Congressional Briefing: Translating Research to Policy
Improving Justice for Women and Girls
Thursday, October 11, 2018 | 9:30am – 12:30pm
Rayburn Office Building, Room 2237, Washington DC
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The Division on Women and Crime (DWC) of the American Society of Criminology includes top scholars in gender, crime, and justice.
At an October 11 Congressional Briefing, DWC researchers summarized “state of the science” in their areas of expertise and offered evidence-based policy recommendations aimed at improving justice for women and girls to a packed room.
DWC’s scholars were brilliant, articulate and passionate while advocating strongly to improve justice for women and girls.
View the photo gallery here.
View the special issue of Translational Criminology here.
EVENT SCHEDULE
Time Event Speaker Event
9:30-10:00 AM Registration and Breakfast
10:00-10:05 AM Sheetal Ranjan, William Paterson University (Chair, DWC) Opening Remarks
10:07-10:10 AM Rosemary Barberet, John Jay College of Criminal Justice (Past Editor, Feminist Criminology) About the Journal
10:12-10:20 AM Rep. Josh Gottheimer, New Jersey’s 5th District Special Remarks
10:22-10:30 AM Tara Richards, University of Nebraska Omaha Campus Gender Based Violence
10:32-10:40 AM Shelly L. Clevenger, Illinois State University Cyberabuse of Women and Girls
10:42-10:50 AM Rachel Lovell, Case Western Reserve University Sexual Assault Kit Backlog
10:52-11:00 AM Cecilia Menjívar, UCLA, Asylum Protections for Immigrant Women
11:00-11:10 AM Jennifer Cobbina, Michigan State University Women in the Correctional System
11:12-11:20 AM Break
11:22-11:30 AM Anne Kringen, University of New Haven Diversity in Law Enforcement
11:32-11:40 AM Cara Rabe-Hemp, Illinois State University Women’s Participation in Peace and Security
11:42-11:50 AM Lynn Addington, American University Investing in Data
11:50-11:58 AM Jocelyn Fontaine, Urban Institute Connecting the Dots
12:00-12:15 PM Amanda Burgess-Proctor, Oakland University (Moderator) Q & A
12:30 PM Adjourn
Policy essays from this briefing are forthcoming in a special issue of Translational Criminology, the magazine of the Center for Evidence-Based Crime Policy at George Mason University.
Breakfast and Videography sponsored by Sage Publishing. Photography sponsored by American University.
Link to all photographs.
Feminist Criminology, official journal of the Division on Women and Crime of the American Society of Criminology
Editor: Kristy Holtfreter, Arizona State University