The 2010 National Forum on Criminal Justice & Public Safety
Navigating Evidence Based Policies and Practices
Thanks to all who participated in the 2010 National Forum this past Aug 1-3 in Ft. Myers, FL and made it a success!!!
About the National Forum
Sponsored by the National Criminal Justice Association, the IJIS Institute and the Bureau of Justice Assistance, the 2010 National Forum on Criminal Justice & Public Safety: Navigating Evidence Based Policies and Practices is the only national conference that brings together justice and public safety practitioners with leaders from federal, state, tribal and local governments and the private sector in a neutral venue to share real life solutions that are working across the country.
Forum Agenda
Below are links to the complete Forum agenda as well as speaker and moderator biographies, participant list and additional program notes:
Workshop PowerPoints
Welcoming Ceremony Keynote - Taking the Next Steps: The Challenges and Rewards of Integrating Evidence into Practice and Programs
• Hon. Laurie Robinson, Assistant Attorney General, Office of Justice Programs, U.S. Department of Justice
Opening Keynote - What's in a Word: Justice, Public Safety, Public Costs, Human Potential, Rule of Law, and Reform
• James McDonough, Secretary, FL Department of Law Enforcement
Voices from the Field - Regional Caucuses
• Midwestern
• Northeastern
• Southern
• Western
Luncheon Keynote Address - Interaction of Evidence and Policy
• Alfred Blumstein, Ph.D., University Professor, H. John Heinz III College, Carnegie Mellon University (Presentation)
Improving the Administration of Justice through Data Driven Policies and Strategies
• Tim Murray (Moderator), Executive Director, Pretrial Justice Institute
• Michael Jones, Criminal Justice Planning Manager, Jefferson County (CO) Criminal Justice Planning Unit (Presentation)
• Hon. Ed Monahan, Public Advocate, KY Department of Public Advocacy (Presentation, Program Evaluation)
• Hon. Korey Wahwassuck, Associate Judge, Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe Tribal Court (Presentation)
Using Offender Risk and Needs Assessment Information in State Sentencing Decisions
• Pamela Casey, Ph.D., Principal Researcher, National Center for State Courts
• Hon. Sally Schneider Duncan, Judge, Maricopa County Superior Court, AZ Judicial Branch
• Geraldine Nagy, Ph.D., Director, Travis County (TX) Community Supervision and Corrections Department
• Hon. Roger Warren, President Emeritus, National Center for State Courts (Presentation)
Investing in the Safety of Our Communities: Reducing Youth Violence through Information Sharing
• Raymond Slaughter, J.D. (Moderator)
• Hon. Anthony Capizzi, Judge, Montgomery County Juvenile Court, OH Court of Common Pleas
• Diana Graski, Court Technology Associate, National Center for State Courts (Presentation, NIEM Family Services Resouces)
• Carl Wicklund, Executive Director, American Probation and Parole Association
Managing for Success: Stress Management
• Tammy Woodhams, Senior Staff Associate, National Criminal Justice Association (Presentation)
Making Decisions to Save Public Funds Using Data
• James Kane (Moderator)
• James McDonough, Secretary, FL Department of Law Enforcement (Presentation)
• Alfred Blumstein, Ph.D., University Professor, H. John Heinz III College, Carnegie Mellon University (Presentation)
• Faye Taxman, Ph.D., Professor, Administration of Justice Department, George Mason University (Presentation)
Responding to the Needs of Justice-Involved Veterans
• Jim McGuire, Ph.D., VACO Program Manager, Health Care for Reentry Veterans, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
• Taylor Savage, Reentry Veteran Specialist, Gainesville VA Medical Center
• Sherri Claudio, Veterans Justice Outreach Coordinator, Orlando VA Medical Center
Presentation
The New Normal: Advanced Information Sharing
• Paul Wormeli (Moderator), Executive Director, IJIS Institute (Presentation)
• Jeff Frazier, Director, Public Sector, Cisco Systems Inc.
• Timothy Paydos, Executive Consultant, IBM Information Agenda
• Jeremy Warren, Chief Technology Officer, U.S. Department of Justice
• Robert Boehmer, Director, Institute for Public Safety Partnerships, University of Illinois at Chicago
Inside the Beltway - Criminal Justice Issues on Capitol Hill: Funding and Legislation
• Cabell Cropper, Executive Director, National Criminal Justice Association
• Elizabeth Pyke, Director, Government Affairs, National Criminal Justice Association
Presentation
Providing Victim Safety through Enhanced Notification Systems
• Trudy Gregorie, Director, Justice Solutions, Inc. (Presentation)
• Jeanne Smith, Director, Division of Criminal Justice, CO Department of Public Safety
• Kathy Gattin, Senior Project Manager, IJIS Institute
• Debbie Allen, SAVAN Administrator, Governor's Crime Commission Division, NC Department of Crime Control and Public Safety
Data Driven Approach to Crime and Traffic Safety (DDACTS)
• Gregory Joy, Policy Advisor, Bureau of Justice Assistance, Office of Justice Programs, U.S. Department of Justice
• Earl Hardy, Highway Safety Specialist, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
• Cmdr. Anthony Carter, Precinct Commander, Metropolitan Nashville Police Department
Presentation
Realization through Implementation: The Exponential Impact of Industry on National Information Sharing Goals
• Stephen McHugh (Moderator), Practice Lead, Justice and Public Safety, Hewlett-Packard
• John Morgan, Ph.D., Deputy Director, Science and Technology, Combating Terrorism Technical Support Office (Presentation)
• Mark Reichardt, President and Chief Executive Officer, Open Geospatial Consortium, Inc.
