BJS/JRSA 2010 National Conference

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Thursday, October 28

7:30 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.

Registration

7:30 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.

Exhibit Room

7:30 a.m. - 9:00 a.m.

Continental Breakfast

8:30 a.m. - 10:00 a.m.

Welcome and Opening Remarks

Jackie Vandercook
Statistics Assistant Director
Crime Statistics Unit
Tennessee Bureau of Investigation
President
Justice Research and Statistics Association

Carmen Dorsey
Director
Justice Policy Program
Muskie School of Public Service
University of Southern Maine

Denise Lord
Deputy Commissioner
Maine Department of Corrections

Representative Anne Haskell
Chair, Criminal Justice and Public Safety Committee
Maine House of Representatives

Keynote Address

James Lynch
Director
Bureau of Justice Statistics, U.S. Department of Justice

10:15 a.m. - 11:45 a.m.

Panel Sessions

Domestic Violence

Moderator:	Stephanie Burroughs, Bureau of Justice Statistics, U. S. Department of Justice

Presenters:	Janeena J. Wing, Idaho Statistical Analysis Center
	Pathways Into Crime: Female Offender Survivors of Domestic Abuse

	Danielle Albright, Statistical Analysis Center, Institute for Social Research, University of New Mexico
	Domestic Violence or Family Feud? An Examination of the Use of Domestic Violence Orders of Protection Among Non-Intimate Relatives

	Diane Gout, Muskie School of Public Service, University of Southern Maine
	Protective Factors Against Intimate Partner Violence Among American Indian and Alaska Native Mothers

Racial Disparity in the Justice System

Moderator:	Stan Orchowsky, Justice Research and Statistics Association

Presenters:	Jack McDevitt, Northeastern University, Boston, MA
	Racial Disparities in the Criminal Justice System

	Besiki Kutateladze, Prosecution and Racial Justice, Vera Institute, New York, NY

	Janice A. Iwama, Justice Research and Statistics Association
	Examining Efforts to Reduce DMC: A Case Study of Two States

Community Corrections

Moderator:	Kim English, Office of Research and Statistics, Colorado Division of Criminal Justice

Presenters:	Bradford Bogue, Justice System Assessment and Training, Boulder, CO

	Erica King, Muskie School of Public Service, University of Southern Maine
	Program Integrity & the CPAI-2000: Lessons Learned in Maine

	Mark Rubin, Muskie School of Public Service, University of Southern Maine
	Evidence-Based Practices in Maine: Successes and Challenges to Implementation

Justice Reinvestment

Moderator:	Ivan Kuzyk, Connecticut Statistical Analysis Center

Presenters:	Ryan S. King, Public Safety Performance Project, Pew Center on the States
	Public Safety, Public Spending: Past Trends and New Directions

	Patricia L. Caruso, Michigan Department of Corrections

	Roger Werholtz, Kansas Department of Corrections
	The Kansas Experience or Lady Macbeth Was Wrong

12:00 noon - 1:30 p.m.

Awards Luncheon

1:45 p.m. - 3:15 p.m.

Panel Sessions

Jail and Prison Populations

Moderator:	Burke Grandjean, Wyoming Survey & Analysis Center

Presenters:	Michelle Neitch, Statistical Analysis Center, Arizona Criminal Justice Commission

	Margaret Noonan, Bureau of Justice Statistics, U. S. Department of Justice

	William J. Sabol, Bureau of Justice Statistics, U. S. Department of Justice

Research Using NIBRS Data

Moderator:	Gerry Ramker, Bureau of Justice Statistics, U. S. Department of Justice

Presenters:	Howard N. Snyder, Bureau of Justice Statistics, U. S. Department of Justice
	Testing the Generalizability of NIBRS Data

	Anne Shattuck, Crimes Against Children Research Center, Family Research Laboratory, Department of Sociology, University of New Hampshire
	Characteristics of Crimes Against Juveniles from Analysis of 2008 NIBRS Data.

	Daniel B. Bibel, Crime Reporting Unit, Massachusetts State Police
	Making NIBRS Data Meaningful for Local Agencies.

Issues in Juvenile Justice Research and Policy

Moderator:	Paul Stageberg, Iowa Division of Criminal & Juvenile Justice Planning

Presenters:	Carol A. Schubert, Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic, Law & Psychiatry Research, University of Pittsburgh Medical School
	Differential Effects of Adult Court Transfer on Juvenile Offender Recidivism.

