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2011 Harry F. Guggenheim Symposium on Crime in America

February 15, 2011 11:46:42 am


San Francisco District Attorney George Gascon speaks on the future of technocrime fighting Photo by Preston Merchant

Twenty-six journalists from across the nation gathered at John Jay College of Criminal Justice on Jan. 31st and Feb 1st, 2011 for the 6th Annual Harry Frank Guggenheim Symposium on Crime in America to discuss the conference theme: “Law & Disorder: Facing the Legal and Economic Challenges to American Criminal Justice.”

The journalists were joined by criminal justice professionals and speakers including New York State Chief Judge Jonathan Lippman, Hon. Sue Bell Cobb, Chief Justice of the Alabama Supreme Court; Hon. Andre Davis, United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit; and Hon. Robert T. Russell, Associate Judge for Buffalo City Court and a pioneer of the nation’s Veterans Courts. They were joined by ACLU president Susan Herman;  John T. Chisholm, District Attorney, Milwaukee County, Wisconsin; Daniel F. Conley, District Attorney, Suffolk County, Massachusetts; and George Gascon, newly appointed DA in San Francisco and the city’s former Police Chief.

Panels included:THE COURTS, PUBLIC SAFETY AND CIVIL LIBERTIES: CHALLENGES IN 2011, THE COURTS ON TRIAL: IS THE SYSTEM FAILING US?,TECHNO-CRIME FIGHTING: LAW ENFORCEMENT, CIVIL LIBERTIES, PUBLIC SAFETY AND THE WEB.

See the symposium agenda here.

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Resources from the Conference

Transcript of New York State Chief Justice Jonathan Lippman Keynote Speech

New York State Chief Judge Jonathan Lippman Keynote address - Jan. 31 2011 Download file

The Year in Crime Coverage 2010-2011

The Year in Crime: Coverage from 2010 - 2011. A trend report and conference call transcript prepared by Criminal Justice Journalists. Download file

Reducing Gun Violence Through Enforcement Strategies

Presentation by Jens Ludwig,Professor, University of Chicago Download file

Musings about the Media and Gun Violence

Presentation by David Hemenway, Professor,Harvard University Download file

Techno Crimefighting; Scotland Yard's Operation Javelin (panel 6)

Techno Crimefighting; Scotland Yard's Operation Javelin (panel 6) Download file

Conference Audio

'Welcome (JJ President Jeremy Travis) and Keynote speech: Chief Judge Jonathan Lipman

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