• Colin Nurse, Chief Technology Officer, Microsoft State and Local Government
Crossing Boundaries: Building Collaboration between Tribal and State Governments
• Katy Jackman (Moderator), Staff Attorney, National Congress of American Indians
• Jeri Boisvert, Executive Director, Office of Justice Programs, MN Department of Public Safety (Presentation)
• Roland Mena, Executive Director, MT Board of Crime Control (Presentation, Tribal Relations Report 2009)
Informing Criminal Justice Policy and Practice through Cost-Benefit Analysis
• Tina Chiu, Director, Technical Assistance, Vera Institute
• Valerie Levshin, Research Associate, Vera Institute
Presentation
Predictive Analytics: Improving the Effectiveness of Justice and Public Safety
• Ellen Scrivner, Ph.D. (Moderator), Deputy Director, National Institute of Justice, U.S. Department of Justice
• Jeff Jonas, Chief Scientist, IBM
• Matt White, Vice President, Product Developmen and Sales Support, IxReveal, Inc.
• Vincent Talucci, Principal Advisor, Law Enforcement and Public Safety, SAS Institute
Managing for Success: Effective Meetings
• Tammy Woodhams, Senior Staff Associate, National Criminal Justice Association (Presentation)
Awards Luncheon
• 2010 Outstanding Criminal Justice Program Awards
• 2010 Career Service Award
Winning Programs
• Northeastern Region: Maryland Violence Prevention Initiative, accepted by Patrick McGee, Director, Division of Parole and Probation, MD Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services
• Midwestern Region: Michigan State Police Teaching Educating And Mentoring (T.E.A.M.), accepted by Sgt. Josh Lator, Sergeant, Prevention Services Section, MI State Police
• Southern Region: West Virginia Northern Panhandle Treatment Courts, accepted by Hon. Martin Gaughan, Judge, First Judicial Circuit, WV Supreme Court of Appeals and James Lee, Chief Probation Officer, First Circuit Probation Department, Northern Panhandle Treatment Court
• Western Region: Los Angeles, CA African American Unity Center Youth Development Program, accepted by Charisse Bremond, Executive Director, African American Unity Center
• Special Recognition: Northern Mariana Islands Family Court Client Services Program, accepted by Patrick Diaz, Family Court Manager, MP Superior Court
Career Service Award
• James Kane, former executive director of the DE Criminal Justice Council and former president of NCJA
Enhancing Information Sharing to Address and Solve Fatal Police Shootings
• Chief John Dough (Moderator), Chief, Essex County (NJ) Sheriff's Office
• Chief Dick Reed, Assistant Chief, Field Support Bureau, Seattle Police Department (Presentation)
• Chief Anthony Ambrose, Chief of Detectives, Essex County (NJ) Prosecutor’s Office
Building Communities of Trust
• Thomas O'Reilly (Moderator), Senior Policy Advisor, Bureau of Justice Assistance, Office of Justice Programs, U.S. Department of Justice
• Mohamed Elibiary, President and Chief Executive Officer, Freedom and Justice Foundation
• Lt. Harold Cataldo, Supervisor, Boston Police Department
• Lisa Thurau, Strategies for Youth
Fusion Centers and Situational Awareness
• Richard Meggison, Business Director, Avaya Government Solutions (Presentation)
• Mike Reade, Business Development Manager, Hewlett-Packard (Presentation)
• Rich Julien, Director, Accounts, Eastport Analytics, Inc. (Slides)
• Mike Lyons, President and Chief Executive Officer , VisionAIR, Inc. (Slides)
• Ian Hay, President, SouthEast Emergency Response Network (SEERN) (Presentation)
Managing for Success: Dynamic Presentations
• Kay Chopard Cohen, J.D., Deputy Executive Director, National Criminal Justice Association (Presentation)
Lessons Learned: The Recovery Act Byrne JAG Program
• James Burch, II (Moderator), Acting Director, Bureau of Justice Assistance, Office of Justice Programs, U.S. Department of Justice
• Bill Scollon, Director, Office of Criminal Justice Programs, Research Development and Support, TN Department of Finance and Administration (Presentation)
• Heddy Levine-Sabol, Program Development, Division of Criminal Justice, Office of the Attorney General, NJ Department of Law and Public Safety (Presentation)
• Fran Ecker, Director, Division of Programs, VA Department of Criminal Justice Services (Presentation)
Nationwide Suspicious Activity Reporting Initiative
• Thomas O'Reilly (Moderator), Senior Policy Advisor, Bureau of Justice Assistance, Office of Justice Programs, U.S. Department of Justice
• Richard Swearingen, Special Agent Supervisor, Florida Fusion Center, FL Department of Law Enforcement
• Lt. Mike Lair, Lieutenant, NY State Police
• Stephen Irwin, Assistant Special Agent in Charge, VA State Police
Evidence Based Program Execution: Creating Performance Measures for Improved Decision Making
• Jeff Walker, Ph.D., Professor, Department of Criminal Justice, University of Arkansas at Little Rock (Presentation)
• Janeen Buck Willison, Research Associate, Urban Institute (Presentation)
• Tip Clifton, Chief Executive Officer, Eastport Analytics, Inc. (Presentation)
Closing Plenary - Defining Core Mission in Times of Cutbacks
• Christine Cole, Executive Director, Program of Criminal Justice Policy and Management, John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University
• John Goggin, Director, Cisco Systems, Inc.
• David Steingraber, Executive Director, WI Office of Justice Assistance
• Faye Taxman, Ph.D., Professor, Administration of Justice Department, George Mason University