National Institute of Justice Hosts Annual Conference on Criminal Justice Research

CONFERENCE LOCATION:

Marriott Crystal Gateway

1700 Jefferson Davis Highway

Arlington, Va.   22202

                  Press inquiries should be directed to Sheila Jerusalem at 202-307-0703.

                  To review the entire agenda, please visit www.nij.gov.

MONDAY, JUNE 20

8:30 - 8:45 a.m.

Opening Remarks:  John H. Laub, Director, National Institute of Justice

LOCATION: Salon III – IV

OPEN PRESS

8:45 a.m. – 10:15 a.m.        

Plenary Panel Session: Translating the Science of Community to Criminal Justice Practice (and Back)

Moderator: John H. Laub, Director, National Institute of Justice

Panelists: Edward Davis, Police Commissioner, Boston Police Department; Michael Davis, Chief of Police, Brooklyn Park Police Department; Robert J. Sampson, Henry Ford II Professor of the Social Sciences, Harvard University

LOCATION: Salon III – IV

OPEN PRESS

12:15 p.m. – 2 p.m.

Luncheon keynote: Lawrence Bobo, W.E.B. Du Bois Professor of the Social Sciences, Harvard University

LOCATION:  Salon III-IV

OPEN PRESS

TUESDAY, JUNE 21

10:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.

Plenary Session: 10 Year Anniversary of 9/11- Advances in Science from Tragedy

Moderator: John H. Laub, Director, National Institute of Justice

Panelists: Gary LaFree, Director, National Consortium for the Study of Terrorism and Response to Terrorism; Jay Nunamaker, Director and Principle Investigator, Center for the Management of Information, National Center for Border Security and Immigration; Robert Shaler, Professor, Pennsylvania State University (ret.)

LOCATION: Salon III – IV

OPEN PRESS

WEDNESDAY, JUNE 22

8:30 a.m. – 10:00 a.m.

Plenary Session: Translating Science – A Town Hall on the Challenges

Moderator: John H. Laub, Director, National Institute of Justice

Panelists: David Chambers, Associate Director for Dissemination and Implementation Research, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services; Patrick Gallagher, Director, National Institute of Standards and Technology; Linda Mellgren, Senior Social Science Analyst, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services; John Easton, Director, Institute of Education Sciences, U.S. Department of Education

12:00 p.m. – 1:30 p.m.

Luncheon keynote:

Eric H. Holder, Jr., U.S. Attorney General

Laurie O. Robinson, Assistant Attorney General, Office of Justice Programs

LOCATION:  Salon III-IV

OPEN PRESS