	Rebecca Noréus, Muskie School of Public Service, University of Southern Maine
	Standardizing Juvenile Recidivism Research: Maine's Experience Working Within an Emerging Framework.

	Janeen Buck Willison, Urban Institute, Washington, DC
	Examining Juvenile Justice Policy in the U.S.

Recidivism

Moderator:	Paul Perrone, Hawaii Statistical Analysis Center

Presenters:	Matthew Durose, Bureau of Justice Statistics, U. S. Department of Justice
	Examining Recidivism Outcomes Among State Court Defendants Convicted in Large Urban Counties

	David Olson, Loyola University, Chicago
	An Assessment of Risk and Recidivism of Illinois Prison Releasees

	Christine Adams, Colorado Division of Criminal Justice
	Evaluation of the Colorado Short Term Intensive Residential Remediation Treatment (STIRRT) Program

3:30 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.

Panel Sessions

Probation and Parole: Issues and Solutions

Moderator:	Allen Beck, Bureau of Justice Statistics, U. S. Department of Justice

Presenters:	Lauren Glaze, Bureau of Justice Statistics, U. S. Department of Justice
	Serious Mental Illness Issues Among the Community Corrections Populations

	Guy Bourgon, Corrections Research, Public Safety Canada, Ottawa, Canada
	Strategic Training Initiative in Community Supervision (STICS): Translating RNR to Everyday Practice

	Bill Bales, College of Criminology and Criminal Justice, Florida State University
	A Quantitative and Qualitative Assessment of Electronic Monitoring

Exploring Tribal Crime Data

Moderator:	Jimmy Steyee, Montana Board of Crime Control

Presenters:	Julie Samuels, Urban Institute, Washington, DC

	Craig Love, WESTAT, Rockville, MD

Adjudication

Moderator:	Carmen Dorsey, Muskie School of Public Service, University of Southern Maine

Presenters:	Thomas H. Cohen, Bureau of Justice Statistics, U. S. Department of Justice
	State Court Processing Statistics: An Overview of Felony Case Processing in State Courts.

	Donald J. Farole, Jr., Bureau of Justice Statistics, U. S. Department of Justice
	A National Assessment of Public Defender Office Caseloads

	Cynthia G. Lee, Research Division, National Center for State Courts, Williamsburg, VA

Law Enforcement

Moderator:	Rob McManus, South Carolina Statistical Analysis Center

Presenters:	Jim Gilmer, Crime Research and Analysis, New York State Division of Criminal Justice Services
	"Shared Offenders" - Targeting Cross-Jurisdictional Offenders as an Information-Sharing Tool for Law Enforcement

	Andrea M. Burch, Bureau of Justice Statistics, U. S. Department of Justice
	Death in Police Custody: An Overview of Arrest-Related Deaths

	Joel Garner, Bureau of Justice Statistics, U. S. Department of Justice
	Rural Law Enforcement

Friday, October 29

8:30 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.

Registration

8:30 a.m. - 2:00 p.m.

Exhibit Room

8:30 a.m. - 9:00 a.m.

Continental Breakfast

9:00 a.m. - 10:15 a.m.

Table Sessions

10:30 a.m. - 12:00 noon

Panel Sessions

Evaluating the Strategic Prevention Framework State Incentive Grant (SPF SIG)

Moderator:	Phil Stevenson, Statistical Analysis Center, Arizona Criminal Justice Commission

Presenters:	Rodney Wambeam, Wyoming Survey & Analysis Center, University of Wyoming
	Findings from State-Level SPF SIG Evaluations.

	Sarah Krichels Goan, Hornby Zeller Associates, South Portland, ME
	Findings from State-Level SPF SIG Evaluations

	Robert G. Orwin, WESTAT, Rockville, MD
	Effects of the Strategic Prevention Framework State Incentives Grant (SPFSIG) on State Prevention Infrastructure in 26 States

Examining Reentry Programs

Moderator:	Karhlton Moore, Ohio Office of Criminal Justice Services

Presenters:	Stephen M. Haas, Statistical Analysis Center, West Virginia Division of Criminal Justice Services
	Use of Core Correctional Practices in Prisoner Reentry: A Systematic Examination of Service Delivery Across Correctional Settings

	David Wright, Oklahoma Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services
	The Effectiveness of the Oklahoma Mental Health Reentry Program

