January 19, 2006
9:00 - 10:30 am
Urban Institute
2100 M Street N.W., 5th Floor
Washington, D.C.
Youth crime has declined for much of the past decade, but analysts don't expect the good news to last forever. This panel discussed intervention programs built around concepts of positive youth development, a promising new approach to making juvenile justice more effective. The programs suggest that children develop into successful adults by working through a sequence of developmental stages in which they gradually acquire capacities for reason, self-respect, and personal and social responsibility.
Welcome |
| Audio | Robert D. Reischauer, president, Urban Institute |
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Opening Remarks / Overview |
| Audio | Judy Woodruff, moderator |
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Presentations |
| Audio | Matthew Stagner, director, Center on Labor, Human Services, and Population, Urban Institute |
| Audio | Jeffrey Butts, research fellow, Chapin Hall Center for Children |
| Audio | Vincent Schiraldi, director, Department of Youth Rehabilitation Services, Washington, D.C. |
| Audio | Erin Duncan, legislative director, Office of Representative Tom Osborne (R-Neb.) |
| Audio | Denise Forte, legislative associate, Committee on Education and the Workforce, U.S. House of Representatives (minority staff) |
| Audio | Question and answer session |
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