SUPPORTING EVIDENCE-BASED PRACTICES FOR VIOLENT CRIME INVESTIGATIONS

Stacy Sechrist is a Research Public Health Analyst within RTI's Justice Practice Area. Dr. Sechrist joined RTI in 2022. She has dedicated most of her professional career to the study of interpersonal violence and violent crime reduction. Dr. Sechrist is the Community Assessment Lead for the National Case Closed Project. She is also the Project Director and Qualitative Data Lead in an expansion of the National Case Closed Project, known as Project CLEARS, designed to include additional research with community-based organizations and residents about how they work with local law enforcement agencies and how they participate in shooting investigations. Dr. Sechrist is also the site lead for three Project Safe Neighborhoods (PSN) case study sites and is contributing to dissemination efforts for the national PSN outcomes study.

Prior to joining RTI, Dr. Sechrist worked for nearly 13 years with the North Carolina Network for Safe Communities (NCNSC) at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro (UNCG). Her work with NCNSC included several grant-funded projects where she collaborated closely with community and campus partners, including law enforcement, resource providers, practitioners, and community members to provide research/evaluation and training and technical assistance support.