PREVENTION AND REHABILITATION RESOURCES
Office of Justice Programs, U.S. Department of Justice
http://virlib.ncjrs.org/JuvenileJustice.asp
U.S. DOJ, Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention
http://ojjdp.ncjrs.org/ojstatbb/njcda/
RAND Corp.
http://www.rand.org/cgi-bin/health/showab.cgi?key=2008_
American Bar Association
http://www.abanet.org/publicserv/immigration/home.html
U.S. Department of Justice
http://ojjdp.ncjrs.org
U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
http://www.safeyouth.org/scripts/index.asp
U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention
http://ojjdp.ncjrs.org/ojstatbb/njcda/
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
http://www.safeyouth.org/scripts/index.asp
Federal Bureau of Investigation, U.S. Department of Justice
http://www.fbi.gov/hq/cid/cac/crimesmain.htm
Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research
http://www.icpsr.umich.edu/NACJD/archive.html
Bureau of Justice Statistics, U.S. Department of Justice
http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs/correct.htm
Executive Office of the President
http://www.whitehousedrugpolicy.gov/index.html
RAND Corp.
http://www.rand.org/child/projects/safeschools.html
National Sexual Violence Resource Center
http://www.nsvrc.org
Principal Research Scientist
Institute for Policy Studies
Johns Hopkins University
Address:
Wyman Building, 3400 N. Charles St., Room 548
Baltimore, MD 21218
Phone:
410.516.7179
E-mail:
dma@jhu.edu
Web:
http://commprojects.jhsph.edu/globalhealth/GlobalF...
Altschuler’s work focuses on juvenile crime and justice system sanctioning, juvenile aftercare and parole, offender reentry, privatization in juvenile corrections, and drug involvement and crime among inner-city youth. He was director and co-principal investigator for a federally funded project that developed a model of intensive aftercare for high-risk juvenile parolees released from secure correctional facilities. Also see: http://ips.jhu.edu/mpp/images/INFObar/faculty/alts
chuler.html
Associate Director
National Center for Child Traumatic Stress
Duke University Medical School
Address:
Box 3613
Durham, NC 27710
Phone:
919.682.1552, Ext. 253
E-mail:
laj@acpub.duke.edu
Web:
http://www.dukehealth.org/physicians/E6A4519F5AFA6...
Amaya-Jackson also is an assistant professor of child and adolescent psychiatry at the medical school. Her research involves psychological trauma and exposure to violence -- particularly risk factors, protective factors and treatment effects. She's interested in psychopharmacology and psychotherapy for children and adolescents with post-traumatic stress disorder and related problems. The traumatic stress center, a joint program of Duke and UCLA, coordinates the National Child Traumatic Stress Network.
Distinguished Professor
Department of Psychology
Iowa State University
Address:
W112 Lagomarcino Hall
Ames, IA 50011-3180
Phone:
515.294.3118
E-mail:
caa@iastate.edu
Web:
http://www.psychology.iastate.edu/~caa/
Anderson’s main research interests are in social and personality psychology, with a strong emphasis on cognitive psychology. His studies include depression, loneliness, shyness and aggression. Most of his current research focuses on aggression and its relationship to media violence, particularly that in movies and video games.
Professor of Anthropology and Director
Center for Delinquency and Crime Policy Studies
California State University, Sacramento
Address:
7750 College Town Drive, Suite 104
Sacramento, CA 95826
Phone:
916.278.6259
E-mail:
troy@saclink.csus.edu
Web:
http://www.csus.edu/ssis/cdcps/
Armstrong directs the center, and he's co-principal investigator on the Intensive Juvenile Aftercare Project funded by federal Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention. It's a research-based approach to transitioning youth from confinement back into the community. Armstrong researches restitution and community service; intensive probation; and community-based alternatives to formal justice system processing.
Dean
School of Social Work
University of Maryland, Baltimore
Address:
525 W. Redwood St.
Baltimore, MD 21201
Phone:
410.706.7794
E-mail:
rbarth@ssw.umaryland.edu
Web:
http://www.ssw.umaryland.edu/faculty_and_research/
Barth's research interests include child abuse and neglect, foster care dynamics, adoption policy, shared family care, program evaluation and linkages between child welfare and juvenile justice services. He's the co-author of several books, including "Evidence for Child Welfare Policy Reform" (2005) and is co-principal investigator of the National Study of Child and Adolescent Well-Being. He has received numerous awards and was a senior Fulbright specialist in Australia in 2006.
Consultant
Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
Johns Hopkins University
Phone:
410.955.4150
E-mail:
fredsberlinmd@comcast.net
Web:
http://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/Psychiatry/Faculty/
Berlin is the founder of the Johns Hopkins Sexual Disorders Clinic and director of the National Institute for the Study, Prevention and Treatment of Sexual Trauma. In his clinical practice, Berlin specializes in the evaluation and treatment of adults and adolescents with psychosexual disorders including pedophilia, voyeurism and exhibitionism. He also treats patients suffering from sexual trauma. Berlin's published research has focused on reducing sexual offenses through cognitive-behavioral therapies and medication.
Research Scientist
Center on Media and Child Health
Children’s Hospital Boston/Harvard Medical School
Address:
300 Longwood Avenue
Boston, MA 02115
Phone:
617.355.2000
E-mail:
cmch@childrens.harvard.edu
Web:
http://www.cmch.tv/about/memberProfile.asp?id=12
Bickham’s research focuses on the changing effects of media throughout the course of children’s development. His studies include an examination of the effects of television rating systems on children’s viewing preferences, educational television’s ability to increase children’s literacy skills and violent television’s interference with peer relationships. Bickham's work includes a 2006 study that found an association between violent video games and maladjusted social behaviors.
Professor
Institute for Social Research
University of Michigan
Address:
426 Thompson Street
Ann Arbor, MI 48106
Phone:
734.615.6631
E-mail:
bbushman@umich.edu
Bushman’s research focuses on the causes and consequences of human aggression, particularly its relationship to violent media, self-esteem and narcissism. Bushman is researching video game violence under a grant from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD).
Jeffrey Butts Ph.D.
Research Fellow
Chapin Hall Center for Children
University of Chicago
Address:
1313 E. 60th St.
Chicago, IL 60637
Phone:
773.256.5163
E-mail:
jabutts@uchicago.edu
Web:
http://www.jeffreybutts.net/
Along with his work at Chapin Hall, Butts teaches in the university's School of Social Service Administration. Since 1991, he has managed more than $8 million of funded research, including projects on teen courts, juvenile drug courts, substance abuse treatment and juvenile court processing. Before moving to Chicago in 2005, he directed the Urban Institute's Program on Youth Justice. Earlier, he was a researcher with the National Center for Juvenile Justice in Pittsburgh. Also see: http://jbutts.com/pdfs/rwjf%20rec%20futures.pdf
Michael Carlie Ph.D.
Professor
Sociology and Criminal Justice
Missouri State University
Address:
901 S. National Ave.
Springfield, MO 65804
Phone:
417.836.5642
E-mail:
MichaelCarlie@MissouriState.edu
Web:
http://soc-ant.missouristate.edu/3178.htm
Carlie is a specialist in criminology/criminal justice, focusing on corrections, law enforcement and juvenile delinquency -- particularly street gangs. He has been a consultant to police departments and to the Missouri and Indiana departments of corrections. Carlie is the author of "Into the Abyss: A Personal Journey into the World of Street Gangs" (self-published, 2002) and has taught for six years in a large state penitentiary.
