Program Director
RTI-International, Center for Policing Research & Investigative Sciences
Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, United States
Hope Smiley-McDonald directs the Investigative Sciences Program, which conducts research, collects data, and provides training and technical assistance on the application and social impacts of science for law enforcement, forensic, and public health practitioners. Dr. Smiley-McDonald’s research areas include health, social, and justice issues in the context of substance use, and she has published in the areas of drug surveillance; inmate mortality and health; and women and substance use. She has examined case processing, investigative efficiencies, and infrastructure needs across the forensic and medicolegal death investigator communities. She has employed both quantitative and qualitative methods in her research and has designed studies; developed survey instruments; directed large national data collections targeting forensic, law enforcement, and correctional agencies; analyzed data; and disseminated findings in criminological, forensic, and public health outlets. Dr. Smiley-McDonald earned her doctorate and masters in sociology at the University of Kentucky and her bachelor’s degree in public policy studies from Duke University.
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