What Works in Public Safety Conference 2016

What: The 2016 What Works conference focused on the culture shift in public safety with a look at how “tough on crime” politics are giving way to “smart on crime” approaches to reduce our nation’s over-reliance on incarceration and investing in developing stronger community safety infrastructure. When: Thursday, January 14th, 2016 from 11:15am-6pmWhere: Willamette Heritage Center, 1313 Mill St. SE Salem, OR 97301

Multnomah County's Local Public Safety Coordinating Council offers the What Works conference to state and regional policy makers, providing information on best practices to guide decision making.

Handouts

Presentations

• The Honorable Andre M. Davis, Senior Circuit Judge United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit: Harm Reduction, Cost Containment, and a Renewed Commitment to Fundamental Fairness: Imperatives Driving Criminal Justice Reform in the 21st Century

• Dr. Douglas B. Marlowe, J.D., Ph.D., Chief of Science, Law & Policy for the National Association of Drug Court Professionals:

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  Putting Justice Reinvestment into Practice: Matching Community-Corrections Interventions by Risk and Need. (2.88 MB)

• Mike Kingery, Owner/Developer of Outreach Smartphone Monitoring:

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  Smartphones Enable Smart Supervision (2.61 MB)
• Criminal Justice Commission's Executive Director Mike Schmidt: Oregon Knowledge Bank

• Multnomah County District Attorney Rod Underhill:

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  Justice Reinvestment Initiative: New Approaches and Emerging Challenges for Prosecutors (1.48 MB)

• The Honorable Eric J. Bloch, Multnomah County Circuit Court Judge:

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  Challenges and Opportunities in Justice Reinvestment Sentencing: a Judge's Perspective (234.13 KB)
• Monta Knudson, Bridges to Change Executive Director
• Adrienne Robinson, Bridges to Change Graduate
• Brian Judd, Bridges to Change Program Manager and Program Graduate
• Panel/Question and Answer