Associate Professor
University Counseling & Testing Center
Western Michigan University
Address:
2513 Faunce Student Services Bldg.
Kalamazoo, MI 49008
Phone:
269.387.1850
E-mail:
joetta.carr@wmich.edu
Web:
http://www.uctc.wmich.edu
Joetta L. Carr, Ph.D., is an associate professor at the University Counseling Center at Western Michigan University in Kalamazoo, where she counsels students, conducts research and trains doctoral interns. She has published articles and book chapters in the areas of campus violence, risk factors for sexually aggressive college men, group treatment for rape survivors and support groups for Asian women students. Carr is currently working on a book about rape as a tool of terror. She is chair of both the mental health section of the American College Health Association and the Campus Violence Taskforce. Carr has a doctorate in psychology from Florida State University.
Professor of Women's Studies
Women's Studies
University of Hawaii at Manoa
Address:
2424 Maile Way
Honolulu, HI 96822
Phone:
808.956.6313
E-mail:
meda@hawaii.edu
Web:
http://www.chesneylind.com
Chesney-Lind researches girls’ delinquency and women’s crime. She has studied women’s imprisonment; youth gangs; the sociology of gender with an emphasis on women and systems of social control; and the victimization of women and girls. Her recent books include “Invisible Punishment: The Collateral Consequences of Mass Imprisonment” (New Press, 2002) and “Beyond Bad Girls: Gender, Violence and Hype” (Routledge, 2007).
Associate Professor of Criminal Justice
Criminal Justice Program
Wichita State University
Address:
311 Lindquist Hall
Wichita, KS 67260
Phone:
316.978.6519
E-mail:
delores.craig@wichita.edu
Web:
http://criminaljustice.wichita.edu/faculty/cjfacul
Craig-Moreland researches juvenile justice, juvenile corrections and delinquency prevention. She has done various forms of applied research with the Kansas Juvenile Justice Authority.
Kenneth A. Dodge Ph.D.
Director
Center for Child and Family Policy
Duke University
Address:
Box 90545
302 Towerview Drive
Durham, NC 27708-0545
Phone:
919.613.9334
E-mail:
dodge@duke.edu
Web:
http://www.pubpol.duke.edu/centers/child
Dodge, the William McDougall Professor of Public Policy Studies, directs the center, which aims to solve problems facing children by bringing together policy makers, practitioners and scholars from many disciplines. It's addressing issues of early childhood adversity, education policy reform and youth violence and problem behaviors. Dodge was a principal investigator on the Fast Track project, a federally funded longitudinal study of youth from age 8 to young adulthood to identify early risk factors for adolescent disorders, particularly involvement in violence and antisocial behavior. His other interests include education policy, child maltreatment and the science of child and adolescent development.
Clinical Associate Professor of Law; Legal Director
Center on Wrongful Convictions
Northwestern University School of Law
Address:
357 E. Chicago Ave.
Chicago, IL 60611
Phone:
312.503.6608
E-mail:
s-drizin@law.northwestern.edu
Delbert Elliott Ph.D.
Director, Center for the Study and Prevention of Violence
Institute of Behavioral Science
University of Colorado at Boulder
Address:
439 UCB
Boulder, CO 80309
Phone:
303.492.1266
E-mail:
Delbert.Elliott@colorado.edu
Web:
http://www.colorado.edu/cspv
Delbert Elliott, Ph.D., is director of the Center for the Study and Prevention of Violence at the Institute of Behavioral Science at the University of Colorado at Boulder. He also is professor of sociology and director of the university’s Program on Problem Behavior. In 2001, Elliott was senior science editor for Youth Violence: A Report of the Surgeon General, and was presented the Public Health Service Medallion for Distinguished Service by then-U.S. Surgeon General Dr. David Satcher. He has directed a series of longitudinal studies focusing on youth, delinquency and violence. He has published five books including “Violence in American Schools” (Cambridge University Press, 1998), and is editor of Blueprints for Violence Prevention, a series of monographs describing model violence, drug and delinquency prevention programs. Elliott is a fellow of the American Society of Criminology and was the society’s president from 1992 to 1993. He received a bachelor’s degree in sociology from Pomona College, and master’s and doctorate degrees in sociology from the University of Washington.
Professor of Youth Crime and Violence
Department of Criminology and Criminal Justice
University of Missouri-St. Louis
Address:
8001 Natural Bridge Road
St. Louis, MO 63121
Phone:
314.516.4619
E-mail:
esbensen@umsl.edu
Professor of Law, Adjunct Professor of Psychology
State University of New York at Buffalo
Address:
723 John Lord O'Brian Hall
Buffalo, NY 14260
Phone:
716.645.2770
E-mail:
cewing@buffalo.edu
Web:
http://www.law.buffalo.edu/Faculty_And_Staff/
Ewing is the author of five books: "Fatal Families: The Dynamics of Intrafamilial Homicide"; "Kids Who Kill"; "When Children Kill: The Dynamics of Juvenile Homicide"; "Battered Women Who Kill"; and "Crisis Intervention as Psychotherapy". He is also author or co-author of approximately 60 other publications -- most of which deal with issues related to violent behavior, dangerousness and other issues in forensic psychology.
Professor of Law and Public Health
Columbia University School of Law
Address:
435 W. 116th St.
Room 634, Box D-18
New York, NY 10027
Phone:
212.854.2624
E-mail:
jfagan@law.columbia.edu
Clinical Associate Professor of Psychiatry
University of Vermont College of Medicine
Address:
C/O Otter Creek Associates, 86 Lake St.
Burlington, VT 05401
Phone:
802.865.3450
E-mail:
David.Fassler@uvm.edu
Web:
http://www.uvm.edu/~uvmpr/experts/
Fassler researches child and adolescent mental health issues such as the effects of stress and trauma, divorce, depression and the use of psychotropic drugs. He is the co-author of several books, including: "Help Me, I'm Sad: Recognizing, Treating, and Preventing Childhood and Adolescent Depression" (Penguin Books, 1997), "Coming to America: The Kids' Book About Immigration" (Waterford, 1993).
Centennial Professor of Law
University of Minnesota
Address:
340 Mondale Hall
229 19th Ave. South
Minneapolis, MN 55455
Phone:
218.743.3118
E-mail:
bfeld@bigfork.net
Web:
http://www.law.umn.edu/facultyprofiles/feldb.html
Feld teaches criminal procedure, juvenile law, torts, and education and law. In addition to his law degree, he holds a doctorate in sociology. He has written eight books and about 70 articles and book chapters on juvenile justice, focusing on serious young offenders, procedural justice in juvenile court, police interrogation of juveniles, youth sentencing policy and race. “Bad Kids: Race and the Transformation of the Juvenile Court” (Oxford University Press, 1999) was named an outstanding book by the American Society of Criminology and the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences. Feld was a prosecutor in the Hennepin County (Minn.) Attorney’s Office and a co-reporter of the Minnesota Supreme Court’s Juvenile Court Rules of Procedure Advisory Committee.
