_collaborator_s_preferred_pronouns: ''
  overall_research_project_description: 'Students will have the opportunity to join in on the research process that is the result of a grant with the North Carolina Department of Public Safety, Division of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention. This research aims to determine the effects of teen courts on recidivism in North Carolina. Teen courts are a diversion program serving as an alternative to processing juveniles through the traditional justice system. Given the nature of teen courts, specifically their unique ability to connect offending juveniles to their crime and the comprehensive nature of including the youth’s parents, peers, and community in the sentencing process, we believe that this is a unique diversion source that will have reductionary effects on an at-risk youth’s propensity to enter and a court involved youth’s propensity to re-enter the system. In this project we sent out surveys to all 100 counties in North Carolina to learn more about the structure of teen court and juvenile justice in each county. The survey results provide unique insight into the juvenile justice system in North Carolina.'
  please_add_any_additional_information_here: ''
  please_provide_a_link_to_your_publications_a_video_clip_or_a_web: 'https://osf.io/akgtz'
  please_select_the_choice_that_most_accurately_describes_your_exp: 'Partially Remote'
  please_select_the_location_of_your_project_: 'On FSU Main Campus'
  position_availability_for_student_research: 'Flexible schedule'
  position_title: Faculty
  primary_research_mentor_name: 'Alexandra Cockerham'
  project_keywords: 'Juvenile justice, theraputic justice, teen court'
  relevant_student_major_s_: 'Open to all majors'
  research_mentor_preferred_pronoun2: ''
  research_mentor_pronouns: ''
  research_mentor_supervisor_if_different_from_above_: 'James Cockerham'
  research_tasks_for_student_research_assistant_s_: |-
    We envision that our research assistant would help work on more of the qualitative components of this project. In addition to conducting a handful of site visits, observations and interviews, we also sent a survey out to each of the 68 teen courts in North Carolina. This allowed us to gather information on the type of teen court model that is used (i.e, adult judge model, youth judge model, mixed models, peer jury model, youth tribunal, etc.) and types of sentencing that are typically handed out. W also sent a survey to the 32 counties that do not use teen court as an option to learn more information about their best practices with regard to options for diverting youth from the traditional justice system. 

    We hope that our UROP research assistant would help us review the survey results from across North Carolina. This would involve reviewing relevant literature, compiling descriptive information regarding the teen courts in North Carolina and detailing patterns observed. 

    Specific ideas below:
    1. Literature review on therapeutic justice
    2. Survey Results Analysis-- Students will review the survey results from the teen court project. They will summarize general impressions of the teen court landscape and/or any patterns observed across counties in the way that teen court operates.
    3. Site Visit Analysis- students will review site visit notes to better understand teen court operations in specific teen courts.
    4. Manuscript Editing-- Students will review the manuscript for publication and provide edits.
  roundtable_times_and_zoom_links: ''
  skills_that_research_assistants_may_need_: 'Required- ability to read academic articles, ability to summarize descriptive statistical information'
  title_of_the_project: 'Assessing the Impact of North Carolina Teen Court on Recidivism'
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  urop_performance_evaluation: '1'
  urop_poster_presentation: '1'
  when_potential_research_assistants_are_reaching_out_via_email_2: 'Dr. '
  when_potential_research_assistants_are_reaching_out_via_email_wh: Prof.
  when_students_are_reaching_out_via_email_what_is_your_preferreda: Professor
  would_you_like_to_participate_in_the_urop_research_mentor_round2: 'No'
  would_you_like_to_participate_in_the_urop_research_mentor_roundt: ''
  year: '2024'