October 2, 1998

8:00-8:15 a

Welcoming Remarks

Joan McCord, Workshop Chair

School Environment and Social Climate

8:15-9:00 a

School Environment and Effects on Learning

John Devine, New York University

Q&A/Discussion

9:00-10:00 a

School Safety Security Measures (e.g., metal detectors, guards, etc.)

Kenneth Trump, National School Safety and Security Services

Q&A/Discussion

10:00-10:15 a

Break

10:15-11:00 a

Tracking, Social Promotions, and Other Educational Organizational Issues

Mark Berends, RAND Corporation

Q&A/Discussion

11:00-11:45 a

High-Risk Young Adolescents in Learning Environments

Thomas Dishion, University of Oregon

Q&A/Discussion

11:45-12:30 p

Lunch (Lunch to be served in meeting room)

12:30-1:15 p

Using the Framework of Risk and Resilience to Understand the Developmental Trajectories of Students who are Expelled from School

Gale Morrison, University of California, Santa Barbara

Q&A/Discussion

School Performance, Intervention, and Delinquency

1:15-2:00 p

Overview of Educational Performance and Delinquency

Rolf Loeber, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center

Q&A/Discussion

2:00-2:45 p

Approaches to Improve School Performance

Margaret Beale Spencer, University of Pennsylvania

Q&A/Discussion

2:45-3:00 p

Break

3:00-3:45 p

Motivation, School Readiness, and Teacher Preparation

Carol Dweck, Columbia University

Q&A/Discussion

3:45-4:15 p

Commentary

Doris Entwisle, Johns Hopkins University

4:15-5:00 p

General Discussion

5:00 p

Meeting Adjourns

DAY ONE

January 21, 1999

8:00-8:15 a

Welcoming Remarks

Cathy Spatz Widom, Workshop Chair

8:15-9:00 a

Theory and Scope of the Juvenile Court

Jay Blitzman, Judge, Juvenile Court, Middlesex County, Massachusetts

Q&A/Discussion

9:00-9:45 a

Breaking the Cycle of Youth Violence: Problem Solving Approaches

David Kennedy, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University

Q&A/Discussion

9:45-10:00 a

Break

10:00-10:45 a

Policing of Juveniles

Robert Worden and Stephanie Myers, The University at Albany

Q&A/ Discussion

10:45-11:30 a

Race, Ethnicity, and Gender Issues in Pretrial Detention of Juveniles

Kimberly Kempf-Leonard, University of Missouri, St. Louis

Q&A/Discussion

11:30 a-12:45 p

Lunch

12:45-2:15 p

Transfer Mechanisms: Issues, Practices, and Consequences

Legal Overview: Jeff Fagan, School of Public Health, Columbia University

Waivers: Consequences and Empirical Issues: Donna Bishop, University of Central Florida

Policy, Law, and Theory: Jeff Fagan, School of Public Health, Columbia University

Q&A/Discussion

2:15-2:30 p

Break

2:30-3:15 p

Sentencing Issues and Correctional Consequences

Barry Feld, University of Minnesota

Q&A/Discussion

3:15-4:00 p

Effectiveness of Programs for Institutionalized Delinquents

Mark Lipsey, Vanderbilt University

Q&A/Discussion

4:00-4:45 p

The Effects of Incarceration on Juveniles

Lee Underwood, The Pines Residential Treatment Center

Q&A/Discussion

5:00 p

Reception and Dinner will follow the meeting for panel members and workshop speakers

DAY TWO

January 22, 1999

8:15-8:30 a

Opening remarks

8:30-9:15 a

Alternatives to Incarceration

Phil Harris, Temple University

Q&A/Discussion

9:15-10:00 a

What Happens After Incarceration? Issues Regarding Aftercare

David Altschuler, Institute for Policy Studies, Johns Hopkins University

Q&A/Discussion

10:00-10:15 a

Break

10:15-11:00 a

The Federal Role in the Juvenile Justice System: The Policy Debate

Federal Legislation

Mary Didier, U.S. Sentencing Commission

Juveniles in the Federal System

Holly MacKay, U.S. Sentencing Commission

Q&A/Discussion

11:00-11:45 a

Decriminalizing Status Offenders and the “Hidden System”

Ira Schwartz, University of Pennsylvania

Q&A/Discussion

11:45 a-12:15 p

General Discussion

12:15 p

Workshop Adjourns

May 3, 1999

8:30-9:00 a

Welcome and Opening Remarks

Joan McCord, Workshop Chair

9:00-10:00 a

Development of Language and Cognition

Ellen Markman, Stanford University

Q&A/Discussion

10:00-11:00 a

Development of Self Perceptions

Daphna Oyserman, University of Michigan

Q&A/Discussion

11:00-11:15 a

Break

11:15 a-12:15 p

Development of Family Interactions and Peer Relationships

Gregory Pettit, Auburn University

Q&A/Discussion

12:15-1:30 p

Lunch and Luncheon speaker

Laurence Steinberg, Temple University

Director, Research Network on Adolescent Development and Juvenile Justice, John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation

1:30-2:35 p

Developmental Issues on Motivation

Mark Lepper, Stanford University

Q&A/Discussion

2:30-3:30 p

Emergence of Skills to Regulate Emotions

Cynthia Stifter, Pennsylvania State University

Q&A/Discussion

3:30-3:45 p

Break

3:45-4:45 p

Critical Points for Successful Development

Kenneth Maton, University of Maryland Baltimore County

Q&A Discussion

4:45-5:45 p

Developmental Perspectives on Deviance

Rolf Loeber, Western Psychiatric Institute

Q&A/Discussion

5:45-6:00 p

General Discussion

6:00 p

Meeting adjourns

June 29, 1999

8:30 am

Opening Remarks

9:00- 9:45 a

Economic and Social Inequality

Robert Bursik, University of Missouri, St. Louis (canceled)

Steven Messner, University of Albany, State University of New York

Ted Chiricos, Florida State University

9:45-10:30 a

Discussion

10:30-10:45 a

Break

10:45-11:30 a

Values, Beliefs and Situational Determinants of Offending

Howard Pinderhughes, University of California at San Francisco

William Oliver, Indiana University

Philip Cook, Duke University

11:30 a-12:15 p

Discussion

12:15-12:45 p

Pick up lunch

12:45-1:30 p

Assessing Racial Disparity in Juvenile Residential Placements and in Sentencing: Factors Affecting Data Quality

Laurie Schwede, U.S. Bureau of the Census Q&A

1:30-2:00 p

Alternative Perspectives on Trends

Delbert Elliott, University of Colorado, Boulder

Lawrence Greenfeld, Bureau of Justice Statistics

2:00-2:30 p

Discussion

2:30-2:45 p

Break

2:45-3:15 p

Differential Processing and Establishing Bias

George Bridges, University of Washington

David Harris, University of Toledo College of Law

3:15-3:45 p

Discussion

3:45-4:30 p

Implications for Future Research

4:30 p

Workshop Adjourns