Presenter: William Sabol
Presentation title: Use of and Development of BJS Data for Research on Sentencing and Corrections
Abstract: The presentation will briefly review some key uses of BJS data in the study of issues related to mass incarceration and sentencing reform. It will then describe some of the enhancements to several of BJS data collections and their value to the empirical legal studies field; it will conclude with a discussion of some of the opportunities for researchers to access BJS and contribute to BJS’s mission while also achieving their own research goals.