WHAT:

9:15-10:15 a.m.
Searching for Innovative Solutions: Are Holistic Crime-Reduction Strategies Effective?
•Danielle Sered, Common Justice
•Robin Steinberg, Bronx Defenders

11 a.m.-12:45 p.m.
Police and the Community: Can We Work Together to Achieve Justice?
•Charles Ramsey, Philadelphia police commissioner
•David Rudovsky, Penn Law professor and civil rights attorney
•Dean Esserman, chief of Providence, R.I., Police Department
•Ron Kanter, producer of documentary, “New Cops”

1:30 p.m.
Keynote Speech
•Jeremy Travis, president of John Jay College of Criminal Justice

2:30-3:30 p.m.
Does the Punishment Fit the Crime? A Debate on Sentencing Practices
•Marc Maurer, The Sentencing Project
•Sarah Hart, Philadelphia district attorney’s office
Moderator: Stephanos Bibas, Penn Law professor

WHEN:

March 20, 2009

WHERE:

University of Pennsylvania Law School
3400 Chestnut St., Philadelphia