ARC Lab Researchers and Students to Present Research and Receive Awards at ASC 2026

Members of the Applied Research in Corrections (ARC) Lab at the University of Nebraska at Omaha will present their research and receive several prestigious awards at the 2026 American Society of Criminology (ASC) Annual Meeting, November 18–21 in Chicago, Illinois.

We invite conference attendees to join us for our presentations and award celebrations throughout the week!

Wednesday, November 18

Individual Differences in Crime and Delinquency: Personality, Perceptions, and Social Context
8:00–9:20 AM | Buckingham Room, 5th Floor

• Does Sport Participation Moderate the Sensation-Seeking–Delinquency Link? Evidence by Sport Type — Sadie Brewer and Jessica Deitzer

ASC Awards Ceremony

6:30-8:00 PM | Grand Ballroom, 4th Floor

• Taylor Gonzales - Ruth D. Peterson Fellowship

Thursday, November 19

Division on Corrections and Sentencing Breakfast and Awards

8:00–9:20 AM | Wabash Room, 3rd Floor

• Zachary Hamilton - Distinguished Scholar Award
• Jennifer Tostlebe - Distinguished New Scholar Award
• Caitlyn Jordon and Taylor Gonzales — Ben Steiner Excellence in Corrections Student Paper Award
• Abigail Hayes — Dr. Kimchi Memorial Graduate Travel Award

Across the Corrections Continuum: Institutional Contexts of Harm, Health, and Reintegration

11:00 AM–12:20 PM | Salon 10, 3rd Floor

• Housing Context and Group Composition: Explaining Assault Patterns in Prison — Abigail Hayes
• Reentry in Practice: A Process Evaluation of a Transitional Living Program — Taylor Gonzales

From Access to Impact: Methodological Interventions Across Corrections, Reentry, and Community Violence Intervention Research

3:30–4:50 PM | Sandburg 2, 7th Floor

• Turning Lived Experience into Infrastructure: Research-Practitioner Partnerships as Evaluation Readiness in Community-Based Prisoner Reentry Programs — Jennifer Tostlebe and Taylor Gonzales

Innovations from the Victimology and Victim Studies Research Lab—Part 2: Furthering Research on Prevention and Response

5:00–6:20 PM | Clark 7, 7th Floor

• Teen Dating Violence Prevention in Rural Schools: Evaluating the Building Healthy Relationships Curriculum — Jessica Deitzer

Friday, November 20

Exploring Decarceration Strategies: Using Risk Reduction to Decrease Correctional Populations

8:00–9:20 AM | Salon 7, 3rd Floor

Sponsored by the ASC Division on Corrections and Sentencing

This session features four ARC Lab presentations exploring how research can inform decarceration strategies, release decision-making, and correctional population management.

• Incarceration Equilibrium: A Cointegration Analysis of Why Prison Populations Resist Reform — John Ursino
• Informed Release: Parole Decision-Making Process through Correctional Staff Perspectives — Caitlyn Jordon, Jennifer Tostlebe, and Zachary Hamilton
• MnSTARR 3.0 and Early Release Decisions in Minnesota — Naya Russell-Coprich, John Ursino, and Zachary Hamilton
• A Century of Chronicity: Informing Release via Career Trajectories — Alex Kigerl, Zachary Hamilton, and Jennifer Tostlebe

Risk Assessment and Racial Bias in Juvenile Justice

2:00–3:20 PM | Salon 10, 3rd Floor

• Assessing Differential Fit and Racial Bias in Juvenile Risk Assessment Among AIAN Youth — Yujin Kim (Alumna) and Zachary Hamilton

Celebrating ARC Lab Research and Scholarship

From examining prison population dynamics and parole decision-making to evaluating community-based reentry programs and crime prevention initiatives, this year’s presentations highlight the breadth of research underway at the ARC Lab.

We are especially excited to celebrate the accomplishments of our faculty and doctoral students, whose recognition at this year’s conference reflects their contributions to advancing rigorous, policy-relevant corrections research.

We invite all ASC attendees to join us for these presentations, celebrate our award recipients, and connect with the ARC Lab throughout the conference. We look forward to sharing our research, engaging in meaningful conversations, and seeing everyone in Chicago!