Tuesday, July 18, 2006
First Annual NIJ Tidal Basin Run | 7:00 am - 8:00 am
| Freedom Plaza, On Pennsylvania Avenue
in Front of the Hotel
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Registration | 8:00 am - 5:00 pm
| Capitol Foyer
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Plenary Panel "They Didn't Need to Shoot Him:"
Providing Effective Alternatives to Lethal Force | | 8:30 am - 10:00 am | Salons I/II/III | | Less lethal technologies are a valuable tool for law enforcement and corrections practitioners, if they are safe and effective and if the public and key policymakers believe them to be so. The perception of the public and policymakers can be as important in the decision to deploy and use these devices as is their true performance. This panel will discuss the role of less lethal devices in the use-of-force continuum, explore existing evaluations of outcomes of the use of electro-muscular disruption devices by law enforcement agencies, and outline current efforts to develop and promulgate effective deployment and use policies. Moderator John S. Morgan, Assistant Director for Science and Technology, National Institute of Justice, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC Presenters Ted Chan, Medical Director, Department of Emergency Medicine, University of California, San Diego, CA Joshua A. Ederheimer, Director, Center on Force and Accountability, Police Executive Research Forum, Washington, DC John R. Firman, Research Director, Research Center Directorate, International Association of Chiefs of Police, Alexandria, VA Harold L. Hurtt, Chief of Police, Houston Police Department, Houston, TX David A. Klinger, Associate Professor, Department of Criminology and Criminal Justice, University of Missouri, St. Louis, MO
10:00 am - 10:15 am Break
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Concurrent Panels
Conducting Research and Evaluation in Indian Country | | 10:15 am - 11:45 am | Salon D
| | Tribes often view researchers with mistrust and so, Native people are often reluctant to pursue, allow, or participate in research. Conducting research in Indian Country should include enlisting the Tribes as partners in the research; sensitivity to Tribal culture and to the diversity of the Tribe's culture and language; and respect for Tribal sovereignty, custom, and tradition. For research in Indian Country to be ethical, researchers must understand the Native people, their needs, their resources, their challenges, and the influence of culture and tradition on the community and on the lives of individuals. Moderator Christine R. Crossland, Senior Social Science Analyst, Violence and Victimization Research Division, Office of Research and Evaluation, National Institute of Justice, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC Presenters Michelle Chino, Associate Professor, School of Public Health, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, NV Ada Pecos Melton, President, American Indian Development Associates, Albuquerque, NM Discussant Laurel Shuster, Acting Director, Federal Assistance Division, Office for Victims of Crime, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC |
Juvenile Sex Offenders: Prevention, Treatment, and Prosecution -
What We Know and What We Do | | 10:15 am - 11:45 am | Salon E
| | The appropriate assessment and treatment of juvenile sex offenders is necessary for both public safety and for the juvenile's development. A growing body of literature has reported on specialized assessment and treatment strategies to use with juvenile sex offenders. This panel will review promising practices in risk assessment, discuss the relationship between modes of treatment and decreases in recidivism, and present preliminary data on the effects of registration on juvenile sex offenders. Moderator Karen J. Bachar, Social Science Analyst, Violence and Victimization Research Division, Office of Research and Evaluation, National Institute of Justice, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC Presenters Amanda Fanniff, Graduate Student, Department of Psychology, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ Elizabeth J. Letourneau, Associate Professor, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC Discussant Robert Prentky, Director, Research Department, Justice Resource Institute, Bridgewater, MA |
Safety in a Cyber World | | 10:15 am - 11:45 am | Salon F
| | Child predators, cyber stalkers, and other dangerous criminals continue to threaten the safety of children and adults who use the Internet. Child exploitation on the Internet is a continuing concern for law enforcement, brought on by the perceived anonymity of the Internet. This session will focus on three projects that are addressing safety in a cyber world. Moderator Martin Novak, Program Manager, Research and Technology Division, Office of Science and Technology, National Institute of Justice, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC Presenters Sudhir Aggarwal, Professor, Department of Computer Science, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL Jeffrey Isherwood, Senior Security Engineer, National Law Enforcement and Corrections Technology Center, CyberScience Laboratory, Rome, NY Teri Schroeder, Chief Executive Officer and Program Director, I-Safe, Inc., Carlsbad, CA |
