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Adolescent Offenders and the Line between the Juvenile and Criminal Justice Systems
8:30 am -12 pm, Tuesday, March 20, 2007
Legislative Auditorium
Powerpoint Slides (click on names below)
Nearly 80 NC legislators and agency representatives attended the 2007 Family Impact Seminar. The seminar provided policymakers with objective information, insight, and policy options related to current juvenile and criminal justice issues. National experts addressed:
- Research on adolescent development, causes of recidivism, and related issues
- Strategies used by other states to address the line between juvenile and adult justice systems
- Options and considerations for North Carolina policymakers
Seminar Agenda
(click on each presenters name to open the Powerpoint slides)
9:00 Welcome
Sen. Fletcher Hartsell and
Kenneth Dodge, Ph.D.
Director, Center for Child and Family Policy, Duke University
9:15 Setting the Stage: Adolescent Offenders in the US and NC
Sarah Hammond, Esq. Program Principal, Criminal Justice, National Conference of State Legislatures
* Juvenile Justice in US and NC (pps)
10:00 Adolescents in the Criminal Justice System: Research and Implications for Policy
Donna M. Bishop, Ph.D.
College of Criminal Justice, Northeastern University
11:00 Another State’s Experience: Considerations for NC policymakers
The Honorable Toni E. Walker
Deputy Majority Leader, State of Connecticut General Assembly
* Overview of Connecticut's Juvenile Justice System (pps)
* Cost-effective Interventions for Juvenile Offenders (pps)
12:00 Next Steps for Legislators and Agency Leaders
Kenneth Dodge
12:30 Lunch for legislators and presenters
NC Museum of Natural Sciences, Level A Meeting Room
What are Family Impact Seminars?
Family Impact Seminars are a series of seminars, briefing reports and follow-up activities specifically for state policymakers and agency leaders. The seminars provide non-partisan, solution-based research on topics of immediate interest to state leaders.
The North Carolina Family Impact Seminar is part of the Policy Institute for Family Impact Seminars network.
Comments about North Carolina's
Family Impact Seminar:
"We as legislators need an opportunity to get together and 'think outside the box' in our search for real solutions to real problems. The Family Impact Seminars give us that needed opportunity and the environment to do just that."
~Rep. Jeff Barnhart, Cabarrus County
"Thank you for your Medicaid briefing report. I read through it in preparation for a meeting with a state legislator. It was easy to read and you did a great job localizing the data to North Carolina."
~Karen Bogenschneider,
Policy Institute for state Family Impact Seminars
"There is great potential for NC Family Impact Seminars to contribute to the work we and others are involved with to enhance education for state policymakers in a way that improves policymaking and its impact on NC citizens."
~Dean Mike Smith, UNC-Chapel Hill School of Government
Helpful Links:
North Carolina General Assembly
The Policy Institute for Family Impact Seminars - Wisconsin Family Impact Seminars
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