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Abt is at ASC 2025 – Visit us at Booth #16!
Abt is proud to exhibit and present at the 2025 American Association of Criminology’s (ASC) Annual Meeting. Our team will present new evidence on trafficking measurement, reentry, supervision, and prison-based recovery—research that informs smarter policy and better program design across the justice system.
Find us at booth #16 to explore how Abt connects evidence and innovation—combining decades of justice research with modern digital tools to help agencies strengthen data use, streamline operations, and improve outcomes for communities.
Meet Our Experts at ASC 2025
- Shelby Hickman, PhD, Defense, Justice, and Public Health Principal Associate
- Miranda Hines, Research Senior Analyst
- Stephanie Fahy, Criminal Justice & Behavioral Health Senior Associate
- Kalani Johnson, Monitoring & Evaluation Associate
- Tamara Daley, Director, Science & Research
- Vanessa Masick, Science & Research Analyst
- Cristina Layana, Criminal Justice Senior Associate
- Jeff Carrano, Science and Research Associate Analyst
- Jasmine Harmon, Enviornmental Policy and Governance Senior Analyst
- Rebecca Ivester, Health Research Senior Analyst
- Melissa Nadel, Health Research Senior Associate
- Matt Eby, Vice President, Defense, Justice, and Public Health
- Lori Hunter, Principal Solutions Architect
- Michael Kleeblatt, Vice President Sales Development
Connect with our Talent Aquisition Senior Partner, Lori Razzouk to learn more about career opportunities at Abt!
Featured Presentations:
Enhancing White Collar Crime Data Collection: A Feasibility Study on Federal Agency Enforcement Data
In Event: From Boardrooms to the Bench: Theories of Elite Criminality, Neutralizations, and Offenders
November 12, 12:30 p.m.-1:50 p.m.
Abt Authors: Shelby Hickman, Cristina Layana, Vanessa Masick, Isaiah Gerber
A Comparison of Methodologies Used to Enumerate Human Trafficking Statistics
In Event: Special Topics Using Data from Federal Justice Statistics Program
November 13, 9:30 a.m.-10:50 a.m.
Abt Authors: Shelby Hickman, Vanessa Masick, Pearl Zheng
Healing Trauma, Reducing Recidivism: The Role of Continuous Care in Successful Reentry for Young Adults
In Event: Evaluating Reentry and Desistance Programs
November 13, 5:00 p.m.-6:20 p.m.
Abt Authors: Shelby Hickman, Kalani Johnson, Claudia Masters
The Impact of Rehabilitative Field Contacts in Probation and Parole on the Likelihood of Recidivism
In Event: Supervision Tools, Policies, Risk Assessment in Community Corrections
November 14, 9:30 a.m.-10:00 a.m.
Presenters: Miranda Hines, Melissa Renee Nadel, Jasmine Harron, Vanessa Masick, Jeffery Carrano, Rebecca Ivester
“The SMART Program is a Refuge:” The Potential of SMART Recovery for Individuals in Prison with Substance Use Disorder
In Event: How Qualitative Methods can Inform Health and Healthcare in Prisons and Jails
November 14, 12:30 p.m.-1:50 p.m.
Authors: Tamara Daley
See the full agenda of presentations here.
Our Capabilities
Spotlight On: Digital and Data Services for Research, Monitoring and Evaluation
Abt’s digital and data services support all aspects of policy research, monitoring, and program evaluation through an array of digital tools and technologies.
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Abt’s Approach to Practical AI Adoption for Government
Abt’s AI advisory services help agencies move beyond pilots to AI adoption through structured implementation, strong governance, & workforce enablement.
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National Prisoner Statistics and Corrections Reporting Programs
For years, collecting prisoner data was treated as little more than an accounting exercise: PIPO (prisoner in, prisoner out). The National Prisoner Statistics (NPS) program counts male and female prisoners each year plus confirmed HIV and AIDS cases. The…
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How to Make Federal Justice Data More User Friendly
Abt is making federal justice data more user friendly through better visualization and filtering capabilities.
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PREA Audit System Provides Tool for Auditors to Conduct Sexual Safety Audits
The Department of Justice's PREA standards outline requirements for preventing, detecting, and responding to sexual abuse and sexual harassment in confinement facilities. Each year, hundreds of confinement facilities must be audited for compliance with…
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New Explorations of Data on Prison and Postconfinement Supervision Experiences
As part of a recent redesign, postconviction community supervision (PCCS) data was expanded in the Bureau of Justice Statistics’ (BJS) National Corrections Reporting Program (NCRP). The individual-level, multistate design of the NCRP data allow researchers to study the behavior of released offenders supervised in the community in a manner that was not previously possible. This article demonstrates the NCRP’s utility by providing novel descriptions of supervision populations. The purpose of this article is to inspire researchers to consider how these data might be applied in their own research. Descriptive statistics and data descriptions are provided as illustrations to generate discussion about future data use as BJS continues to expand the PCCS coverage across states and over time.
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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.
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