Progress in Police Responses to Violence Against Women | | 10:15 am - 11:45 am | Salon G
| | A major goal of violence against women advocacy is to improve police responses to crimes such as intimate partner violence, rape, and stalking. The panel will review how much progress has been made in the field by examining an innovative program for policing domestic violence and police approaches to rape investigations. Moderator Leora N. Rosen, Senior Social Science Analyst, Violence and Victimization Research Division, Office of Research and Evaluation, National Institute of Justice, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC Presenters Paul C. Friday, Professor, Department of Criminal Justice, University of North Carolina, Charlotte, NC Martin D. Schwartz, Professor, Department of Sociology, Ohio University, Athens, OH Discussant Mark C. Bach, Patrol Lieutenant, Fort McDowell Police Department, Fort McDowell, AZ |
Mapping Uniform Crime Report and National Incident-Based
Reporting System Data | | 10:15 am - 11:45 am | Salon I
| | Once viewed as a tool to merely identify crime locations and visualize crime counts, geographic information systems (GIS) have proven useful for more sophisticated analysis of crime distributions. GIS is used in almost every type of criminal justice agency, but I it is usually not implemented in a manner that takes full advantage of the benefits that could be derived from the technology. This panel will discuss existing efforts to map out and spatially analyze Uniform Crime Report (UCR) and National Incident-Based Reporting System (NIBRS) data. Attendees will learn why it is important to map UCR and NIBRS data and how to process and assemble the UCR and NIBRS datasets. Moderator and Presenter Ronald E. Wilson, Program Manager, Crime Control and Prevention Research Division, Office of Research and Evaluation, National Institute of Justice, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC Presenters Christopher D. Maxwell, Associate Professor and Director, National Archive of Criminal Justice Data, Michigan State University and the University of Michigan, East Lansing, MI Daniel B. Bibel, Program Manager, Crime Reporting Unit, Commonwealth Fusion Center, Massachusetts State Police, Framingham, MA Discussant Michael D. Maltz, Professor, Department of Sociology, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH |
Public Safety Communications: Can They Hear One Another? | | 10:15 am - 11:45 am | Salon IV
| | Public safety agencies, even within the same jurisdiction, too often have incompatible communications systems. To enable them to communicate, they must exchange radios or share large and expensive switching systems. A solution to this problem is to develop radio systems programmed to reconfigure themselves to work on different frequencies. Another issue is that some parts of the U.S., particularly in the Western states and in rural areas, lack the communications infrastructure to effectively support public safety operations. One solution to this problem is to employ satellite-based communications. The panel will review results of National Institute of Justice research projects aimed at improving the access and interoperability of communications for public safety agencies. Moderator Joseph F. Heaps, Program Manager, Research and Technology Development Division, Office of Science and Technology, National Institute of Justice, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC Presenters Charles W. Bostian, Alumni Distinguished Professor, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA Robert Griffiths, Director, National Law Enforcement and Corrections Technology Center - Northwest, Anchorage, AK Thomas Miller, Professor, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH |
Luncheon and Roundtable Talks With NIJ and Colleagues | | 12:05 pm - 1:30 pm | Salons I/II/III | | Join NIJ for lunch and an opportunity for informal conversations with research and practitioner colleagues about the criminal justice topics that interest you most. NIJ staff from the Office of Research and Evaluation and the Office of Science and Technology will be hosting tables - along with some of the presenters from the Conference - offering attendees a variety of topics, including transnational crime and terrorism; domestic violence and victimization; specialized courts; reentry and community supervision; homicide and firearms; and DNA, biometrics, and human identification. See the special insert in the registration booklet identifying table numbers and associated topics. Additional tables will be reserved for judges, prosecutors, corrections officials, law enforcement officers, and others who would like to network with colleagues from different parts of the country. Glenn R. Schmitt, Acting Director, National Institute of Justice, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC
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Concurrent Panels
Is the Party Over? An Examination of the Nightclub and
Rave Scene With Respect to Drug Use and Crime | | 1:50 pm - 3:15 pm | Salon D