Maude C. Clark Chair in Humanistic Psychology; Professor
Psychology
Loyola University Chicago
Address:
6525 N. Sheridan Road
628 Damen Hall
Chicago, IL 60626
Phone:
773.508.3017
E-mail:
jgarbar@luc.edu
Web:
http://www.luc.edu/psychology/psyfaculty/Garbarino
Garbarino researches depression in children, child abuse, psychological maltreatment, community dimensions of child maltreatment and violence prevention.
Professor of Human Devel and Family Science
College of Human Ecology
Ohio State University
Address:
171B Campbell, 1787 Neil Ave.
Columbus, OH 43210
Phone:
614.292.5620
E-mail:
SGavazzi@ehe.osu.edu
Gavazzi established a research program that identifies the impact of family dynamics on adolescent development and problem behavior. He also created the Growing Up FAST Program, a family-based diversion initiative for use with juvenile offenders and their families. He's working on a Web-based instrument known as the Global Risk Assessment Device, designed to measure potential threats to the development of adolescents in the juvenile justice system. GRAD is being tested in three county juvenile courts in Ohio. Female offenders exhibited higher risk than male offenders in areas such as family and peer relations, physical health, mental health, traumatic events and accountability issues.
Clinical Professor of Law
Columbia University School of Law
Address:
435 W. 116th St.
New York, NY 10027-7297
Phone:
212.854.3250
E-mail:
pgenty@law.columbia.edu
Professor of Media Studies
Hunter College
Address:
365 Fifth Ave., Room 8201
New York, NY 10016
Phone:
212.650.3089
E-mail:
SGorelick@gc.cuny.edu
Web:
http://fm.hunter.cuny.edu/faculty_pages/
Gorelick is interim director of Hunter's M.F.A. program in integrated media arts. His major research interest is media coverage of crime and violence, especially the impact of high-profile acts of violence on communities, media institutions and the fabric of social life. Gorelick has written for numerous newspapers, plus the Journal of Crime and Delinquency, the Media Studies Journal of the Freedom Forum at Columbia University, and The Children's Beat: A Journal of Media Coverage. He's on the advisory council of the University of Washington's Dart Center on Journalism and Trauma.
Professor
Department of Criminology and Criminal Justice
University of Maryland, College Park
Address:
2220D LeFrak Hall
College Park, MD 20742
Phone:
301.405.4717
E-mail:
dgottfredson@crim.umd.edu
Web:
http://www.ccjs.umd.edu/Faculty/faculty.asp?p=25
Gottfredson studies delinquency and delinquency prevention, particularly the effects of school environments on youth behavior. She directs evaluations of Baltimore City’s Drug Treatment Court and the Maryland After School Opportunity Grant Fund Program. She is co-principal investigator on an evaluation of the Strengthening Washington, D.C., Families Program and directs a grant to increase the use of research-based prevention practices in Maryland.
Clinical Psychologist and Professor of Psychiatry
Center for Mental Health Services Research
University of Massachusetts Medical School
Address:
55 Lake Ave. N.
Worcester, MA 01655
Phone:
508.856.3625
E-mail:
thomas.grisso@umassmed.edu
Web:
http://www.umassmed.edu/cmhsr/mental
Grisso is a professor of psychiatry, director of the center's mental health and law core and coordinator of medical school's law-psychiatry program. His research interests include clinical forensic assessment in criminal and juvenile cases, developmental issues in juvenile law, mental health needs of young offenders, and risk of violence in adults and youths with mental disorders.
Associate Professor
Department of Criminal Justice
University of Illinois at Chicago
Address:
1007 W. Harrison St., M/C 141
Chicago, IL 60607
Phone:
312.996.8361
E-mail:
huk@uic.edu
Web:
http://www.uic.edu/cuppa/gci/about/bios/
Hagedorn has been studying gangs and violence for more than 15 years; his 2001 report on female gangs is at http://www.ncjrs.org/html/ojjdp/jjbul2001_3_3/cont
ents.html. He co-edited "Female Gangs in America: Essays on Girls, Gangs and Gender" (Lake View Press, 1999) and "People and Folks: Gangs, Crime and the Underclass in a Rustbelt City" (Lake View Press, 1997). His recent work compares institutionalized gangs in Chicago to other groups of armed young men around the world.
Director
National Social Norms Resource Center
Northern Illinois University
Address:
National Social Norms Resource
Northern Illinois University
Dekalb, IL 60115
Phone:
815.753.9745
E-mail:
mhaines@niu.edu
Web:
http://www.socialnorms.org/Contacts/hainesvita.php
Haines was a certified addiction counselor and has worked in the substance abuse field since 1970. His main areas of study include social norms and teen drinking and smoking. In 1990, he and his NIU staff launched a ten-year social norms campaign that cut drinking and related harm in half. More recently, Haines was senior consultant to a community coalition that was the first to successfully use social norms to reduce teen tobacco and alcohol use.
Professor Emeritus
African-American Studies
University of Illinois at Chicago
Address:
601 S. Morgan St., Room 1223
Chicago, IL 60607
Phone:
312.996.2996
E-mail:
dfhawk@uic.edu
Web:
www.uic.edu/depts/
Hawkins is professor emeritus of African-American studies, sociology and criminal justice. He conducts research on racial and ethnic differences in rates of criminal involvement and criminal justice system processing. Hawkins served on a National Academy of Sciences panel on juvenile crime and justice; he also edited “Our Children, Their Children: Confronting Race and Ethnic Differences in American Criminal Justice” (University of Chicago Press, 2004).
Director, Family Services Research Center (FSRC)
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
Medical University of South Carolina
Address:
171 Ashley Ave.
Charleston, SC 29425
Phone:
843.876.1800
Web:
http://www.mstservices.com/
Henggeler developed the nationally-recognized Multisystemic Therapy (MST) model -- a family-oriented, home-based program that targets chronically violent, substance-abusing juvenile offenders 12 to 17. The program seeks to reduce criminal activity and antisocial behavior.
Assistant Professor
Public Policy
Address:
Kennedy School of Government
79 John F. Kennedy St.
Cambridge, MA 02138
Phone:
617.384.7968
E-mail:
brian_jacob@ksg.harvard.edu
Web:
http://ksgfaculty.harvard.edu/brian_jacob
Jacob's current research focuses on urban school reform with a particular emphasis on standards and accountability initiatives. He has examined the effect of school choice and high-stakes testing on student achievement, the incidence of teacher cheating within educational accountabiltiy systems, the relationship between school and juvenile delinquency, and the impact of public housing demolitions on educational opportunities for children.
Director of Research and Principal Investigator
School of Social Work
University of Pennsylvania
Address:
3815 Walnut St.
Philadelphia, PA 19104-6179
Phone:
215.573.2944
E-mail:
kinnevy@ssw.upenn.edu
Web:
http://www.ssw.upenn.edu/crysp/about/about.html
Kinnevy directs the Center for Research on Youth and Social Policy, which works to bring about positive social change by improving the way human services are developed, delivered and evaluated. Its research, planning and technical assistance focus on issues and systems affecting vulnerable populations, particularly children, while promoting social justice and social change. CRYSP has done a meta-analysis of empirical studies examining the effectiveness of juvenile correctional and treatment programs.
