Office of Justice Programs



June 6, 2008, 9 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.

U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Justice Programs

810 Seventh Street NW, Washington, DC 20531

8:30 – 9 a.m. Registration

9 – 9:10 a.m. Welcome and Opening

J. Robert Flores, Administrator, Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ)

9:10 – 10:40 a.m. Presentation on and Discussion of Girls Study Group Research Findings

Margaret Zahn, Acting Deputy Director, Office of Research and Evaluation, National Institute of Justice, Office of Justice Programs, DOJ

Stephanie R. Hawkins, Project Director, Girls Study Group; Research Clinical Psychologist, Crime, Violence and Justice Program, RTI International

Delbert S. Elliot, Director, Center for the Study and Prevention of Violence, Institute of Behavioral Science; Professor Emeritus and Research Professor, Department of Sociology, University of Colorado

10:40 – 11:00 a.m. Break

11:00 – 12:00 p.m. Practitioner Perspective on Girls

Elayne Bennett, President and Founder, Best Friends Foundation

Pauline Hamlette, National and Metropolitan Program Director, Best Friends Foundation

The Honorable Anita Josey-Herring, Associate Judge, Superior Court of the District of Columbia

12:00 – 12:10 p.m. Update on Council Partnership Projects

12:10 – 12:25 p.m. Legislative and Agency Updates, Announcements, and Other Business

12:25 – 12:30 p.m. Closing and Adjournment

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