Speaker Presentations for 2009 (St. Louis, MO)
The presentations provided here were supplied by the presenter, and are in alphabetical order by last name of the presenter. Presentation titles may differ from those listed in the program. If you have any questions or would like more information, please contact the presenter directly.
The full conference agenda with links to the Presentations is available.
Dan Abreu, National GAINS Center, Delmar, New York
Presentation: For Whom Does Jail Diversion Work?
Session: Mentally Ill Offenders
Christine Shea Adams, Colorado Division of Criminal Justice
Presentation: Community Corrections Outcomes in the State of Colorado
Session: Community Corrections Programs and Populations
Nancy Arrigona, Texas Juvenile Probation Commission
Presentation: Development to Use: The Texas Juvenile Probation Commission Risk and Needs Assessment Instrument
Session: Development and Use of Risk Assessment Instruments
Mica Astion, Research and Policy Division, Massachusetts Executive Office of Public Safety and Security
Presentation: An Overview of Intimate Partner Homicides in Massachusetts
Session: Research on Domestic Violence, Sexual Assault and Stalking
Bill Bales, College of Criminology and Criminal Justice, Florida State University
Presentation: A Demonstration of the Use of Criminal History Data for Recidivism Research
Session: Using Criminal History Records for Research
Allen Beck, Bureau of Justice Statistics, U.S. Department of Justice
Presentation: BJS Activities related to the Prison Rape Elimination Act - Latest Findings and Estimating Costs for Implementation of Standards
Session: Sexual Victimization in Prison
Matthew T. Bileski, Arizona Statistical Analysis Center
Presentation: Using Criminal History Records to Examine the Reporting of Sexual Assault in Arizona
Session: Using Criminal History Records for Research
Phyllis V. Blood, Iowa Department of Human Rights
Presentation: Minority Impact Statements - One Approach to Racial Disparity in the Justice System
Session: Racial Disparities in the Justice System
Lindsay Bostwick Illinois Criminal Justice Information Authority
Presentation: Women Behind Bars: How Abuse Affects Criminal Behavior and Implications for Interventions & Services
Session: Victims of Crime
Kristen Bugden, J.D. Candidate, New England Law | Boston
Presentation: Gendered Perceptions of Date Rape: Is Sex an Exchangeable Commodity?
Session: Research on Domestic Violence, Sexual Assault and Stalking
Shannan Catalano, Bureau of Justice Statistics, U.S. Department of Justice
Presentation: Stalking Victimization: Findings from the National Crime Victimization Survey
Session: Research on Domestic Violence, Sexual Assault and Stalking
Fred Cheesman, National Center for State Courts, Williamsburg, VA
Presentation: Performance Measures for Mental Health Courts
Session: Assessing the Performance of Specialized Courts
Janet Chiancone, Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention
Presentation: Calculating OJJDP's Native-American "Pass Through" Funding: Challenges and Next Steps
Session: Tribal Crime Data
Michelle D. Cook, Iowa Statistical Analysis Center
Presentation: Statewide Evaluation of 2003 Iowa Adult and Juvenile Drug Courts
Session: Assessing the Performance of Specialized Courts
Emily Covelli, Department of Criminology and Criminal Justice, Portland State University
Presentation: Racial Disparities in Search Rates: Examining the Meaning Behind Them
Session: Racial Disparities in the Justice System
Stephen M. Cox, Central Connecticut State University
Presentation: An Outcome Analysis of Connecticut's Halfway Houses
Session: Community Corrections Programs and Populations
Scott H. Decker, School of Criminology and Criminal Justice, Arizona State University
Presentation: Leaving the Gang: Problems and Prospects
Session: Recent Findings in Gang-Related Research
Kim English, Colorado Division of Criminal Justice
Presentation: Colorado's Parole Risk Scale
Session: Development and Use of Risk Assessment Instruments
Meredith Farrar-Owens, Virginia Criminal Sentencing Commission
Presentation: Impact of Technical Violators on Virginia's Prison Population
Session: Sentencing Research in the States
Holly Foster, Department of Sociology, Texas A&M University
Presentation: The Impact of Incarceration on Children by Parental Gender and Race/Ethnicity
Session: The Impact of Incarceration
Margaret Wolf Freivogel, St. Louis Beacon
Presentation: St. Louis Beacon
Session: Crime and the Media
Ted Gest, Criminal Justice Journalists, Washington, DC
Presentation: How Crime Is Reported In the Internet Age
Session: Crime and the Media
Lauren Glaze, Bureau of Justice Statistics, U.S. Department of Justice
Presentation: Trends and Recent Changes in Community Corrections Populations in the United States
Session: Community Corrections Programs and Populations
Stephen Haas, West Virginia Statistical Analysis Center
Presentation: Exploring Treatment Matching and Service Delivery Issues in Offender Reentry
Session: Research on Offender Reentry
Paige Harrison, Bureau of Justice Statistics, U.S. Department of Justice
Presentation: Implementing the Prison Rape Elimination Act of 2003 in Juvenile Facilities
Session: Sexual Victimization in Prison
Peggy Heil, Colorado Department of Corrections
Presentation: Is Prison Sexual Offending Indicative of Community Risk?
Session: Sexual Victimization in Prison
David Hirschel, Department of Criminal Justice and Criminology, University of Massachusetts, Lowell
Presentation: An Examination of the Factors that Impact the Likelihood of Arrest in Intimate Partner Violence Cases
Session: Perspectives on Law Enforcement Practices
Beth Huebner, Department of Criminology and Criminal Justice, University of Missouri, St. Louis
Presentation: Neighborhood Context and Recidivism: An Analysis by Gender
Session: Research on Offender Reentry
Col. Daniel Isom, Chief of Police, St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department
Presentation: Crime Trends and the Economy - St. Louis Perspective
Session: Keynote Address
Jeremy Kohler, St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Presentation: How the St. Louis Post-Dispatch Covers Crime
Session: Crime and the Media
Lynn Langton, Bureau of Justice Statistics, U.S. Department of Justice
Presentation: The Costs and Benefits of Law Enforcement Aviation Units
Session: Perspectives on Law Enforcement Practices
Janet L. Lauritsen, Department of Criminology and Criminal Justice, University of Missouri, St. Louis
Presentation: What Can Victim Survey Data Tell Us About Violent Crime Trends in Rural, Suburban, and Urban Areas?