	Lisa Broidy, Statistical Analysis Center, Institute for Social Research, University of New Mexico
	Reducing Barriers to Re-entry: Assessing the Implementation and Impact of a Pilot Dental Repair Program for Parolees

Impact of Sentencing Decisions on the Justice System

Moderator:	Allina Boutilier, Bureau of Justice Statistics, U. S. Department of Justice

Presenters:	Duren Banks, Bureau of Justice Statistics, U. S. Department of Justice
	Trends in Felony Sentences in State Courts, 1992 - 2006

	Meredith Farrar-Owens, Virginia Criminal Sentencing Commission
	Geriatric Inmates in Virginia Prisons

	Theresa Salo, New York Statistical Analysis Center
	New York's Drug Law Reform: The First Year

Role of SACs in Informing State Justice Policy

Moderator:	Jack O'Connell, Delaware Statistical Analysis Center

Presenters:	Douglas L. Yearwood, North Carolina Criminal Justice Analysis Center
	Making NIBRS Data Meaningful for Local Agencies.

	Mark Myrent, Illinois Criminal Justice Information Authority

	John Blackburn, Jr., Arizona Criminal Justice Commission

12:00 noon - 1:30 p.m.

Lunch on Your Own

12:00 noon - 1:30 p.m.

BJS/SAC Lunch Meeting

1:45 p.m. - 3:15 p.m.

Panel Sessions

Guns and Gangs

Moderator:	Vicky Tsaparas, Bureau of Justice Statistics, U. S. Department of Justice

Presenters:	Ronald J. Frandsen, Regional Justice Information Service, St. Louis, MO
	Firearm Denials - 10 Years of the National Instant Check System.

	Lisa Contos Shoaf, Ohio Statistical Analysis Center
	The Ohio Community Initiative to Reduce Violence (OCIRV): A Strategic Response to Violent Crime

	David C. Pyrooz, School of Criminology and Criminal Justice, Arizona State University JRSA Student Presentation Contest Winner
	Structural Covariates of Gang Homicide in Large U.S. Cities

Sentencing and Corrections in the States: Responses to the Growth in Incarceration

Moderator:	Becki Goggins, Alabama Uniform Crime Reporting Division/Statistical Analysis Center

Presenters:	Rick Kern, Virginia Criminal Sentencing Commission
	Sentencing and Corrections Reforms Examined in our Three Most Populated States: California, New York and Texas.

	Mark Bergstrom, Pennsylvania Sentencing Commission
	Danger and Opportunity: Making Public Safety Job One in Pennsylvania's Indeterminate Sentencing System.

	Bill Bales, College of Criminology and Criminal Justice, Florida State University
	An Assessment of the Development and Outcomes of Determinate Sentencing.

Improving Victimization Data

Moderator:	Tim Hart, Nevada Center for Analysis of Crime Statistics

Presenters:	Michael R. Rand, Bureau of Justice Statistics, U. S. Department of Justice
	Redesign of the National Crime Victimization Survey and Producing Subnational Victimization Estimates

	Barbara J. Hart, Muskie School of Public Service, University of Southern Maine
	Improving Victimization Data

	John W. Ruser, Occupational Safety and Health Statistics, Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor
	Data on Workplace Homicides from the Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries

3:30 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.

Panel Sessions

Using State Criminal History Records for Research: Exploring Issues of Quality

Moderator:	Devon Adams, Bureau of Justice Statistics, U. S. Department of Justice

Presenters:	Matthew T. Bileski, Statistical Analysis Center, Arizona Criminal Justice Commission
	Criminal History Analysis of Class Six Felony Offenders Released from Prison in 2007

	Sue Burton, Statistical Analysis Center, Florida Department of Law Enforcement

	Jessica S. Napier, Statistical Analysis Center, West Virginia Division of Criminal Justice Services
	Criminal History Records Survey: Law Enforcement Officers and Court Clerks

Human Trafficking

Moderator:	Danette Buskovick, Minnesota Statistical Analysis Center

Presenters:	Amy Farrell, Northeastern University, Boston, MA
	Local Law Enforcement Identification of and Response to Human Trafficking

	Nancy Arrigona, Texas Juvenile Probation Commission
	Juvenile Victims of Human Trafficking

	Suzanne Koepplinger, Minnesota Indian Women's Resource Center, Minneapolis, MN
	Shattered Hearts: The Commercial Sexual Exploitation of American Indian Women and Girls in Minnesota.

To view Speaker Presentations, click on each presentation title.

To view Speaker Presentations,
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