Youth Violence in Urban Communities, May 11-12, 2000

Agenda

William Julius Wilson, Harvard University
Jim Knickman, The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
Charles Royer Urban Health Initiative

Thusday, May 11

Session I: Youth Violence and the Law
Moderator: William Julius Wilson, Harvard University

"Factors Contributing to the Ups and Downs on Youth Violence", Alfred Blumstein, Carnegie Mellon University
Discussant: Deborah Prothrow-Stith, Harvard University

Panel Discussion: Urban Health Initiative Site Directors (chaired by Charles Royer)

"The Changing Jurisprudence of Policing", Tracey Meares, University of Chicago
Discussant: Barry Krisberg, National Council on Crime and Delinquency

Session II: Family and Community Level Predictors of Youth Violence
Moderator: Jim Knickman, The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation

"The Epidemeiology of Witnessing Community Violence in Childhood and Adolescence", Tony Earls, Harvard University
Discussant: David Hawkins, University of Washington

"Social Contagion of Youth Homicide in New York", Jeffrey Fagan, Columbia University
Discussant: J. Diego Vigil, UCLA

Session III: Prevention Programs and Community Responses to Youth Violence
Moderator: Charles Royer, Urban Health Initiative

"The California Wellness Foundation's Violence Prevention Initiative: Findings from the Evaluation of the First Five Years", Peter Greenwood, RAND
Discussant: Chief Reuben Greenberg, Charleston, South Carolina

"The Boston Gun Project: Impact Evaluation Findings", Anthony Braga, Harvard University
Discussant: Lawrence Sherman, Unniversity of Pennsylvania