Professor of Psychology and Director
Boys' Project
University of Alaska Fairbanks
Address:
Fairbanks, AK 99712
Phone:
907.474.5266
E-mail:
ffjsk@uaf.edu
Cheryl Kodjo M.D.
Assistant Professor
Department of Pediatrics -- Adolescent Medicine
University of Rochester Medical Center
Address:
Adolescent Medicine
601 Elmwood Avenue, Box 690
Rochester, NY 14642
Phone:
585.275.2189
E-mail:
cheryl_kodjo@urmc.rochester.edu
Web:
http://www.urmc.rochester.edu/gchas/
Dr. Kodjo’s research focuses on adolescents: parent-adolescent communication, mental health, youth violence and access to mental health services. Kodjo is interested in the associations between mental health and youth violence. She has done extensive research on the risk factors associated with weapon carrying among adolescents.
President
American Society of Criminology (ASC)
Address:
1314 Kinnear Road
Columbus, OH 43212
Phone:
614.292.9207
E-mail:
jlaub@crim.umd.edu
Web:
www.asc41.com/
ASC is an international organization of scholars, scientists and professionals concerned with the etiology, prevention, control and treatment of crime and delinquency. Its Web site provides a directory of members by name and state.
Director
Center for the Prevention of Youth Violence
Johns Hopkins University
Address:
624 N. Broadway
Baltimore, MD 21205
Phone:
410.955.3962
E-mail:
pleaf@jhsph.edu
Web:
http://www.jhsph.edu/PreventYouthViolence/index.html
The center translates research on positive youth development and the prevention of violence into improved professional practice through education and training, professional development and practice efforts.
Director
National Center on Education, Disability and Juvenile Justice
University of Maryland
Address:
1308 Benjamin Building
College Park, MD 20742
Phone:
301.405.6489
E-mail:
leonep@umd.edu
Web:
http://www.edjj.org/
Assistant Professor
School of Social Work
University of Maryland, Baltimore County
Address:
525 W. Redwood St.
Baltimore, MD 21201
Phone:
410.706.8781
E-mail:
mlindsey@ssw.umaryland.edu
Web:
http://www.ssw.umaryland.edu/faculty_and_research/
Lindsey trained as a social worker, with a specialization in mental health services research. He studies African American males' development in high-risk communities, depressed African American youths' access to mental health services, school-based violence prevention and early interventions, and university and community partnerships.
Director, Evaluation Research Group and Professor
Department of Criminology and Criminal Justice
University of Maryland
Address:
2220H LeFrak Hall
College Park, MD 20742
Phone:
301.405.3008
E-mail:
dmackenzie@crim.umd.edu
Martinez-Tjaden, LLP
Address:
1424 Madison St.
Grayson, GA 30017
Phone:
770.965.6288
E-mail:
orlandol@bellsouth.net
Web:
www.i-ccap.com...
Martinez has more than 40 years of experience in planning and managing programs serving youth and their families. He began consulting in 2003 to train agencies and states – such as Mississippi, Connecticut and Rhode Island – in improving services for at-risk youth. For the four previous years, he was commissioner of Georgia’s Department of Juvenile Justice. There, he introduced a case management system that reduced detention populations and expanded community treatment programs. Earlier, Martinez directed Colorado’s Division of Youth. His Web site derives its name from the firm's approach: integrated comprehensive client assessment and planning.
Professor of Crime, Law and Justice and Sociology
Department of Sociology
The Pennsylvania State University
Address:
1002 Oswald Tower
University Park, PA 16802
Phone:
814.865.1304
E-mail:
wosgood@psu.edu
Web:
http://sociology.la.psu.edu/facultyprofiles/osgood...
Osgood is a member of the Research Network on Transitions to Adulthood, sponsored by the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation. He holds a Ph.D. in Social Psychology from the University of Colorado at Boulder. His research addresses a variety of topics concerning delinquency and other problem behaviors during adolescence and early adulthood. He has published studies concerning sources of age differences, peer influence, associations among different types of problem behavior, and the contribution of time use to offending. In addition he has conducted research on programs for juvenile offenders.
Vice President of Development
True Child
Address:
1731 Connecticut Ave. N.W.
Fourth Floor
Washington, DC 20009-1108
Phone:
202.462.6610
E-mail:
g.reiss@truechildhood.org
Web:
http://truechildhood.org/
True Child works to help children break through stereotypes, particularly gender stereotypes, by raising awareness, empowering parents and educators, and shaping the media and marketplace to promote children’s healthy development. Reiss was a founder of GenderPAC in 1996. Earlier, Reiss served as a vice president of NOW-NJ and executive director of the New Jersey Lesbian and Gay Coalition. She also helped found and co-chaired the Federation of Statewide LGBT Advocacy Organizations (now Equality Federation).
Professor
Institute of Child Development
University of Minnesota
Address:
51 E. River Road
202 Child Development
Minneapolis, MN 55455-0345
Phone:
612.625.4321
E-mail:
ajr@umn.edu
Web:
http://education.umn.edu/icd/faculty/Reynolds.html...
Reynolds studies the effects of early childhood intervention on youngsters' development from school entry to early adulthood. He also investigates the family and school influences on children's educational success. Reynolds directs the Chicago Longitudinal Study, one of the largest and most extensive studies of the effects of early childhood intervention. Reynolds' project team also is documenting the determinants of child maltreatment, delinquency and crime, educational attainment and economic well-being.
Assistant Professor
School of Criminal Justice
Michigan State University
Address:
1407 S. Harrison Road
East Lansing, MI 48823
Phone:
517.432.1242
E-mail:
roush@msu.edu
Web:
http://njda.msu.edu
Program Director
Perpetration Prevention Program
Kempe Children's Center
Address:
1825 Marion St.
Denver, CO 80218
Phone:
303.864.5252
E-mail:
kempe@kempecenter.org
Web:
http://www.kempecenter.org/index.html...
Ryan has worked with abusive parents and abused children, and she has treated young males who have molested children. She now trains trainers in perpetrator-prevention strategies for their respective communities. Ryan is a facilitator for the National Adolescent Perpetration Network and the National Task Force on Juvenile Sexual Offending.
Director
Jerry Lee Center of Criminology
University of Pennsylvania
Address:
3814 Walnut St.
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Phone:
215.898.9216
E-mail:
lws@sas.upenn.edu
Web:
http://www.sas.upenn.edu/jerrylee/people/
The center researches the causes and prevention of crime, studying capital punishment, juvenile delinquency, homicide and restorative justice. Its director, Sherman, was appointed Penn's first professor of criminology in 2003, with a five-year term as chair of the criminology department. He served as president of the American Academy of Political and Social Science from 2001 to 2005 and was founding president of the Academy of Experimental Criminology from 1999 to 2001.
