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Thanks to all who attended the CEBCP Symposium held jointly with the Scottish Institute for Policing Research (SIPR) on April 8-9, 2013. The focus was on translating police research into practice. Read more about the symposium (April 8) and Congressional briefing (April 9) below.

FULL AGENDA

CEBCP-SIPR JOINT SYMPOSIUM

MONDAY APRIL 8, 2013

9:00am-4:00pm

George Mason University Arlington Campus

Morning Plenary "Using Evidence In Practice"

• Sandra Nutley (St. Andrews University)
  • Using evidence in practice: Rationale, challenges, models and emerging lessons
• Nicholas Fyfe (University of Dundee/SIPR)
  • Police-Academic Partnerships and Evidence-Based Policing: exploring SIPR's hybrid identity
• Cynthia Lum (CEBCP/George Mason University)
• Darrel Stephens (Executive Director, Major City Chiefs Association and Hall of Fame Member)
  • Research in Policing

Morning Panels (concurrent)

Policing Beyond the City: Research, Analysis and Performance Measures in Small, Rural and Suburban Places

• Ben Ekelund (International Association of Chiefs of Police)
  • Future of Policing in America: Bringing the Voice of Smaller Agencies to the National Dialogue
• Gary Cordner (Kutztown University)
  • Small/Rural Policing in the US: Insights from Three Projects
• Tara Fenwick (University of Stirling/SIPR)
• James Willis (George Mason University)
• Christopher Koper (George Mason University)

Policing and Vulnerable Populations: Missing Persons, Mentally Ill, and the Homeless

• Penny Woolnough (Scottish Police Service/SIPR)
  • Spatial and social profiling for missing person investigations
• Olivia Stevenson (University of Glasgow/SIPR)
  • Geographies of missing people: Processes, experiences, responses
    
• Deputy Chief Clark Kimerer (Seattle Police Department)
• Captain Jim Dermody (Seattle Police Department)
• Melissa Reuland (Senior Research Consultant to the Council of State Governments (CSG) Justice Center)
  • Specialized Policing Responses (SPR) to People with Mental Illnesses
    

CEBCP Awards Luncheon

• Evidence-Based Policing Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony
• Presentation of the Distinguished Achievement Award in Evidence-Based Crime Policy

Afternoon Panels (concurrent)

Evidence-Translation and Knowledge Exchange Between Researchers and Practitioners

• Cody Telep (CEBCP/George Mason University)
  • The Receptivity of Police to Research: An Examination of Officer Survey Data From Two Agencies
• Tim Bynum (Michigan State University)
• Gill Clark (Scottish Government)
• Rick Tanksley (Oak Park Police Department and Hall of Fame Member) 
• John Kapinos (Fairfax County Police Department and Hall of Fame Member)

Establishing Community Partnerships in Policing

• Alistair Henry (University of Edinburgh/SIPR), Jim Royan and John Hawkins (Scottish Police Service)
• Claudia Gross-Shader (Seattle Office of City Auditor), Mariko Lockhart (Seattle Youth Violence Prevention Initiative) and Charlotte Gill (CEBCP/George Mason University)
  • Engaging Community Partners at Juvenile Crime Hot Spots in Seattle
• Edmund McGarrell (Michigan State University)
  • Police-Community Interaction: Observations from Field Research
• Robin Engel (University of Cincinnati) and William Graham (Glasgow Caledonian University)
  • Establishing Partnerships to Reduce Violence: The Cincinnati Experience
  • Policing Gangs and Violent Youths: A Case Study of International Criminal Justice Policy

Improving on Research and Practice for Police Legitimacy

• Dennis Rosenbaum (University of Illinois, Chicago)
• Devon Johnson (George Mason University)
• Stephen Mastrofski (George Mason University)
• Hassan Aden (Greenville, NC Police Department)
  

Afternoon Plenary: "Using Research in Policing: Why the Focus on Places?"

• David Weisburd (CEBCP/George Mason University)
  • What Explains the Effectiveness of Hot Spots Policing and What New Strategies Should We Employ?
• Susan McVie (University of Edinburgh/SIPR)
  • Linking Neighbourhood Data in the Analysis of Crime
• John Eck (University of Cincinnati)
• Elizabeth Groff (Temple University)
  • Police deployment at places: Do officer activities matter in crime reduction?

CONGRESSIONAL BRIEFING:
"MOVING BEYOND ARREST: RESEARCH ON POLICING AND YOUNG PEOPLE"

TUESDAY, APRIL 9, 2013

10 am- 12:00 noon

U.S. Capitol Visitor Center, HVC 201

Briefing Speakers:

• Thomas Feucht (Acting Deputy Director, National Institute of Justice) - Opening remarks
  
  
• Dennis Rosenbaum (University of Illinois, Chicago) - Police-youth encounters: Defining and addressing the legitimacy problem
  
  
• Jennifer Fratello (Vera Institute of Justice) - Looking beyond the statistics: Planning and launching a study of young people and stop, question and frisk in New York City
  
  
• Leda Blackwood (St. Andrews University/SIPR) - The Muslim airport story: How practices of surveillance unite old and young
  
  
• Jeffrey Murer (St. Andrews University/SIPR) - Young people and collective violence: Identity performance, communication, and expressions of belonging through violence
  
  
• Robin Engel (University of Cincinnati) and William Graham (Glasgow Caledonian University) - Reducing gang violence across cities and cultures: Experiences from Cincinnati, Ohio and Glasgow, Scotland
  
  
• Jean McGloin (University of Maryland) - Thinking about juvenile delinquency from a social network perspective
  
  
• Charles Katz (Arizona State University) - Phoenix CeaseFire and its implications for policing gangs
  
  
• Susan McVie (University of Edinburgh/SIPR) - Young people’s contact with the police: Context and consequences
  
  
• Alistair Henry (University of Edinburgh/SIPR) - Doing partnership working: Challenges and pitfalls