Youth Violence Summit - Empowering Communities to Combat Gang Crime: The Youth PROMISE Act
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- Welcome and Introductory Remarks: Rep. Bobby Scott (D-VA)
- Remarks: Marian Wright Edelman, President & Founder, Children's Defense Fund
Panel 1: Legislation/Policy Analysis: What's Effective; What's Not?
Moderator: Carol Chodroff, U.S. Program Advocacy Director, Human Rights Watch
- Dr. Barry Krisberg, President, National Council on Crime and Delinquency (NCCD)
- Judith Greene, Justice Strategies
- Q & A from Audience
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Panel 2: What's Working Now: Positive Programs and Interventions -
Moderator: Tara Andrews, Deputy Executive Director for Policy & Programs, Coalition for Juvenile Justice
- Dr. Jorja Leap, Adjunct Associate Professor, UCLA School of Public Affairs
- Teny Gross, Executive Director, Institute for the Study & Practice of Nonviolence
- Khalid Samad, Executive Director and Co-Founder, Peace in the Hood
- Q & A from Audience
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Panel 3: Law Enforcement/Judicial Perspective on the Need for Prevention
Moderator: Jennifer Bellamy, Legislative Counsel for Criminal Justice Issues, Washington Legislative Office, ACLU
- Miriam Aroni Krinsky, Lecturer, UCLA School of Public Affairs, former Assistant U.S. Attorney
- Dr. Frank Straub, Commissioner of Public Safety, White Plains, NY
- Shay Bilchik, Director, Center for Juvenile Justice Reform and Systems Integration, Georgetown Public Policy Institute
- Q & A from Audience
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Panel 4: Comparative Benefits of Effective Crime Prevention
Moderator: Time Briceland-Betts, Co-Director of Government Affairs, Child Welfare League of America
- Brian Bumbarger, Coordinator of Policy Research and Outreach, Prevention Research Center for the Promotion of Human Development, Penn State University
- Lynn White, Senior Policy Associate, Juvenile Justice, Children's Defense Fund
- Larry Cohen, Director, Prevention Institute
- Q & A from Audience
