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The Mark Kleiman Innovation for Public Policy Memorial Lecture honors former CLAJ member Mark Kleiman

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Applications for the 2026 lecture will be open from May 15, 2026 to 11:59pm ET on July 15, 2026.

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Examining Prosecution: A Workshop

Workshop

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Law Enforcement Use of Predictive Policing Approaches: A Workshop

Workshop

Completed

K-12 Threat Assessment Efficacy and Implementation Evaluation Research: A Workshop

Workshop

Completed

Law Enforcement Use of Probabilistic Genotyping, Forensic DNA Phenotyping, and Forensic Investigative Genetic Genealogy Technologies: A Workshop

Workshop

Completed

Mark Kleiman Innovation for Public Policy Memorial Lecture

Award/Competition

In Progress

Crime Rates during the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Workshop

Workshop

Completed

Facial Recognition: Current Capabilities, Future Prospects, and Governance

Consensus/Advisory Activity

Completed

Evaluating Success among People Released from Prison

Consensus/Advisory Activity

Completed

Evidence to Advance Reform in the Global Security and Justice Sectors

Consensus/Advisory Activity

Completed

Reducing Racial Inequalities in the Criminal Justice System

Consensus/Advisory Activity

Completed

Best Practices for Implementing Decarceration as a Strategy to Mitigate the Spread of COVID-19 in Correctional Facilities

Consensus/Advisory Activity

Completed

The Effects of Juvenile Justice System Involvement on the Health and Well-Being of Adolescents, Families, and Communities of Color: A Workshop

Workshop

Completed

Global Violence Prevention Planning Meeting

Program Development Activity

Completed

Improving Collection of Indicators of Criminal Justice System Involvement in Population Health Data Programs: A Workshop

Workshop

Completed

The Effects of Drug Control Policies on the Health of Individuals and Communities of Color: A Workshop

Workshop

Completed

Means of Violence: A Workshop

Workshop

Completed

Mental Health and Violence: Opportunities for Prevention and Early Intervention: A Workshop

Workshop

Completed

Addressing the Social and Cultural Norms that Underlie the Acceptance of Violence: A Workshop

Workshop

Completed

Identifying the Role of Violence and its Prevention in the Post-2015 Global Agenda: A Workshop

Workshop

Completed

Effective Public Policy Solutions for Global Violence Prevention: A Workshop

Workshop

Completed

The Criminal Justice System's Relationship to Social/Legal Inclusion and Exclusion of Racial and Ethnic Populations - A Workshop

Workshop

Completed

Evidentiary Protection for Public Transportation Safety Program Information

Consensus/Advisory Activity

Completed

Proactive Policing - Effects on Crime, Communities, and Civil Liberties in the United States

Consensus/Advisory Activity

Completed

The Biological and Psychosocial Effects of Peer Victimization: Lessons for Bullying Prevention

Consensus/Advisory Activity

Completed

A Prioritized Plan to Implement a Developmental Approach in Juvenile Justice Reform

Consensus/Advisory Activity

Completed

Modernizing the Nation’s Crime Statistics

Consensus/Advisory Activity

Completed

Scientific Approaches to Understanding and Maximizing the Validity and Reliability of Eyewitness Identification in Law Enforcement and the Courts

Consensus/Advisory Activity

Completed

The Illicit Tobacco Market: Collection and Analysis of The International Experience

Consensus/Advisory Activity

Completed

Causes and Consequences of High Rates of Incarceration

Consensus/Advisory Activity

Completed

Assessing Juvenile Justice Reform

Consensus/Advisory Activity

Completed
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