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 | Committee on a Prioritized Plan to Implement a Developmental Approach in Juvenile Justice Reform
Meeting # 3
March 26-27, 2014
Keck Center, Room 201
500 Fifth Street, NW
 On March 26-27 the Committee on a Prioritized Plan to Implement a Developmental Approach to Juvenile Justice Reform, under the direction of the Committee on Law and Justice(CLAJ), will hold its third meeting. The committee will hear practitioner’s perspectives on the Federal Role in Reforming the Nation's Juvenile Justice System. There will also be inputs from state assembly leaders who have lead reform as well as state judges. The committee will also see presentations on racial and ethnic disparities and on data collection.
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|  | Committee on a Prioritized Plan to Implement a Developmental Approach in Juvenile Justice Reform
Meeting # 2
In the second meeting’s open session the committee discussed access to and the quality of counsel, the role of State Advisory Groups, family engagement, and racial and ethnic disparities. The meeting also discussed the role of OJJDP within the larger OJP/DOJ, and the JJDPA Reauthorization.
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Q&A interview with Richard Rosenfeld, chair of the Roundtable on Crime Trends in The Crime Report entitled, Explaining the U.S. Crime Decline.
|  | DBASSE Reports Related to Gun Violence and Schools
A 2005 report from the Committee on Law and Justice, Firearms and Violence: A Critical Review, found that there is scant evidence about the effectiveness of current measures to prevent and control gun violence and outlined a comprehensive research program. In 2003, the Board on Children, Youth, and Families and CLAJ studied youth violence in schools: Deadly Lessons: Understanding Lethal School Violence.
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CLAJ Member Spotlight
 Carl C. Bell,
University of Illinois at Chicago
Dr. Bell is an internationally recognized authority on racism, misdiagnosis of affective disorders, children exposed to violence prevention, HIV prevention, Isolated Sleep paralysis, and resiliency. He has an extensive background in psychiatric treatment, research, education, and administration. Author or co-author of more than 400 books, monographs, chapters, articles and technical reports.
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A new report from the Institute of Medicine and National Research Council proposes priorities for a research agenda to improve understanding of the public health aspects of gun-related violence. To view the report and issue brief:
