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This program is from the Spring Conference (March 2008) and will soon be revised for the upcoming
Fall Conference (October 2008)

 

Association for Criminal Justice Research

(California)

 

 

67th Semi-annual Meeting, March 13-14, 2008

 

Lion’s Gate Hotel

3410 Westover Street

Sacramento (McClellan), California 95652

(916) 643-6222

 

PROGRAM CHAIR:  Jim Lindburg, Legislative Director, Friends Committee on Legislation

                   CO-CHAIR:  Robert Cushman, Consultant; former President, American Justice Institute

 

Corrections:  State and Local Responsibilities

 

 

Thursday, March 13, 2008

 

8:15 AM          Registration:  Club Ballroom B

 

9:15 AM          President’s Welcome and Introduction:  Frances Coles, Professor Emerita, California  State University, San Bernardino

 

9:30 AM          Keynote Address: John Irwin,  Professor Emeritus, San Francisco State University

                        “Unlocking America:  Why and How to Reduce America’s Prison Population”

 

10:30 AM        The Future of Youth Corrections in California

 

CHAIR:        Norman Skonovd,  Research Specialist, Office of Research, CDCR

 

PANEL:       Marcus Nieto, , Senior Policy Researcher, California Research Bureau

                    “The Impact of Realignment on California County Camps and Ranches.”

 

Jesse Janetta, Research Specialist, Center for Evidence-Based  Corrections, U.C. Irvine

“The Role of the California Youth Authority in California Corrections.”

 

                        Rudy Haapanen, Chief of Research, Juvenile Justice Branch, CDCR

                        “The Anticipated Impact of Realignment on the  DJJ Population”

 

12:00 Noon      Luncheon:  Club Ballroom A

                           Presentation of  Richard A. McGee Award to Susan Turner

                       

 

 

 

1:15 PM        Law Enforcement Looks to the Future

 

CHAIR:        Robert Cushman, Consultant, Former President, American Justice Institute        

 

PANEL:        Mike Harden, Assistant Chief of Police, Modesto Police Department

“Impact of Pandemic Events on the Workforce”

 

James Henchey, Captain, Alhambra Police Department
"Recruiting and Retaining the Millennium Generation Workforce"

 

 

3:15 PM           Break

 

3:30 PM           New Paradigms in Public  Safety: Innovative Strategies for  Gang Intervention                                    

 

CHAIR:           Lydia Hollie, Chair, Long Beach Youth & Gang Violence Prevention Taskforce

 

PANEL:        Jason Ziedenberg, Co-Founder and Former Executive Director,  Justice Policy Institute, Washington, D.C.

“Challenges to  Comprehensive Gang Enforcement Policies”

 

Charles Beck, Deputy Chief and Chief of Detectives, Los Angeles Police Department

“Transforming Gang Policing Strategies with 21st Century Leadership”
 

Paul Seave, State Director of the Gang and Youth Violence Policy, former U.S. Attorney

“An Effective Statewide Approach to Reducing Gang and Youth Violence”

 

5:15 PM           Adjourn to No-Host Reception:  Bar Lounge

 

6:30 PM           Association Business Meeting and Dinner:  Fireside Room

 

 

 

 

 

 

Friday March 14, 2008

 

8:30 AM          Late Registration:  Club Ballroom A

 

8:45 AM          President’s Report:  Frances Coles, Professor Emerita, California State University, San Bernardino.

 

9:00 AM          Mental Health Needs and Program Strategies for Juvenile Offenders and At Risk Youth

 

   CHAIR:        Amanda Noble, Research Specialist, Governor’s Office of Gang and Youth Violence Policy

 

   PANEL:        Rudy Haapanen, Chief of Research, Juvenile Justice Branch, CDCR,  and Diana Tracy, Department of Psychiatry, UC Davis.

                        “Mental Health Problems Among Juvenile Offenders in DJJ Facilities”

 

James Telander and Elaine Stenoski, Division of Juvenile Justice, CDCR

“Mental Health Services in DJJ Facilities:  Current Programs & Future Plans”

Ahmed Baameur, Deputy Probation Officer, Kern County, Early Intervention.
" Teaching Pro-Social Skills & Strengthening Families:  Early Intervention Using Evidence-Based Models"

Charlene Wear-Simmons, Assistant Director, California Research Bureau, California State Library.
"Meeting the Mental Health Care Needs of Youth in the Juvenile Justice & Foster Care Systems: A Youth Perspective"

 

 

10:30 AM        Research in the  California  Courts at the State and Local Levels

 

   CHAIRS:      Judge Tomar Mason, Superior Court of California, San Francisco County

                        Sandy Hilger, Director, Planning & Research, Superior Court of California, Orange County

 

   PANEL:        Don Will, Supervising Research Analyst, California Administrative Office of the Courts, Center for Families, Children and the Courts

“An Historical View of Court Performance Measures”

 

                        Iona Mara-Drita, Senior Research Analyst, California Administrative Office of the Courts

                        “Findings from the Juvenile Delinquency Court Assessment Project.”

 

                        Ron Pi, Supervising Research Analyst,  and Leah Rose-Goodwin, Research Analyst, California Administrative Office of the Courts 
"Evaluation of Batterer Intervention Programs in California: the Role of the Court,   Probation Intervention Programs."

 

                        Sandy Hilger, Director, Planning &  Research, Superior Court of California, Orange County

                        “Court Research Needs and Interests at the Local Level”

 

12:00               Adjourn

                       

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1:30-3:00 pm   Post-Conference Meeting of Court Researchers

 

 

Probation officers attending the Conference may be eligible for STC credits.  Please check with your agency’s HT/Training division,