BJS/JRSA 2008 National Conference - October 16-17, 2008 in Portland, Oregon
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Preliminary Agenda
Pre- and Postconference Seminars
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Preliminary Agenda
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Thursday, October 16
 
7:30 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.Registration
 
8:30 a.m. - 10:00 a.m.Welcome and Opening Remarks
  
 

Sue Burton
SAC Director, JRSA President
Florida Department of Law Enforcement

Mike Wilson
Economist
Oregon Criminal Justice Commission

Craig Prins
Executive Director
Oregon Criminal Justice Commission

Jeffrey L. Sedgwick
Acting Assistant Attorney General
Office of Justice Programs
Director
Bureau of Justice Statistics
U.S. Department of Justice

 
 Keynote Address
  
 

Max Williams
Director
Oregon Department of Corrections

 
10:15 a.m. - 11:45 a.m.Panel Sessions
   Evidence-Based Programming
Presenters:Philip Cox, Oregon Youth Authority
 
 Anya Sekino, Oregon Commission on Children and Families
 SB 267: Evidence-Based Programming in the Context of Culture
 
 Karen Wheeler, Oregon Department of Human Services


Sexual Assault
Presenters:Rodney Wambeam, Wyoming Statistical Analysis Center
 Findings from Wyoming's Statewide Sexual Violence Prevention Needs Assessment


Community Corrections and Alternatives to Incarceration
Presenters:Kelle Barrick, RTI International, Research Triangle Park, NC
 Evaluating the Effectiveness of Electronic Monitoring of Moderate and High-Risk Offenders Under Supervision
 
 Bonita White, Texas Community Justice Assistance Division
 
 Helen J. Pedigo, Kansas Sentencing Commission
 A Heartland Response to Crime - Kansas SB 123 Treatment Program


Creating and Using Data Sets to Study Homicide
Presenters:Matt Bileski, Statistical Analysis Center, Arizona Criminal Justice Commission
 Arizona Homicide Study: Creating a Statewide Homicide Dataset
 
 Carolyn Rebecca Block, Illinois Criminal Justice Information Authority
 Homicides Connected to Other Homicides
 
 Ryan Shields, Florida State University
 A Comparison of the National Violent Death Reporting System and Supplementary Homicide Report: Potential Benefits of Integration
 
12:00 noon - 1:30 p.m.Awards Luncheon
 
1:45 p.m. - 3:15 p.m.Panel Sessions
   Criminal History Records Research
Presenters:Mark Myrent, Illinois Criminal Justice Information Authority
 
 Gerard Ramker, Bureau of Justice Statistics
 
 George Shaler, Criminal Justice and Public Health Programs, Muskie School of Public Service, University of Southern Maine
 Strengthening Statewide Drug Offense Analysis with Capacity Building Strategies


Issues with Prison Populations
Presenters:Lauren Glaze, Bureau of Justice Statistics
 Parents in Prison and Their Minor Children: National Statistics
 
 Tonya D. Lindsey, University of California, Santa Barbara
 "It'll Never Happen": Racial Integration in the California Prisons
 
 Lettie Prell, Iowa Department of Corrections


Gangs
Presenters:Danielle Albright, New Mexico Statistical Analysis Center, University of New Mexico
 Generalizing about Gangs and Gang Crime: An Examination of Discontinuities in Data Needs and Data Availability
 
 Scott Decker, Arizona State University
 Interim Findings from the Community Collaborative Gang Reduction Program
 
 Keith O'Brien, Massachusetts Executive Office of Public Safety and Security
 Using Data to Assess a Community's Risk for Youth Violence


Domestic Violence
Presenters:Lisa Broidy, New Mexico Statistical Analysis Center, University of New Mexico
 Enforcing Domestic Violence Orders of Protection in New Mexico: Where and Why the System Breaks Down
 
 Lyndsay Ruffalo, Institute for the Study of Crime & Justice, Central Connecticut State University
 An Examination of Connecticut's Family Violence Case Flow
 
 Erica Smith, Bureau of Justice Statistics


3:30 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.Panel Sessions
   Pretrial Release Research
Presenters:Thomas Cohen, Bureau of Justice Statistics
 Pretrial Release of Felony Defendants in State Courts
 
 Marie VanNostrand, Luminosity, Inc., St. Petersburg, FL
 Pretrial Risk Assessment in the Federal Court System
 
