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Crossroads: Crime, Community, and Public Health
Start Date: 10/16/2015Start Time: 8:00 AM
End Date: 10/16/2015End Time: 4:30 PM

Event Description

This symposium, organized by the Drexel Law Review and co-sponsored by the School of Public Health, will feature the perspectives of scholars and professionals in the fields of law and public health who work at the crossroads of these intersecting disciplines.

 

The symposium will explore the role of community at the intersection of criminal justice and public health.   


Continuing education credits will be available for attorneys and public health professionals.

 

Keynote Speakers :

  • Professor John Rich, Drexel School of Public Health
  • The Hon. Nancy Gertner, Professor at Harvard Law School and former U.S. District Court Judge

Community Participation and Re-entry

  • Professor Kirk Heilbrun, Interim Department Head, Drexel Department of Psychology
  • Professor Sandra Simkins, Rutgers School of Law, Camden
  • The Honorable Sheila Woods-Skipper, President Judge of the Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas
  • Professor Donald Tibbs, Kline School of Law (moderator)

Community Participation in Research

  • Professor Pamela Valera, Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health
  • Professor Amy Carroll-Scott, Drexel School of Public Health
  • Professor Rob Kane, Chair of Drexel Department of Criminology and Justice Studies
  • Professor Emily Wang, Yale School of Medicine
  • Professor Robert Field, Kline School of Law and Drexel School of Public Health (moderator)

Community Participation in the Criminal Justice Process

  • John Delaney, Deputy District Attorney, Trial Division, Philadelphia District Attorney’s Office
  • Professor Bret Asbury, Kline School of Law
  • Mark Houldin, Assistant Defender, Defender Association of Philadelphia
  • Professor Emily Zimmerman, Kline School of Law (moderator)

Community Participation in Crime Prevention

  • Joshua Ederheimer, former Commanding Officer, Civil Rights and & Force Investigation Division, Washington, D.C. Police Department
  • Sunita Patel, Practitioner in Residence, American University College of Law
  • Professor Charles Branas, University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine
  • Professor Rachel López, Kline School of Law (moderator)

Register

Contact Information:
Name: Mary McGovern
Phone: 215.571.4815
Email: mary.k.mcgovern@drexel.edu
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Location:
Kline School of Law
Audience:
  • Everyone
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    Special Features:
  • CEU Available
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