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New York University Review of Law and Social Change
presents
NYU Review of Law and Social Change 2007 Colloquium
Alternatives to Mass Incarceration: Promises and Challenges
Tuesday, February 27, 2007
NYU School of Law
Lipton Hall
108 West 3rd St.
New York, NY 10012M
9am to 5pm
Free and open to the public.
6 CLE credits available for all day attendance (no pre-registration
required).
For more information, contact 212-998-6370, or law.rlsc@nyu.edu
The 2007 NYU Review of Law and Social Change Colloquium will examine the potential of and limits to alternatives to mass incarceration, such as alternative sentencing and restorative justice. The crisis in our prison system is nearing a breaking point, due to prison overcrowding, recidivism, and the harsh impact of incarceration on poor and minority communities. In this Colloquium, panelists will engage in serious consideration of the viability of structural alternatives to incarceration from theoretical and practical perspectives. We will encourage a lively debate about the prospects for change in how we punish and respond to crimes.
| Schedule |
| 8:45 |
Registration and breakfast |
| 9:00am |
Program begins, opening remarks |
| 9:30am |
Panel 1 - Failures of Mass Incarceration: Can Alternatives
to Incarceration Fulfill the Goals of Punishment?
• Professor Todd R. Clear (John Jay College of Criminal
Justice)
• Michael Jacobson (Director, Vera Institute; former NYC
Corrections Commissioner)
• Professor Susan Herman (Pace University)
• Professor Mark Umbreit (U. Minnesota Restorative Justice
Initiative)
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| 11:15am |
Coffee break |
| 11:30am |
Panel 2 - Exploring the Viability of Alternatives to Incarceration
in Practice
• Pat Clark (Center for Policy, Planning, and Performance)
• Stephen Moran and Anne-Marie Louison (CASES Nathaniel Project)
• Sister Simone Ponnet (Exec. Director, Abraham House)
• Marsha Weissman (Exec. Director, Center for Community Alternatives) |
| 1:15 |
Lunch break |
| 2:45 |
Panel 3 – Domestic Violence and the Criminal Justice
System: A Feminist Debate
• Professor Donna Coker (U. Miami Law School)
• Mary Haviland and Dr. Victoria Frye (New York Academy of
Medicine)
• Professor Linda Mills (NYU School of Social Work)
• Audrey Moore (Deputy Bureau Chief, New York District Attorney’s
Office)
• Professor Adele Morrison (Northern Illinois University College
of Law) |
| 4:30 |
Closing |
Confirmed speakers
Panel 1:
Professor Todd R. Clear (John Jay College of Criminal Justice)
Professor Susan Herman (Pace Law School)
Laurie Robinson (U. Pennsylvania, former U.S. Assistant Attorney General)
Professor Mark Umbreit (U. Minnesota Restorative Justice Initiative)
Panel 2:
Pat Clark (Center for Policy, Planning, and Performance)
Stephen Moran and Anne-Marie Louison (CASES Nathaniel Project)
Sister Simone Ponnet (Exec. Director, Abraham House)
Marsha Weissman (Director, Center for Community Alternatives)
Panel 3:
Professor Donna Coker (U. Miami Law School)
Professor Linda Mills (NYU)
Audrey Moore (Deputy Bureau Chief, New York District Attorney’s Office)
Dr. Victoria Frye and Mary Haviland
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