Co-director
Institute on Violence and Destructive Behavior
University of Oregon
Address:
1265 University of Oregon
Eugene, OR 97403
Phone:
541.346.3592
E-mail:
jeffs@uoregon.edu
Professor of Psychology
Temple University
Address:
1701 N. 13th St.
Philadelphia, PA 19122
Phone:
215.204.7485
E-mail:
lds@temple.edu
Web:
www.temple.edu/psychology/FacultyWebs/Steinberg/
A nationally recognized expert on psychological development during adolescence, Steinberg researches topics including parent-child relationships, employment, high school reform and juvenile justice. His work has been funded by public and private organizations, including the federal departments of education and justice, the MacArthur and William T. Grant foundations and the Lilly Endowment. Steinberg has been a frequent consultant to state and federal agencies and lawmakers on child labor, secondary education, and juvenile justice policy. He is the author or editor of 10 books, including "Adolescence" (McGraw-Hill, 2005), a leading college textbook now in its seventh edition. Steinberg is president of the Society for Research on Adolescence; he also heads the MacArthur Foundation Research Network on Adolescent Development and Juvenile Justice.
Professor of Family and Child Ecology
Michigan State University
Address:
1407 S. Harrison Road
East Lansing, MI 48823-5286
Phone:
517.432.1317
E-mail:
fvilla@msu.edu
Web:
http://www.msu.edu/~fvilla/
Villarruel also is a senior research associate with MSU's Institute for Children, Youth and Families and the Julian Samora Research Institute, a policy research center focused on Latinos. Villarruel studies Latino youth and families, positive youth development, and developmental contextualism. He co-wrote "Lost Opportunities: The Reality of Latinos in the U.S. Criminal Justice System" (2004), which looked at factors underlying Latinos' overrepresentation and the special problems associated with prosecuting and treating substance abusers. Villarruel was co-principal investigator of a study that found Latino and Latina youth receive disparate and more punitive treatment than their white peers charged with the same types of offenses. The 2002 report, “¿Dónde Está la Justicia?” is available online at: www.buildingblocksforyouth.org/latino_rpt/index.html
Co-director
Institute on Violence and Destructive Behavior
University of Oregon
Address:
1265 University of Oregon
Eugene, OR 97403
Phone:
541.346.2583
E-mail:
hwalker@oregon.uoregon.edu
Professor of Criminal Justice
Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences
Address:
2801 S. University Ave.
Little Rock, AK 72204
Phone:
501.569.3083
E-mail:
jtwalker@ualr.edu
Web:
http://ualr.edu/criminaljustice/index.php/home/
Walker has taught at the university since 1990. His research focuses on the social/environmental factors of crime. He has obtained over $9 million in grants from the Department of Justice, National Institute of Drug Abuse and others. In 2001, Walker co-wrote an Arkansas study that found sexual offenders of children often lived near schools, child care centers and parks. Walker was president of the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences in 2006-07. He's been editor of ACJS Today, editor of the Journal of Criminal Justice, and and editor in chief of the Journal of Critical Criminology.
Professor of Psychiatry
New Jersey Medical School
University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey
Address:
30 Bergen St., ADMC-14, Room 1422
Newark, NJ 07107
Phone:
973.972.8369
E-mail:
widomca@umdnj.edu
Senior Research Specialist
Criminology and Criminal Justice
University of Maryland
Address:
2209 LeFrak
University of Maryland
College Park, MD 20742
Phone:
301.405.4735
E-mail:
bwiersema@crim.umd.edu
Web:
http://www.popcenter.umd.edu/people/
Wiersema’s research centers on improving the amount and quality of data used to study violence, particularly the measurement of violent death and injury characteristics. Recently, Wiersema established the Maryland Violent Death Reporting System, part of a national public health surveillance system that monitors the incidence and detailed characteristics of violent death (homicides, suicides and deaths of undetermined manner) by linking official records such as police, medical examiner, crime lab and death certificate data. Wiersema's interests include various aspects of violence and social control (e.g., effects of firearms laws).
Professor, Correctional & Juvenile Justice Studies
EKU Training Resource Center
Eastern Kentucky University
Address:
300 Stratton Building, 521 Lancaster Ave.
Richmond, KY 40475
Phone:
859.622.1498
E-mail:
bruce.wolford@eku.edu
Executive Director
Child Health Advocacy Institute
Children's National Medical Center
Address:
111 Michigan Ave. N.W.
Washington, DC 20010
Phone:
202.884.4930
E-mail:
jwright@cnmc.org
Web:
http://www.dcchildrens.com
Wright, M.D., leads the organization in its advocacy mission, public policy positions and community partnership initiatives. At The George Washington University schools of medicine and public health, he’s a professor and vice chairman in the pediatrics department and a professor of emergency medicine, prevention and community health. He is a founding director of the Institute for Prehospital Pediatrics and Emergency Research. His major scholarly interests include emergency medical services for children, injury prevention, and addressing the needs of underserved communities. He currently serves as chairman of the American Academy of Pediatrics’ committee on violence prevention, and he has been appointed to several other national advisory bodies, including within the Institute of Medicine.
Kevin Wright Ph.D.
Professor and Director
School of Education and Human Devt.
Binghamton University, SUNY
Address:
AB G18
Binghamton, NY 13902
Phone:
607.777.2245
E-mail:
wright@binghamton.edu
Web:
http://sehd.binghamton.edu/facstaff/wright.htm
Issues of interest include crime control policy; correctional program/policy development and analysis; family life and delinquency; delinquency and substance abuse prevention; and prison administration.
James Youniss Ph.D.
Wylma R. and James R. Curtin Professor of Psychology
Catholic University of America
Life Cycle Institute
Address:
Washington, DC 20064
Phone:
202.329.5999
E-mail:
youniss@cua.edu
Franklin Zimring
William G. Simon Professor of Law
School of Law
University of California, Berkeley
Address:
383 Boalt Hall
Berkeley, CA 94720
Phone:
510.642.0854
E-mail:
zimring@law.berkeley.edu
Parry Aftab
Executive Director
WiredSafety
Address:
1 Bridge St., Suite 56
Irvington-on-Hudson, NY 10533
E-mail:
askparry@wiredsafety.org
Web:
http://www.wiredsafety.org
WiredSafety is an online safety and help group headed by Aftab, a security, privacy and cyberspace lawyer, as well as an author and child advocate. WiredSafety focuses on providing assistance and support to law enforcement, training law enforcement and regulatory agencies, creating awareness and cybercrime prevention programs. Its patrol groups are made up entirely of volunteers.
Senior Attorney
Juvenile Justice
National Center for Youth Law
Address:
405 14th St., 15th Floor
Oakland, CA 94612
Phone:
510.835.8098
E-mail:
parthur@youthlaw.org
Web:
http://www.youthlaw.org/about_ncyl/staff/
Arthur specializes in juvenile justice and complex litigation. She is co-founder and founding president of TeamChild, a Seattle-based, statewide advocacy organization that helps youth in trouble by addressing their basic health, housing and education needs. She has been lead counsel in many class-action lawsuits involving the rights of incarcerated youth and youth at risk of institutionalization.
Director
Center for Juvenile Justice Reform
Georgetown University
Address:
Washington, DC
Phone:
202.687.7656
E-mail:
sbilchik@cwla.org
Web:
http://cjjr.georgetown.edu
Launched in spring 2007, the center supports public agency leaders in juvenile justice and related systems of care. Founding director Bilchik previously headed the federal Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention before leading the Child Welfare League of America for seven years beginning in 2000.
