“Prevention of Youth and Gang Violence”

June 6, 2005

NOTICE OF FIELD HEARING

The Senate Committee on the Judiciary will hold a field hearing on Monday, June 13, 2005, at 9:00 a.m. at the National Constitution Center in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on "Prevention of Youth and Gang Violence."

Senator Specter will preside.

By order of the Chairman

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Witness List

Hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee
On
Prevention of Youth and Gang Violence
Monday, June 13, 2005 at 9:00 a.m.
National Constitution Center, Philadelphia, PA

Panel I— National Youth Violence Issues: A Programmatic Approach

Sarah Hart
Director
National Institute of Justice
Washington, DC

Ileana Arias
Acting Director
National Center for Injury Prevention
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Department of Health and Human Services
Atlanta, GA

J. Robert Flores
Administrator
Office of Juvenile Justice & Delinquent Prevention
Washington, DC

Panel II— Pennsylvania/Local Initiatives

Heather Fong
Chief of Police
San Francisco, CA

Sylvester Johnson
Commissioner
Philadelphia Police Department
Philadelphia, PA

Jim Kane
Executive Director of the Delaware Criminal Justice Council

Regina McDonald
Assistant Chief
Pittsburgh Bureau of Police
Pittsburgh, PA

Patrick Meehan
U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of PA
Philadelphia, PA

Paul Vallas
Superintendent
Philadelphia Schools
Philadelphia, PA