Session: Measuring Crime Rates and Crime Trends
Jennifer Eno Louden, Department of Psychology, University of Texas, El Paso
Presentation: Reducing Recidivism Risk for Offenders With Mental Disorder
Session: Mentally Ill Offenders
Kristy Matsuda, Department of Criminology and Criminal Justice, University of Missouri, St. Louis
Presentation: The Impact of Incarceration on Young Offender Development and Recidivism
Session: The Impact of Incarceration
Rob McManus, South Carolina Statistical Analysis Center
Presentation: Gangs in South Carolina: How Much, How Bad?
Session: Recent Findings in Gang-Related Research
Tammy Meredith, Applied Research Services, Atlanta, Georgia
Presentation: Assessing Risk: Prison Release, Correctional Supervision, and Other Applications
Session: Development and Use of Risk Assessment Instruments
Timothy M. Mulcahy, National Opinion Research Center, Bethesda, Maryland
Presentation: Methamphetamine Markets in their Communities: Variation in Organization, Operation, and Outcomes
Session: Drugs and Drug Treatment
John P. O'Connell, Delaware Statistical Analysis Center
Presentation: Delaware Juvenile Sex Offender Recidivism
Session: Recidivism of Adult and Juvenile Offenders
Michael Overton, Nebraska Statistical Analysis Center
Presentation: Identifying Criminal Justice and Mental Health Populations
Session: Mentally Ill Offenders
Joseph L. Peterson, School of Criminal Justice and Criminalistics, California State University, Los Angeles
Presentation: The Role and Impact of Forensic Evidence in the Criminal Justice Process
Session: Perspectives on Law Enforcement Practices
Spencer Price, Delaware Statistical Analysis Center
Presentation: 2007 Superior Court Drug Case Sentencing Patterns
Session: Sentencing Research in the States
Craig Prins, Oregon Criminal Justice Commission
Presentation: Monitoring Mandatory Minimums
Session: Sentencing Research in the States
Roger Przybylski, RKP Consulting, Lakewood, Colorado
Presentation: Impact of Incarceration on Crime
Session: The Impact of Incarceration
Michael Rand, Bureau of Justice Statistics, U.S. Department of Justice
Presentation: Crime Against People with Disabilities: First Findings
Session: Citizen Surveys on Crime and Victimization
Andres F. Rengifo, Department of Criminology and Criminal Justice, University of Missouri, St. Louis
Presentation: Reconciling the Multiple Objectives of Policies for Drug Offenders: Kansas Experience with Mandatory Treatment
Session: Drugs and Drug Treatment
Chris Renna, Missouri Statistical Analysis Center
Presentation: Mapping Methamphetamine Labs in Missouri
Session: Drugs and Drug Treatment
Richard Rosenfeld, Department of Criminology and Criminal Justice, University of Missouri, St. Louis
Presentation: "Turning Data into Policy:" Improving the Nation's Crime-Monitoring Infrastructure
Session: Measuring Crime Rates and Crime Trends
Richard Rosenfeld, Curators Professor, Department of Criminology and Criminal Justice, University of Missouri, St. Louis
Presentation: The Impact of the Economy on Crime Trends
Session: Keynote Address
Mark Rubin, Maine Statistical Analysis Center
Presentation: The Challenges of Using Criminal History Records to Understand Drug Offenses in Maine
Session: Using Criminal History Records for Research
Howard N. Snyder, Recidivism, Reentry and Special Projects Unit, Bureau of Justice Statistics, U.S. Department of Justice
Presentation: Dissecting Crime Rates
Session: Measuring Crime Rates and Crime Trends
Howard N. Snyder, Recidivism, Reentry and Special Projects Unit, Bureau of Justice Statistics, U.S. Department of Justice
Presentation: Recidivism Research at BJS
Session: Recidivism of Adult and Juvenile Offenders
Phillip Stevenson, Statistical Analysis Center, Arizona Criminal Justice Commission
Presentation: Measuring Crime in Indian Country: A Review of Arizona's Tribal Crime Data
Session: Tribal Crime Data
Jimmy Steyee, Montana Statistical Analysis Center, Montana Board of Crime Control
Presentation: Crime Data Collection on Northwest Tribal Lands: Evaluating BIA Crime Data
Session: Tribal Crime Data
Jackie Vandercook, Tennessee Statistical Analysis Center
Presentation: School Crime in Tennessee
Session: Victims of Crime
Rodney Wambeam, Wyoming Survey and Analysis Center
Presentation: Collective Efficacy, Energy, and Crime in Wyoming
Session: Citizen Surveys on Crime and Victimization
Mike Wilson, Oregon Statistical Analysis Center
Presentation: Cost-Benefit Analysis of Programs that Reduce Recidivism
Session: Recidivism of Adult and Juvenile Offenders
Janeena J. Wing, Idaho Statistical Analysis Center
Presentation: Unmasking Unreported Crime: Idaho's 2008 Crime Victimization Survey
Session: Citizen Surveys on Crime and Victimization
David Wright, Decision Support Services, Oklahoma Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services
Presentation: Outcome and Performance Measure Reporting System for Drug Courts and Mental Health Courts
Session: Assessing the Performance of Specialized Courts
