Preventing Lethal Violence: A Symposium at Loyola University

This looks like an amazing event. Some of the leading researchers on crime and violence will be speaking on Friday, October 26th at Loyola University. I cut and pasted the line-up after the break.  Click here to go to the site.

Preventing Lethal Violence in New Orleans

A Public Symposium on Effective Community-Based Solutions

Date/Time: Friday, Oct. 26, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Location: Louis J. Roussel Performance Hall, Communications/Music Complex
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Schedule of Events

Morning Sessions

9:00 – 9:45:	Mark Manganaro, Provost and Vice President of Academic Affairs Ronal Serpas, Superintendent of New Orleans Police Department William E. Thornton, Chair and Professor of Sociology, Department of Criminal Justice Dee Wood Harper, Emeritus Professor of Sociology
9:45-10:45:	Violence and the Community: Lessons from the Chicago Neighborhood Project  Robert Sampson, Henry Ford II Professor of the Social Sciences Harvard University
10:45- 11:45:	NOLA for Life: A Public Health Approach to Murder Reduction Karen DeSalvo, New Orleans Health Commissioner C. Thorpe Ray Endowed Chair of Internal Medicine Tulane University
11:45-12:15:	Question and Answer
12:15-1:30:	Lunch break

Afternoon Sessions

1:45-2:45:	Stopping the Killing in New Orleans: Focus, Legitimacy, and Common Ground David Kennedy, Director of the Center for Crime Prevention and Control Professor, John Jay College of Criminal Justice
2:45-3:45:	The Hustle: Why It’s Hard to Make Good in Today’s Inner City Nikki Jones, Associate Professor of Sociology University of California, Santa Barbara
3:45-5:00:	Question and Answer