| | The national urban landscape has a thriving nightlife where youth and young adults interact and club-based subcultures have emerged in diverse racial and ethnic arenas. Since the 1980s, the party scene has been plagued by the use and sale of club drugs (e.g., Ecstasy, GHB, and Rohypnol). Nightclubs are now under the scrutiny of Federal, State, and local officials, who deem them to be breeding grounds for drug use and sales and conducive to the proliferation of violent crime and weapons offenses. Learn more about this culture and its effect on the criminal justice system. Moderator Christine R. Crossland, Senior Social Science Analyst, Violence and Victimization Research Division, Office of Research and Evaluation, National Institute of Justice, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC Presenters Tammy L. Anderson, Associate Professor, Department of Sociology and Criminal Justice, University of Delaware, Newark, DE Brian C. Kelly, Project Director, Center for HIV Educational Studies and Training, City University of New York, New York, NY Discussant Bill Piper, Director of National Affairs, Drug Policy Alliance, Washington, DC |
Attacking the Demand Side of Prostitution:
Is There a Deterrent Effect? | | 1:50 pm - 3:15 pm | Salon E
| | The National Institute of Justice has an extensive research portfolio on adult female prostitution and their clients. Based on these and other studies, the panelists will present recent findings that indicate that arresting the clients has a deterrent effect on prostitution overall. Norma Hotaling of SAGE founded "The Johns School" in 1995. This is an arrest and diversion program for clients or "johns." In the mid-1990s, NIJ tested this innovation by sponsoring several sites to replicate the approach. The panel will provide more information about this diversion program and about the demand side of prostitution. Moderator Marilyn C. Moses, Social Science Analyst, Justice Systems Research Division, Office of Research and Evaluation, National Institute of Justice, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC Presenters Devon D. Brewer, Director, Interdisciplinary Scientific Research, Seattle, WA Jonathan A. Dudek, Consulting Forensic Psychologist, Gray, ME Norma Hotaling, Founder and Executive Director, SAGE Project, Inc., San Francisco, CA |
Workshop: Situational Crime Prevention Approach to Problem Solving | | 1:50 pm - 3:15 pm | Salon F
| | Situational crime prevention (SCP) focuses on reducing opportunities and rewards for crime, which results in crime reduction. As such, SCP is distinguished from other preventive approaches that try to change personal and social root causes of crime. Through the results of studies showing that crime displacement is not inevitable when SCP techniques are employed, the value of SCP has been enhanced in the last decade. This workshop will delineate the principles of SCP and how to apply them and will include information about successful SCP problem-solving efforts. Moderator Winifred L. Reed, Acting Chief, Crime Control and Prevention Division, Office of Research and Evaluation, National Institute of Justice, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC Presenter Ronald V. Clarke, Professor, School of Criminal Justice, Rutgers University, Newark, NJ |
National Evaluation of Free to Grow:
Head Start Partnerships to Promote Substance-Free Communities | | 1:50 pm - 3:15 pm | Salon G
| | Free to Grow: Head Start Partnerships to Promote Substance-free Communities was a national initiative in which 15 communities implemented a comprehensive approach for preventing substance abuse and child abuse and neglect. Within each community, Head Start program staff worked in partnership with law enforcement, school, and other community organization personnel to implement the Free to Grow model. This panel will describe the methods used in the Free to Grow evaluation and report results from the impact evaluation of the program. The evaluation revealed a mixed pattern of results, showing variation by focus population and by the statistical methods employed. Moderator Preeti Puri Menon, Program Manager, Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC Presenters Doug Easterling, Chair, Department of Social Sciences and Health Policy, Wake Forest School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC Michael Sparks, Policy Director, Center for Community Action and Training, Vallejo, CA Mark Wolfson, Associate Professor, Department of Social Sciences and Health Policy, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC |
Evidence-Based Practices for Probation:
Intermediate Measures and Results | | 1:50 pm - 3:15 pm | Salon I
| | The National Institute of Justice has worked in partnership with the National Institute of Corrections and the Crime and Justice Institute of Boston to implement and evaluate evidence-based practices in the probation departments in Maine and Illinois. The goal of the project is to reduce recidivism significantly among probationers across each State. Two panelists will discuss the general application of evidence-based practices with community and institutional corrections populations and present specific applications of evidence-based practices in probation departments in both of these states. Additional evidence-based probation programs with promising results will also be highlighted. Moderator Andrew L. Goldberg, Social Science Analyst, Justice Systems Research Division, Office of Research and Evaluation, National Institute of Justice, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC Presenters Bradford M. Bogue, Director, Justice System Assessment and Training, Boulder, CO Mark F. Rubin, Research Associate, Muskie School of Public Service, University of Southern Maine, Portland, ME Faye S. Taxman, Professor, Wilder School of Government and Public Affairs, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA |
