Working with Professor Abrams

Graduate or undergraduate students interested in empirical research on criminal justice, policing, and law and economics are encouraged to apply.

Many of these RA positions benefit from prior quantitative RA work in the social sciences, statistics, engineering, or science. Programming experience is a plus, especially R, Stata, Python, JavaScript, Git, or ArcGIS.

Please email Professor Abrams and Priyanka Goonetilleke with an explanation of interest, a short description of prior RA work, relevant coursework, programming experience, and attachments including a resume and unofficial transcript.

Research Projects

• What Police Reforms Work?
• How do stop-and-frisk practices vary across cities?
• How do legal institutions shape criminal case outcomes?