CLS Doctoral Student Receives Grant and Fellowship

Jill Viglione, a doctoral student in the Department of Criminology, Law and Society, has received a Doctoral Dissertation Improvement Grant from the National Science Foundation and a Graduate Research Fellowship from the National Institute of Justice.  These resources will provide support for Viglione to complete her project on the implementation of evidence-based practices in adult probation.  Her mixed-methods project, titled Bridging the Research/Practice Gap: Street-Level Decision Making and Historical Influences related to Evidence-Based Practices in Adult Probation, will provide insight into how agencies reduce their reliance on ineffective or inadequate treatment and services for offender populations and increase the use of best practices to improve supervision strategies and offender outcomes. Dr. Danielle Rudes is the chair of Ms. Viglione’s dissertation committee.