Conference 11/15-18: 2017 Annual Meeting of the American Society of Criminology

Abt staff will present at the 2017 Annual Meeting of the American Society of Criminology. The Society is an international organization whose members pursue scholarly, scientific, and professional knowledge concerning the measurement, etiology, consequences, prevention, control, and treatment of crime and delinquency. The theme for this year's meeting is, Crime, Legitimacy and Reform: Fifty Years after the President’s Commission.

Abt staff will present the following: Panel: An Empirical Assessment of State Marijuana Laws and Trends in Federal Enforcement Practice
Wednesday, November 15, 5:00 - 6:20 p.m.
Katharine Hoglund, Ryan Kling, Ari Lewenstein Session: The Critical Role of Data in Translating Evidence to Practice
Friday, November 17, 9:30 - 10:50 a.m.
Panel: Reconciling the Need for Validity, Context, and Implementation Data in Translational Research
Allan Porowski
The Critical Role of Implementation Data in Replicating High-Impact Programs
Holly Swan, Sarah Jalbert

Panel: Augmenting the US Marshals Service Bookings Data to Enhance Estimates of the Number of Federal Arrests
Friday, November 17, 12:30 - 1:50 p.m.
Christopher Cutler, Ryan Kling

Panel: Examining Facilitators of Transnational Organized Crime: Developing Typologies and Understanding Modalities
Saturday, November 18, 9:30 - 10:50 a.m.
Meg Chapman, Kamala Smith, Omri Drucker, Sarah Jalbert, Sharmini Radakrishan

Panel: From “Tough on Crime": to “Smart on Crime”: Evaluating Racial Disparities in Policing After a Shift in Tactics
Saturday, November 18, 9:30 - 10:50 a.m.
Walter Campbell

When: November 15-18, 2017

Where: Philadelphia, Pa.

For more information, visit the conference website. 

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