Improving the Success Rate of the Analysis
of Compromised DNA Evidence | | 1:50 pm - 3:15 pm | Salon IV
| | The use of DNA for forensic identifications has evolved markedly since it was first used in the late 1980s. Although early DNA technologies provided powerful discriminatory tools, their uses were limited to biological evidence containing relatively large amounts of high molecular weight DNA. Recent advances have increased substantially the success rate of analyzing biological evidence that is degraded, damaged, aged, limited in quantity, or otherwise compromised. Following the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks on the U.S., the National Institute of Justice brought together a group of experts to advise those in the crime laboratory who were tasked with DNA analysis of thousands of remains. This panel, called KADAP (Kinship and Data Analysis Panel), included experts in forensic science, genetics, molecular biology, and bio-informatics. This session will focus on KADAP findings and recommendations and on innovations that have been used at the World Trade Center and in mass graves in Croatia. Moderator Lois A. Tully, Deputy Chief, Investigative and Forensic Sciences Division, Office of Science and Technology, National Institute of Justice, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC Presenters John M. Butler, Research Chemist, Human Identity Project Team, DNA Technologies Group and Biotechnology Division, National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD Henry A. Erlich, Director and Vice President, Discovery Research, Department of Human Genetics, Roche Molecular Systems, Inc., Alameda, CA Robert Shaler, Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Department of Forensic Science, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA
3:15 pm - 3:30 pm Break
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Concurrent Panels
Stalking: The Link to Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault | | 3:30 pm - 5:00 pm | Salon D
| | Stalking has strong ties to domestic violence and sexual assault. In the case of domestic violence, stalking often occurs after the victim has left the abusive relationship and is used to monitor, frighten, and harass the victim. In cases of sexual assault, offenders routinely stalk their victims in advance of the attack in order to carefully plan and execute their crimes. Accurately identifying and investigating stalking requires special training for law enforcement, prosecutors, and advocates on the dynamics of stalking, the typology of stalkers, and the impact of stalking on victims. The panelists will discuss the extent and nature of stalking in the U.S., how it is carried out in domestic violence and sexual assault crimes, and what practitioners need to know to keep victims safe and hold offenders accountable. Moderator Kristina Rose, Chief of Staff, Office on Violence Against Women, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC Presenters Michelle M. Garcia, Senior Program Associate, Stalking Resource Center, National Center for Victims of Crime, Washington, DC David Lisak, Associate Professor, Department of Psychology, University of Massachusetts, Boston, MA David R. Thomas, Assistant Director, Domestic Violence Education Program, Division of Public Safety Leadership, Johns Hopkins University, Columbia, MD |
Prison Rape Elimination Act of 2003:
Update on Research and Data Collections | | 3:30 pm - 5:00 pm | Salon E
| | Representatives from the Bureau of Justice Statistics, Research Triangle Institute International, and the Prison Rape Elimination Commission will present study findings. Prison rape has always been a concern in the corrections field, whether it involves men, women, juveniles, jail detainees, prison inmates, or those under the care of community-based corrections programs. The Prison Rape Elimination Act was enacted to help ensure that those housed in correctional institutions would be safe from this type of violence. Panelists will discuss research studies that have been undertaken in response to the passage of the act. Moderator Andrew L. Goldberg, Social Science Analyst, Justice Systems Research Division, Office of Research and Evaluation, National Institute of Justice, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC Presenters Allen J. Beck, Chief, Corrections Statistics Program, Bureau of Justice Statistics, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC Christopher P. Krebs, Senior Research Social Scientist, Crime, Violence, and Justice Center, RTI International, Research Triangle Park, NC Richard Tewksbury, Research Director, Prison Rape Elimination Commission, Department of Justice Administration, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY |
Internet Crimes Against Persons or Institutions | | 3:30 pm - 5:00 pm | Salon F