Executive Director
Sex Abuse Treatment Alliance
Address:
P.O. Box 1191
Okemos, 48805-1191
Phone:
405.639.7262
E-mail:
wayne@arq.net
Web:
http://www.satasort.org/index.html
The alliance advocates for policies that treat sexual abuse as a public health issue, saying that most people who have sexually abused can successfully learn not to abuse. Director Bowers is a former sexual offender.
Sarah Bryer
Director
Coalition for Juvenile Justice
National Juvenile Justice Network
Address:
1710 Rhode Island Ave. NW
Washington, DC 20036
Phone:
202.467.0864 x105
E-mail:
info@njjn.org
Web:
www.njjn.org
Executive Director
Association for the Treatment of Sexual Abusers (ATSA)
Address:
4900 S.W. Griffith Drive, Suite 274
Beaverton, OR 97005
Phone:
503.643.1023
E-mail:
maia@atsa.com
Web:
http://www.atsa.com
ATSA is an international organization focused on the prevention of sexual abuse through effective management of sex offenders and the advancement of standards and practices in the field of sex offender evaluation and treatment. Many states have local ATSA contacts, listed here: http://www.atsa.com/state.html#.
Co-Director
Center for Gender and Justice
Address:
7946 Ivanhoe Ave., Suite 201 B
La Jolla, CA 92037
Phone:
858.454.8528
E-mail:
sc@stephaniecovington.com
Web:
http://www.stephaniecovington.com
A clinician, author and organizational consultant, Covington specializes in developing and implementing gender-responsive services in both the public and private sectors. She co-directs both the CGJ -- which promotes gender-responsive policies and practices for women and girls under criminal justice supervision -- and the Institute for Relational Development. Covington consulted with the Pennsylvania Department of Corrections to help it address female offenders' issues and to design an addiction treatment framework to serve both women and men. She co-authored the National Institute of Corrections' 2000 report, "Gender-Responsive Strategies: Research, Practice and Guiding Principles for Women Offenders."
Research Associate
American Probation & Parole Association
Address:
2760 Research Park Drive
Lexington, KY 40511
Phone:
859.244.8198
E-mail:
acrowe@csg.org
Crowe specializes in juvenile justice issues for the international association. APPA -- which represents probation, parole and corrections professionals -- provides information, training and technical assistance on probation, parole and community-based corrections for both adult and juveniles.
David Doi
Executive Director
Coalition for Juvenile Justice
Address:
1211 Connecticut Ave., N.W.
Washington, DC 20036
Phone:
202.467.0864, Ext. 5
E-mail:
info@juvjustice.org
Web:
http://www.juvjustice.org/index.html
CJJ is a coalition of juvenile justice state advisory groups, guiding elected officials on juvenile justice issues. Its Web site provides fact sheets, lists of state juvenile justice specialists and a glossary of relevant terms about young offenders, law enforcement and juvenile courts.
Executive Director
National Juvenile Detention Association
Eastern Kentucky University
Address:
301 Perkins Building, 521 Lancaster Ave.
Richmond, KY 40475
Phone:
859.622.6259
E-mail:
njdaed2@aol.com
Web:
http://www.njda.com/default.html
NJDA works on a series of state and federal grants promoting improved training and professional development for detention caregivers, reduced crowding in facilities and overall better quality of life in juvenile detention. Dunlap develops alternatives-to-detention and diversion programs with state and local officials nationwide.
Director
Juvenile Justice Project
Correctional Association of New York
Address:
135 E. 15th St.
New York, NY 10003
Phone:
212.254.5700, Ext. 315
Deputy Director
Council of Juvenile Correctional Administrators
Address:
170 Forbes Road, Suite 106
Braintree, MA 02184
Phone:
718.843.2663
E-mail:
kim.godfrey@cjca.net
Web:
http://www.cjca.net/sitecode/cjca_home.html
CJCA provides education and tools to help state juvenile correction directors improve services and conditions at youth facilities and programs. CJCA won the 2004 Innovations in American Government Award for its national performance-based standards program on residential programs' quality of life.
Executive Director
American Correctional Association
Address:
4380 Forbes Blvd.
Lanham, MD 20706
Phone:
703.224.0000
E-mail:
execoffice@aca.org
Web:
http://www.aca.org
President and Chief Executive Officer
Greenwood and Associates
Address:
1936 Flathead Trail
Agoura, CA 91301
Phone:
818.889.0405
E-mail:
peter.greenwood@sbcglobal.net
Founder and Senior Fellow
American Youth Policy Forum
Address:
1836 Jefferson Place, NW
Washington, DC 20036
Phone:
202.775.9731
E-mail:
shalperin@aypf.org
Web:
http://www.aypf.org/
Media Contact
National Juvenile Justice Prosecution Center (NJJPC)
American Prosecutors Research Institute
Address:
99 Canal Center Plaza, Suite 510
Alexandria, VA 22314
Phone:
703.549.9222
E-mail:
juvenilejustice@ndaa-apri.org
Web:
http://www.ndaa-apri.org/apri/programs/juvenile/jj...
NJJPC provides training and collects and disseminates information to enhance prosecutors’ abilities to prosecute and prevent juvenile crime.
Communications Associate
Fight Crime
Address:
1212 New York Ave. NW, Suite 300
Washington, DC 20005
Phone:
202.464.7015
E-mail:
charvey@fightcrime.org
Web:
www.fightcrime.org
The national, nonprofit anti-crime organization represents more than 3,000 police chiefs, sheriffs, prosecutors, other law enforcement leaders and violence survivors. It takes a hard-nosed look at crime prevention strategies and urges investment in research-tested programs. The D.C.-based organization advocates for high-quality early education programs, prevention of child abuse and neglect, after-school programs, and interventions to get troubled kids back on track.
Executive Director
The Pendulum Foundation
Address:
2860 So. Circle Drive, #123
Colorado Springs, CO 80906
Phone:
720.314.1402
E-mail:
maryellen@pendulumfoundation.com
Web:
http://www.pendulumfoundation.com/
The Pendulum Foundation's mission is to physically, emotionally and spiritually free all young people whose childhoods have been lost in Colorado’s prison system. Pendulum is dedicated to educating the public about the issue of children in adult prisons, and in transforming the lives of all those youthful offenders who are currently behind bars.
Director
The Center for Children of Incarcerated Parents
Address:
65 S. Grand Ave.
Pasadena, CA 91105
Phone:
626.449.2470
E-mail:
ccip@earthlink.net
David Kass
Executive Director
Fight Crime: Invest In Kids
Address:
1212 New York Avenue
Suite 300
Washington, DC 20005
Phone:
202.776.0027 ext. 119
E-mail:
dkass@fightcrime.org
Web:
www.fightcrime.org
Legal Director
Juvenile Law Center
Address:
The Philadelphia Building, 4th Floor
1315 Walnut St.
Philadelphia, PA 19107
Phone:
215.625.0551
E-mail:
mlevick@jlc.org
Web:
http://www.jlc.org
Levick, an advocate for juvenile and women's rights, co-founded the center. She has represented children in delinquency and dependency proceedings and litigated challenges to conditions of confinement in juvenile institutions. She has worked to develop standards for prosecuting juveniles in the adult criminal justice system, and she's developing strategies to address girls' special needs in the juvenile justice and child welfare systems.