 Doug Yearwood, North Carolina Criminal Justice Analysis Center
 Pretrial Service Programs: A Formative and Summative Evaluation


Victims/Victimization
Presenters:Emily H. Raine, Justice & Safety Center, Eastern Kentucky University
 Kentucky Victimization Study
 
 Mona Rantala, Bureau of Justice Statistics


Guns
Presenters:Ronald J. Frandsen, REJIS, St. Louis, MO
 Enforcement of the Brady Act, 2006
 
 Stephen Haas, West Virginia Statistical Analysis Center
 Gun Availability and Crime in West Virginia: An Examination of NIBRS Data
 
 Tammy Meredith, Applied Research Services, Atlanta, GA
 Gun Arrest Patterns in Georgia


Recidivism
Presenters:Bill Bales, Florida State University
 Community Characteristics and Recidivism
 
 Pablo Martinez, Texas State University - San Marcos
 
 Brian Oliver, Department of Criminology & Criminal Justice, University of Missouri - St. Louis
 Contextual Effects on Recidivism - An Analysis of the BJS Prisoners Released in 1994 Database
 
Friday, October 17
 
7:30 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.Registration
 
7:15 a.m. - 9:15 a.m.Continental Breakfast
 
7:45 a.m. - 9:00 a.m.Roundtable Discussion
 
9:15 a.m. - 10:15 a.m.Table Sessions
 
10:30 a.m. - 12:00 noonPanel Sessions
   Reentry
Presenters:Stephen Haas, West Virginia Statistical Analysis Center
 The Use of Core Correctional Practice in Offender Reentry and Inmate Preparedness for Release
 
 Mark Rubin, Muskie School of Public Service, University of Southern Maine
 
 Danielle Steffey, RTI International, Research Triangle Park, NC


Tribal Data
Presenters:Ada Melton, American Indian Development Associates, Albuquerque, NM
 
 Roland Mena, Montana Governor's Board of Crime Control
 
 Steven Perry, Bureau of Justice Statistics


Tools for Law Enforcement
Presenters:Theresa Salo, New York State Division of Criminal Justice Services
 
 Bruce Taylor, Police Executive Research Forum, Washington, DC
 The Integration of Crime Analysis Into Patrol Work
 
 Ed Zedlewski, National Institute of Justice


Trends in Juvenile Crime and Justice
Presenters:Nancy Arrigona, Texas Juvenile Probation Commission
 The Changing Face of Juvenile Probation in Texas
 
 David Koch, Juvenile Services Division, Multnomah County Department of Community Justice
 
 John P. O'Connell, Director, Statistical Analysis Center, Delaware Office of Management and Budget


 
12:00 noon - 1:30 p.m.Lunch on Your Own
 
12:00 noon - 1:30 p.m.BJS/SAC Meeting
 
1:45 p.m. - 3:15 p.m.Panel Sessions
   State and Federal Information Sharing
Presenters:Owen Greenspan, SEARCH, Clifton Park, NY
 
 Cathy Plummer, Nlets, Rio Ranch, NM
 
 Carl Wicklund, American Probation and Parole Association, Lexington, KY


Disproportionate Minority Contact
Presenters:Bill Feyerherm, Portland State University
 
 Mike Leiber, Virginia Commonwealth University


Health Issues, Injury, and Death in Jails
Presenters:Diana Brazzell, Justice Policy Center, The Urban Institute, Washington, DC
 Understanding and Addressing Sexual Violence in Local Jails
 
 Bonnie Kerker, New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene
 
 Margaret Noonan, Bureau of Justice Statistics
 Mortality in Local Jails, 2000-2006


3:30 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.Panel Sessions
   Risk Assessment/Sentencing
Presenters:Paul Bellatty, Oregon Department of Corrections
 Using Actuarial Risk Assessment at Sentencing
 
 Chuck Huenke, Delaware Office of Management and Budget
 
 David Olson, Loyola University, Chicago
 The Impact of Truth-in-Sentencing on Lengths of Time to Serve and Institutional Adjustment of Murderers and Sex Offenders in Illinois


Drugs
Presenters:Dana E. Hunt, Abt Associates Inc., Cambridge, MA
 
 Michelle Neitch, Arizona Criminal Justice Commission
 Prescription Drug Misuse Among Arizona's Youth
 
 Janeena Wing, Idaho Statistical Analysis Center
 Using NIBRS to Understand Drug Trends