Association for Criminal Justice Research
(California)
71st Semi-annual Meeting, March 25-26, 2010
Lion’s Gate Hotel
3410 Westover Street
Sacramento (McClellan), California 95652
(916) 643-6222
PROGRAM CHAIR: Elizabeth Siggins, Chief Deputy Secretary, CA Department of Corrections
And Rehabilitation, Sacramento
CO-CHAIR: Rudy Haapanen, Research Director, Center for Public Policy Research,
University of California, Davis
Research, Policy and Politics: How Research Informs Decisions
Thursday, March 25, 2010
8:15 AM Registration: Club Ballroom B
9:15 AM President’s Welcome and Introduction: Amanda Noble, Senior Policy Analyst,
California Research Bureau (Retired)
9:30 AM Keynote Address: Ana Matosantos, Director, California State Department of Finance
“Making Difficult Decisions in Difficult Times: The Reality of California’s Budget”
10:30 AM Leveraging Resources for Impact: Piloting an Evidence-based Resource Center
CHAIR: Barbara Raymond, Director, Innovations, The California Endowment
PANEL: Paul Seave, Director of Governor’s Office of Gang & Youth Violence Policy
Peter Greenwood, Executive Director of the Association for the Advancement of
Evidence-based Practices
Chief Probation Officer (invited)
12:00 Noon Luncheon: Club Ballroom A
1:15 PM Estimating the Cost per Crime in California
CHAIR: Rudy Haapanen, Research Director, Center for Public Policy Research, University of California, Davis.
PANEL; Robert Cushman, Consultant, National Institute of Corrections
“A Comparative Analysis Tool for CJS Operations”
Rudy Haapanen, Research Director, Center for Public Policy Research, University of California, Davis.
“What’s in the Estimates of Cost-per-Crime”
3:00 PM Child and Foster Care Issues within the Criminal Justice System
CHAIR: Gail Goodman, Distinguished Professor, Department of Psychology, and
Director, Center for Public Policy Research, University of California, Davis
PANEL: Shay O’Brien, Research Writer, Center for Public Policy and Research, and
Drika Makariev, Doctoral Student, Department of Psychology, University
of California, Davis
“The National Youth in Transition Database (NYTD) Project: An Overview”
Gail Goodman, Distinguished Professor, Department of Psychology, and
Director, Center for Public Policy Research, University of California, Davis
“Child Witnesses”
Natalie Troxel, Doctoral Student, Department of Psychology, University of
California, Davis
“Adults’ Judgments of Juvenile Sex Offenders”
5:15 PM Adjourn to No-Host Reception: Bar Lounge
6:30 PM Association Business Meeting and Dinner: Fireside Room
Friday March 26, 2010
8:30 AM Late Registration: Club Ballroom B
8:45 AM President’s Report: Amanda Noble, Senior Policy Analyst, California Research Bureau (Retired)
9:00 AM The Legislative Challenge: Balancing Research, Policy, and Politics
CHAIR: Amanda Noble, Senior Policy Analyst, California Research Bureau (retired)
PANEL; Brian Brown, Consultant, Senate Committee on Budget and Fiscal Review
Joe Stephenshaw, Consultant , Assembly Budget Committee
10:30 AM California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation Adult
Rehabilitative Programs: Changing the Way We Do Business
CHAIR: Jeanne Woodford, Correctional Consultant
PANEL: Cynthia Florez-DeLyon, Acting Director of Adult Rehabilitative Programs,
CDCR
Michele Minor, Chief of Rehabilitative Program Planning and Accountability,
CDCR
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,
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