Director, Program for High Risk Youth
Juvenile Detention Alternatives Initiative
Annie E. Casey Foundation (AECF)
Address:
701 St. Paul St.
Baltimore, MD 21202
Phone:
410.547.3671
E-mail:
blubow@aecf.org
Web:
http://www.aecf.org
The Juvenile Detention Alternatives Initiative has been the flagship of AECF’s efforts to increase the odds that youth in the juvenile justice system make successful transitions to adulthood.
Executive Director
Center on Juvenile and Criminal Justice
Address:
54 Dore St.
San Francisco, CA 94103
Phone:
415.621.5661, ext. 310
E-mail:
dmacallair@cjcj.org
Web:
http://www.cjcj.org/index.php
Macallair is the co-founder of the Center on Juvenile and Criminal Justice. His expertise is in the development and analysis of correctional policy for youth and adult offenders. He has implemented model programs throughout the country. His programs have received national recognition and were cited as exemplary models by the United States Department of Justice and Harvard University's Innovations in American Government program. He authored a 1999 study on youth curfew.
Senior Research Fellow
Center on Juvenile and Criminal Justice
Address:
54 Dore St.
San Francisco, CA 94103
Phone:
415.621.5661
E-mail:
mmales@earthlink.net
Web:
http://home.earthlink.net/~mmales
Males researches youth crime, drug abuse, pregnancy and economics. He is the author of “Kids & Guns: How Politicians, Experts and the Press Fabricate Fear of Youth” (Common Courage Press, 2001) and co-author of “California Youth Crime Declines: The Untold Story” (Center on Juvenile and Criminal Justice, 2006) and “Testing Incapacitation Theory: Youth Crime and Incarceration in California” (Center on Juvenile and Criminal Justice, 2006) showing that massive declines in the imprisonment of California youth accompanied large declines in both serious and misdemeanor crime by youths of all races over the last three decades.
Director of Information and Media Services
Juvenile Justice Evaluation Center (JJEC)
Justice Research and Statistics Association (JRSA)
Address:
777 N. Capitol St. N.E., Suite 801
Washington, DC 20002
Phone:
202.842.9330
E-mail:
kmaline@jrsa.org
Web:
http://www.jrsa.org/jjec/index.html
JRSA conducts and publishes research on justice issues, provides training and technical assistance and maintains a clearinghouse of state criminal justice activities. JJEC works to improve the evaluation of juvenile justice programs in the states. Its Web site offers links to state resources on juvenile justice issues.
Research Associate
Center for Sex Offender Management
Center for Effective Public Policy
Address:
8403 Colesville Road, Suite 720
Silver Spring, MD 20910
Phone:
301.589.9383
E-mail:
smatson@cepp.com
Web:
http://www.csom.org
CSOM supports state and local jurisdictions in the effective management of adult and juvenile sex offenders under community supervision. It is sponsored by the U.S. Department of Justice, in collaboration with the National Institute of Corrections, State Justice Institute and the American Probation and Parole Association.
Vice President
Ssytem and Service Reform
Annie E. Casey Foundation
Address:
701 St. Paul St.
Baltimore, MD 21202
Phone:
410.223.2852
E-mail:
media@aecf.org
Web:
www.aecf.org
McCarthy oversees the foundation's work in income security; child welfare; general, reproductive and mental health; substance abuse; juvenile justice; education; and early childhood and youth development.
Director
Institute for Intergovernmental Research
The National Youth Gang Center
Address:
P.O. Box 12729
Tallahassee, FL 32317
Phone:
850.385.0600
E-mail:
nygc@iir.com
The center collects and analyzes statistical data on gangs, analyzes gang legislation and identifies gang program strategies.
Policy Analyst
Center for Data Analysis
Heritage Foundation
Address:
214 Massachusetts Ave., N.E..
Washington, DC 20002
Phone:
202.608.6209
E-mail:
david.muhlhausen@heritage.org
Tracy Godwin Mullins
Director
National Youth Court Center (NYCC)
American Probation and Parole Association (APPA)
Address:
2760 Research Park Drive
Lexington, KY 40511
Phone:
859.244.8215
E-mail:
tgodwin@csg.org
Web:
http://www.youthcourt.net/default.htm
NYCC serves as a central point of contact for youth court programs across the nation. It serves as an information clearinghouse, provides training and technical assistance, and develops resource materials on how to develop and enhance youth court programs in the United States.
President and CEO
Southwest Key Program, Inc.
Address:
3000 S. IH-35, Suite 410
Austin, TX 78704
Phone:
512.462.2181
E-mail:
jsanchez@swkey.org
Web:
http://www.swkey.org/Juan_Sanchez.html
Sánchez is a leader in the field of juvenile justice. He serves on the board of the National Council on Crime and Delinquency, as an associate with the Vera Institute of Justice, as technical assistance provider for the Annie E. Casey Foundation’s Juvenile Justice Alternative Initiative and as an appointee to the National Council of La Raza’s board of directors. Southwest Key Programs operates over 45 programs in seven states, including juvenile justice and family programs, safe shelters for immigrant children, alternative schools, youth empowerment and fatherhood programs, job creation initiatives, and child care brokerage services.
Professor
National Crime Victims Research and Treatment Center
Medical University of South Carolina
Address:
165 Cannon St., Box 250852
Charleston, SC 29425
Phone:
843.792.2945
E-mail:
saunders@musc.edu
Executive Director
Juvenile Law Center
Address:
The Philadelphia Building
1315 Walnut St., 4th Floor
Philadelphia, PA 19107
Phone:
215.625.0551
E-mail:
rschwartz@jlc.org
Web:
http://www.jlc.org
JLC provides legal representation and services to children under the care of child welfare or juvenile justice systems, residential treatment facilities and adult prisons. A co-founder of the center, Schwartz has brought class-action litigation over institutional conditions and probation functions. He was chair of the American Bar Association's Juvenile Justice Committee from 1992 to 1998 and was a member of the MacArthur Foundation Research Network on Adolescent Development and Juvenile Justice.
Senior Staff Attorney
Judge David L. Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law
Address:
1101 15th St. N.W., Suite 1212
Washington, DC 20005
Phone:
202.467.5730, ext. 116
E-mail:
tammy@bazelon.org
Web:
http://www.bazelon.org/about/staff/seltzer.htm...
Tammy Seltzer is a senior staff attorney at the Judge David L. Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law, a national nonprofit public interest organization formed in 1972 to advance the legal rights of people with mental disabilities. She is working on a project to prevent the unnecessary criminalization of mentally ill adults who have committed nonviolent offenses. She also is involved in a project to improve special education services for children and teens with emotional and behavioral problems who are at risk of arrest and detention. Seltzer has given technical assistance to states and mental health advocates on issues in children’s mental health. Bazelon recently published her reports “Suspending Disbelief,” in which she analyzed the positive behavioral support provisions of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA); and “Teaming Up,” which describes how IDEA and Medicaid can be used to provide comprehensive mental health and support services for children and youth. Her law degree is from the David Clark School of Law at the University of the District of Columbia, and she earned her bachelor’s degree in public policy from Cornell University.
