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  • Thursday, June 16, 2011
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*******MEDIA ADVISORY*******

NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF JUSTICE HOSTS ANNUAL CONFERENCE
ON CRIMINAL JUSTICE RESEARCH

WASHINGTON - More than 1,000 criminal justice professionals will attend the National Institute of Justice's Annual Conference, Translational Criminology: Shaping Policy and Practice With Research, Monday, June 20, through Wednesday, June 22, at the Marriott Crystal Gateway, Arlington, Va. The conference highlights research about crosscutting criminal justice issues and programs. Attorney General Eric H. Holder, Jr. will deliver a keynote address on 12 p.m. Noon on WEDNESDAY, June 22, at the Marriott Crystal Gateway, Arlington, Va.

CONFERENCE LOCATION:

Marriott Crystal Gateway
1700 Jefferson Davis Highway
Arlington, Va. 22202

Press inquiries should be directed to Sheila Jerusalem at 202-307-0703.
        To review the entire agenda, please visit www.nij.gov.

MONDAY, JUNE 20

8:30 - 8:45 a.m. Opening Remarks: John H. Laub, Director, National Institute of Justice
LOCATION: Salon III ? IV
OPEN PRESS
8:45 a.m. ? 10:15 a.m. Plenary Panel Session: Translating the Science of Community to Criminal Justice Practice (and Back)
Moderator: John H. Laub, Director, National Institute of Justice
Panelists: Edward Davis, Police Commissioner, Boston Police Department; Michael Davis, Chief of Police, Brooklyn Park Police Department; Robert J. Sampson, Henry Ford II Professor of the Social Sciences, Harvard University
LOCATION: Salon III ? IV
OPEN PRESS
12:15 p.m. ? 2 p.m. Luncheon keynote: Lawrence Bobo, W.E.B. Du Bois Professor of the Social Sciences, Harvard University
LOCATION: Salon III-IV
OPEN PRESS
TUESDAY, JUNE 21  
10:30 a.m. ? 12:00 p.m. Plenary Session: 10 Year Anniversary of 9/11- Advances in Science from Tragedy
Moderator: John H. Laub, Director, National Institute of Justice
Panelists: Gary LaFree, Director, National Consortium for the Study of Terrorism and Response to Terrorism; Jay Nunamaker, Director and Principle Investigator, Center for the Management of Information, National Center for Border Security and Immigration; Robert Shaler, Professor, Pennsylvania State University (ret.)
LOCATION: Salon III ? IV
OPEN PRESS
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 22  
8:30 a.m. ? 10:00 a.m. Plenary Session: Translating Science ? A Town Hall on the Challenges
Moderator: John H. Laub, Director, National Institute of Justice
Panelists: David Chambers, Associate Director for Dissemination and Implementation Research, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services; Patrick Gallagher, Director, National Institute of Standards and Technology; Linda Mellgren, Senior Social Science Analyst, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services; John Easton, Director, Institute of Education Sciences, U.S. Department of Education
12:00 p.m. ? 1:30 p.m. Luncheon keynote:
Eric H. Holder, Jr., U.S. Attorney General
Laurie O. Robinson, Assistant Attorney General, Office of Justice Programs
LOCATION: Salon III-IV
OPEN PRESS

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