| | This panel will examine research, development, and collaborative efforts underway to fight Internet crimes such as phishing, pharming, identity theft, and auction fraud perpetrated against persons or institutions. The total cost of these crimes is unknown. Often corporations will make their customers who are victims of this type of crime financially whole, without having to report a crime to law enforcement. In the few cases that are reported, law enforcement's response often is hampered by perpetrators' ability to remain undetected. Law enforcement needs more tools and collaborative efforts to defeat these crimes. This panel will look at related research and development, and at collaborative efforts to find solutions in fighting Internet crimes. Moderator Martin Novak, Program Manager, Research and Technology Division, Office of Science and Technology, National Institute of Justice, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC Presenters Sudhir Aggarwal, Professor, Department of Computer Science, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL Richard Goldberg, Chief, Financial Institution Fraud and Identity Theft Section, Office of the United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA Erin E. Kenneally, Chief Executive Officer, Elchemy Inc., Cyber Forensic Analyst, University of California, San Diego, CA |
Evaluation of Forensic Methods for Ballistic Evidence | | 3:30 pm - 5:00 pm | Salon G
| | The ability to determine whether an evidence bullet was fired from a suspect’s weapon can be extremely important in criminal cases. This determination is based upon the premise that unique features from a barrel create marks transferred to bullets during the firing process. The procedures and methodologies used to make these determinations were developed over the past 100 years and because of the subjective nature of this analysis, and comparisons to DNA analysis (“the gold standard” of forensic science) expert testimony on firearm identifications has been subject to legal challenge. Advances in ballistic imaging technologies and the development of ballistic databases have sought to provide more objective information, including probability-of-error estimations, to assist the firearms examiner in the identification process and their testimony in court. Panelists will discuss (1) emerging ballistic imaging technologies and the effects on firearms identification; (2) evaluation of ballistic databases and the development of standards; and (3) courtroom implications of ballistics research. Moderator John Hihn, Program Manager, Investigative and Forensic Science Division, Office of Science and Technology, National Institute of Justice, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC Presenters Benjamin Bachrach, Vice President, Intelligent Automation, Inc., Rockville, MD Susan M. Ballou, Program Manager, Forensic Science Projects, Office of Law Enforcement Standards, National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD Carol Henderson, Director, National Clearinghouse for Science, Technology and the Law, Gulfport, FL |
OJJDP's National Report on Juvenile Offenders
and Victims: Highlights and Tools | | 3:30 pm - 5:00 pm | Salon I
| | This panel will highlight information from the recently released 2006 National Report on Juvenile Offenders and Victims. The report, the third in a series, was published by the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) in March 2006. The report draws on reliable data and relevant research to provide a comprehensive and insightful view of juvenile crime and the justice system's response, and offers a thorough look at the juvenile population, juvenile victimization, juvenile offending, the juvenile justice system and process, law enforcement and juvenile crime, juveniles in court, and juveniles in correction facilities. Panelists will provide a demonstration of the related online tools associated with the report as part of OJJDP's online Statistical Briefing Book. Moderator Janet Chiancone, Research Coordinator, Research and Program Development Division, Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC Presenters W. Stephen Pullen, Deputy Director, Department of Administration and Finance, Virginia Department of Juvenile Justice, Richmond, VA Charles M. Puzzanchera, Research Associate, National Center for Juvenile Justice, Pittsburgh, PA Melissa Sickmund, Senior Research Associate, National Center for Juvenile Justice, Pittsburgh, PA |
Workshop: Performance Monitoring
for the Management of Effective Programs | | 3:30 pm - 5:00 pm | Salon IV
| | This workshop will demonstrate how to improve the development, implementation, and evaluation of criminal justice programs. The presenter will discuss evaluation techniques that can be useful to criminal and juvenile justice systems as well to individual programs. He will discuss alternatives to expensive research designs that can help monitor key service and outcome indicators through the use of existing information sources such as, databases, case files, and service logs. Moderator Patrick M. Clark, Acting Chief, Evaluation Division, Office of Research and Evaluation, National Institute of Justice, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC Presenter Mark W. Lipsey, Director, Center for Evaluation Research and Methodology, Vanderbilt Institute for Public Policy Studies, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN |
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