Exectuive Director
Center for Children’s Law and Policy (CCLP
Address:
1701 K St., NW, Suite 600
Washington, DC 20006
Phone:
202.637.0377, Ext. 114
E-mail:
msoler@cclp.org
Web:
http://cclp.org/index.html
CCLP is a public interest law and policy organization focused on reform of juvenile justice and other systems that affect troubled and at-risk children, and protection of the rights of children in such systems.
Deborah Donovan Rice
Executive Director
STOP IT NOW!
Address:
351 Pleasant St.
Northampton, MA 01060
Phone:
413.587.3500
E-mail:
drice@stopitnow.org
This nonprofit's Online Help Center is a 24/7 resource for any adult wanting to prevent the sexual abuse of children. Its target audiences are parents and grandparents, professionals from a wide range of disciplines and other adults including those concerned about their own sexual interest in children. The information covers the continuum of prevention information for those wanting to prevent abuse at the earliest possible moment and who want to actively stand up for children; child-serving organizations; those who are already serving families where abuse has occurred; and those who are ready to be accountable for their sexual interest in children.
Ronald Stephens
Executive Director
National School Safety Center
Address:
141 Duesenberg Drive, Suite 11
Westlake Village, CA 91362
Phone:
805.373.9977
E-mail:
ronald@nssc1.org
Web:
http://www.schoolsafety.us
NSSC provides training and resources support safe schools for school children worldwide. Stephens has served as consultant and frequent speaker for school districts, law enforcement agencies and professional organizations. He has been a teacher, assistant superintendent and school board member. His was also chief school business officer and vice president of Pepperdine University in Malibu, Calif. Stephens received his bachelor's degree in business administration and a master's degree from Pepperdine University. He received his Ed.D. from the University of Southern California.
Division Director
Juvenile Justice Division
Child Welfare League of America
Address:
440 First St. N.W., Third Floor
Washington, DC 20001
Phone:
202.638.2952
E-mail:
jtuell@cwla.org
Web:
http://www.cwla.org/programs/juvenilejustice/
The division works with member agencies to reduce reliance on incarceration for accused or adjudicated delinquent youth. It helps to develop community-based alternatives that promote positive youth development while ensuring protection of the public safety.
Malcolm Young
Executive Director
The Sentencing Project
Address:
514 10th St. N.W., Suite 1000
Washington, DC 20004
Phone:
202.628.0871
E-mail:
mauer@sentencingproject.org
Web:
http://www.sentencingproject.org
The project promotes decreased reliance on incarceration and increased use of more effective and humane alternatives. It has helped establish alternative sentencing programs in more than 22 states and consulted on issues such as juvenile detention, racial disparity and the trial of juveniles in adult court.
Executive Director
Justice Policy Institute
Address:
1003 K Street NW
Suite 500
Washington, DC 20001
Phone:
202.558.7974 x312
E-mail:
jziedenberg@justicepolicy.org
Director
Bureau of Juvenile Justice
Michigan Department of Human Services
Address:
1326 St. Antoine
Detroit, MI 48226
Phone:
517.241.7210
E-mail:
DixonL@michigan.gov
Leonard Dixon is the former director of the Wayne County (Mich.) Community Justice-Juvenile Detention Facility, where he was responsible for the operations of detention and detention alternatives.
Kathi Grasso
Senior Juvenile Justice Policy and Legal Advisor
Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP)
U.S. Department of Justice
Address:
810 Seventh St., N.W.
Washington, DC 20531
Phone:
202.616.7567
E-mail:
kathi.grasso@usdoj.gov
OJJDP provides data on juvenile crime, delinquency prevention and violence and victimization. Its online Statistical Briefing Book ( http://.ojjdp.ncjrs.org/ojstatbb/index.html) and Juvenile Facts and Figures Web site (http://ojjdp.ncjrs.org/facts/facts.html) offer direct access to statistics and trends in juvenile justice and victimization.
Senior Research Officer
Corrections Research
Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness Canada
Address:
340 Laurier Avenue West
Ottawa, K1A 0P8
Phone:
1.613.991.2840
E-mail:
karl.hanson@psepc-sppcc.gc.ca
Web:
http://www.psepc-sppcc.gc.ca/az-index/
Hanson is an expert in the risk assessment of violent and sexual offenders.
Chief Judge
Norfolk Juvenile and Domestic Relations District Court
Address:
800 E. City Hall Ave.
Richmond, VA 23510
Phone:
757.664.7341
E-mail:
jcjones@courts.state.va.us
Director, Children's Mental Health Services and Pr
Behavioral Health Division
Milwaukee County Child and Adolescent Services
Address:
9201 Watertown Plank Road
Wauwatosa, WI 53226
Phone:
414.257.7639
E-mail:
bkamrad@wrapmilw.org
Web:
http://milwaukeecounty.org/Service/
Kamradt, MSW, is director of children’s mental health services at Wraparound Milwaukee. He directs the delivery of mental health, social services and other supports to more than 600 delinquent and nondelinquent youths who would otherwise be in long-term residential treatment, psychiatric hospitalization or correctional placement. The program coordinates plans across child-serving institutions and blends funding from Medicaid, child welfare, juvenile justice and mental health to meet youths’ comprehensive needs.
Presiding Judge
Miami-Dade Juvenile Court
11th Judicial Circuit-State of Florida
Address:
3300 N.W. 27th Ave.
Miami, FL 33142
Phone:
305.638.6087
E-mail:
clederman@jud11.flcourts.org
Chief
Juvenile Justice Bureau
Cook County State Attorney's Office
Address:
100 S. Hamilton St., Sixth Floor
Chicago, IL 60612
Phone:
312.433.7028
E-mail:
cryan@cookcountygov.com
Director
Department of Youth Rehabilitation Services (DYRS)
District of Columbia Government
Address:
1000 Mt. Olivet Road, NE
Washington, DC 20002
Phone:
202.576.8175
E-mail:
vschiraldi@aol.com
Manager of Data Collection
National Juvenile Court Data Archive (NJCDA)
National Center for Juvenile Justice
Address:
710 Fifth Ave.
Pittsburgh, PA 15219
Phone:
412.227.6950
E-mail:
njcda@ncjj.org
Web:
http://ojjdp.ncjrs.org/ojstatbb/
The National Juvenile Court Data Archive houses the automated records of cases handled by courts with juvenile jurisdiction. The Archive was established by the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, within the U.S. Department of Justice, to promote access to automated juvenile court data sets for juvenile justice research and policymaking efforts. This web site was developed to inform researchers about the available data sets and the procedures for use and access.
ReConnect Program Coordinator
Women in Prison Project
Correctional Association of New York
Address:
135 East 15th St.
New York, NY 10003
Phone:
212.254.5700, Ext. 338
E-mail:
awilliams@correctionalassociation.org
Web:
http://www.correctionalassociation.org/WIPP/
Williams will help connect journalists to former women inmates in New York and elsewhere. The Women in Prison Project addresses the effects of New York’s criminal justice policies on women and their families. It is the only project with the authority to visit female correctional facilities to monitor conditions of confinement.
