The 2019 Annual Meeting of the American Society of Criminology

Abt Associates staff will present research at the 2019 Annual Meeting of the American Society of Criminology. The objective of the meeting is to encourage an exchange of ideas, innovations and the latest research for those involved in the field of criminology, including researchers, practitioners, academicians, students and other professionals. The theme for this year’s meeting is Criminology in the New Era: Confronting Injustice and Inequalities.

Abt staff will participate in the following presentations:

Wednesday, November 13, 9:30 – 10:50 a.m. | Pacific J, 4th Level
Panel: Victimization of Human Trafficking: Prevalence and Resources
Chair: Michael Shively, Abt Associates
Presentation: Human Trafficking Victim Contacts with Local Services and Justice Systems: Opportunities for Earlier Detection and Support
Authors: Melissa Nadel, Ryan Kling, Michael Shively, Lauren Christopher, Amy Berninger, Abt Associates
Presentation: The Feasibility of Producing Local Estimates of Human Trafficking Victim Prevalence
Authors: Michael Shively, Ryan Kling, Amy Berninger, Lauren Christopher, Brenda Rodriguez

Wednesday, November 13, 12:30 – 1:50 p.m. | Nob Hill B, Lower B2 Level
Panel: Comprehensive Evaluation of Roca, Inc.’s Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) Curriculum
Chair: Holly Swan, Abt Associates
Presentation: An Overview of Roca’s Model and Incorporation of CBT
Authors: Sarah Jalbert, Deirdre Rabideau, Holly Swan, Walter Campbell, Dana Hunt, Abt Associates
Presentation: Assessing Implementation Fidelity to Roca’s CBT Curriculum
Authors: Holly Swan, Yvonne Cristy, Walter Campbell, Abt Associates
Presentation: Assessing the Impact of Roca’s CBT Curriculum on Outcomes for High Risk Young Men
Authors: Walter Campbell, Jesse Mishra, Holly Swan, Abt Associates

Wednesday, November 13, 5:00 – 6:20 p.m. | Salon 4, Lower B2 Level
Panel: Communities and Substance Use
Presentation: Assessing Neighborhood Level Impacts of Legal Marijuana Sale and Consumption
Authors: John Thacker, Ryan Kling, Michael Shively, Maggie Elliott Martin, Yvonne Cristy, Abt Associates

Wednesday, November 13, 5:00 – 6:20 p.m. | Pacific H, 4th Level
Panel: Spotlight on BJS Datasets: Survey of Prison Inmates and Justice Expenditure and Employment
Presentation: A Comparison of Self-Report Data to Administrative Data in the 2016 Survey of Prison Inmates
Author: Chris Cutler, Abt Associates
Presentation: A New Methodology for Estimating the Incidence and Cumulative Incidence of Imprisonment with the 2016 Survey of Prison Inmates
Authors: Melissa Nadel, Gerry Gaes, Abt Associates

Friday, November 15, 11:00 a.m. – 12:20 p.m. | Juniper, B2 Level
Panel: Substance Use: Evaluating Legal and Other Intervention Approaches
Chair: Ryan Kling, Abt Associates
Presentation: Evaluating the Impact of Changing Marijuana Laws and Policies on Criminal Justice System Pursuit of Drug-Related Crime
Authors: Ryan Kling, John Thacker, Michael Shively, Maggie Elliott Martin, Yvonne Cristy, Ari Lewenstein, Deirdre Rabideau, Abt Associates

*Presenter(s) indicated in bold