Justice and Legal System Research, Evaluation & Technical Assistance
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Abt is a proud participant and sponsor of the 2023 American Society of Criminology (ASC) Annual Meeting. This year’s theme, Seeking Justice: Reconciling with our Past, Reimagining the Future, reflects the evolution of criminal justice work from mass incarceration to trauma-informed and community-based approaches.
Abt staff will participate in the following sessions:
Session: Lessons from Employment-Focused Reentry Grants Serving People Leaving Local, State, and Federal Correctional Facilities
Preliminary Findings from the Partners for Reentry Opportunities in Workforce Development (PROWD) Evaluation
Thu, Nov 16, 11:00 a.m. to 12:20 p.m., Salon C, 5th Floor
Presenter: Blake Dohrn, Abt Global
Session: NIJ Day: COVID-19 and the Juvenile Justice System: Implications and Lessons Learned
Juvenile Justice System Responses to the COVID-19 Pandemic
Thu, Nov 16, 11:00 a.m. to 12:20 p.m., Franklin Hall 7, 4th Floor
Presenters: Shelby Hickman, Abt Global; Scott Decker, Jennifer Lafferty, Cait Kanewske, Demetrius Whipple, CNA
Session: Community-Based Program Assessment
Panels:
Bringing a Community Program into Jail: An Evaluation of Roca’s Suffolk House of Corrections Programming
Thu, Nov 16, 5:00 p.m. to 6:20 p.m., Room 402, 4th Floor
Presenters: Claudia Masters, Melissa Nadel, Nikitha Reddy, Abt Global; Walter Campbell, Urban Institute, and Leon Sawh, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
Serving High Risk Young Men in Baltimore: A Process Evaluation of Roca’s Baltimore Site
Thu, Nov 16, 5:00 p.m. to 6:20 p.m., Room 402, 4th Floor
Presenters: Nikitha Reddy, Claudia Masters, Abt Global; Walter Campbell, Urban Institute, and Leon Sawh, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
Session: BJS’s Court Data Collections
BJS’s Civil Court and Census of State Courts Collections Plans
Thu, Nov 16, 5:00 p.m. to 6:20 p.m., Franklin Hall 12, 4th Floor
Presenters: Jennifer Bronson, Abt Global; Suzanne Strong, Bureau of Justice Statistics, US Department of Justice (BJS DOJ)
Session: BJS’ New Interactive Dashboards
Federal Criminal Case Processing Statistics Tool: Modifications and Enhancements
Thu, Nov 16, 3:30 p.m. to 4:50 p.m., Room 405, 4th Floor
Presenters: Claire Douglas, Abt Global; George Ebo Browne, BJS, DOJ
Session: Examining the Work of Probation and Parole Officers: Roles, Responsibilities, and Best Practices
Understanding the Content and Context of Rehabilitative Activity During Field Contacts in Probation and Parole
Fri, Nov 17, 3:30 p.m. to 4:50 p.m., Room 414, 4th Floor
Presenters: Melissa Nadel, Jasmine Harmon, Miranda Hines, Rebecca Ivester, Jeffery Carrano, Abt Global; Walter Campbell, Urban Institute
Additional Resources
What Does the U.S. Spend on Law Enforcement? JEET Has Answers
A new Abt-developed webtool supports analysis of criminal justice expenditures and employment.
Blog
Reimagining Response to Vulnerable Populations in Crisis
Homelessness and untreated serious mental illness (SMI) and/or substance use disorders (SUD) are at the root of many crisis-related calls for emergency services. However, first responders often lack the necessary information, skills, resources, or…
Project
Exploring the Neighborhood‑Level Impact of Retail Marijuana Outlets on Crime in Washington State
This article shows a modest increase in property crimes in Washington State neighborhoods where legal marijuana retail stores open.
Publication
How Florida’s E-Verify Law May Increase Labor Trafficking
Some features of Florida’s new E-Verify law could put workers at greater risk for labor trafficking and exploitation.
Blog
Federal Justice Statistics Program (FJSP)
Since 1983, the Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) FJSP has been the government’s source of information about people arrested on federal charges and processed through the federal criminal justice system, from the point of arrest to release from prison to…
Project
COVID-19’s Impact on Community Supervision
Most of the research attention on COVID-19’s impact on the justice system has focused on jails and prisons. But far more people are under community supervision: parole and probation. And little research has been done about the pandemic’s direct and indirect effects on that phase of the justice continuum—and how the system could be better prepared. In this white paper, Abt justice experts Holly Swan and Walter Campbell propose a number of research questions to address.
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