THE FUTURE OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE:
The Case of Chicago
Barry Weisberg, J.D., & Randolph N. Stone, Esq.
(Panel Coordinators and Book Editors)
Friday, November 15, 2002
Palmer House Hilton Hotel, 3:30-6:00
AMERICAN SOCIETY OF CRIMINOLOGY
Re-Inventing Justice: Theories, Innovations, Research
Chicago, November 13-16, 2002
This pioneering panel and book is intended as a case study of the present condition and the future of juvenile and criminal justice in Cook County, Illinois, containing five million people and 129 municipalities, of which Chicago is the largest. The book will serve as a unique benchmark for cities worldwide facing similar or related challenges to insure justice. The revised papers will be published as a book in 2003. Consideration is being given to continue the work of the panel after the ASC Meeting and to present the panel as a workshop to the 11th United Nations World Crime Congress in Thailand, 2005.
WELCOME
John H. Stroger, President, Cook County Board of Commissioners (Invited)
INTRODUCTION: WHAT IS JUSTICE AND WHY DO WE WANT IT?
Barry Weisberg/Randolph Stone
THE CHALLENGE: AN INTRODUCTION TO JUVENILE AND CRIMINAL JUSTICE SERVICES IN COOK COUNTY (PowerPoint Presentation, 10 Minutes)
A Fact Sheet on Cook County is being prepared by the Illinois Criminal Justice Information Authority for this program.
EACH PANELIST WILL PRESENT A BRIEF OVERVIEW OF THEIR PAPER AND THEN THE PANEL WILL PROCEED IN A SOCRATIC, INTERACTIVE BASIS, LED BY BARRY WEISBERG AND RANDOLPH STONE.
THE FUTURE OF JUSTICE FOR CHILDREN AND YOUTH
Bernadine Dohrn, J.D., Children and Family Justice Center, Northwestern University Law School
THE FUTURE OF JUSTICE FOR WOMEN
To Be Determined
THE FUTURE OF JUSTICE FOR AFRICAN AMERICANS
Randolph N. Stone, J.D., Mandel Legal Aid Clinic, University of Chicago Law School
THE FUTURE OF JUSTICE FOR LATINOS
Judge Ruben Castillo, Federal District Court Judge
THE FUTURE OF THE CRIMINAL COURT
Judge Paul P. Biebel, Jr., Presiding Judge, Criminal Court of Cook County
THE IMPACT OF STATE (ILLINOIS) JUSTICE POLICY ON COOK COUNTY
Illinois State Representative Arthur L. Turner, Deputy Majority Leader
THE IMPACT OF FEDERAL JUSTICE POLICY ON COOK COUNTY & ILLINOIS
U.S. Senator Richard J. Durbin, Member, Judiciary Committee (Invited)
THE FUTURE OF COMMUNITY JUSTICE
Barry Weisberg, J. D., Violence Prevention Peace Promotion Strategy
CLOSING COMMENTS:
Richard A. Devine, Cook County Public Defender (Invited)
Rita Fry, Cook County Public Defender (Invited)
Note:
To insure that all participants work from a common foundation, each will be provided a Cook County Juvenile and Criminal Justice Data Summary, prepared for this program by the Illinois Criminal Justice Information Authority, and a copy of the Bureau of Justice Statistics Sequence of Events in the Criminal Justice System.
Each presentation (individual article titles to be decided by the author) would evaluate the current state of justice and offer recommendations and thoughts on how greater justice can be achieved. The focus would be as proposals related to Cook County, Illinois, with an understanding of how state and federal fiscal and policy issues impact local juvenile and criminal justice concerns. After brief presentations by each author, the panel/workshop will be conducted in an interactive Socratic manner. The Cook County States Attorney and the Cook County Public Defender will be asked to make closing comments.
Calendar:
End of August: Fact Sheet on Cook County Criminal Justice circulated to participants.
September: Draft of Introduction by Weisberg and Stone circulated to participants.
October: Discussion meeting of participants. Date to be determined.
November 1 Drafts/Outlines of papers to Weisberg and Stone
November 15 ASC Panel
Optional Dinner-Review and Evaluation
January 1, 2003 Drafts of Papers
February, 2003 Discussion Meeting
PARTICIPANTS
+Barry Weisberg, J.D.
Violence Prevention Peace Promotion Strategy
1501 S. California Avenue K1139
Chicago, Illinois 60608
Tel:1-772-257-5652
Fax:1-773-257-5654
E-mail: bweisberg@vppps.org
Barry Weisberg is the Executive Director of the Violence Prevention Peace Promotion Strategy (VPPPS), in Chicago. He has served as a consultant to the American Bar Association, The National Criminal Justice Commission, the United Nations Office of Crime Prevention and the UNESCO Culture of Peace Program.
+Randolph N. Stone, Esq.
Clinical Professor of Law
Edwin F. Mandel Legal Aid Clinic
University of Chicago Law School
6020 S. University Ave.
Chicago, Ill. 60637
Tel: 1-773-702-9611
Fax: 773-702-2063
Randolph Stone was Director of the Mandel Legal Aid Clinic at the University of Chicago for ten years, a former Chair of the Criminal Justice Section of the American Bar Association, and the former Cook County Public Defender.
+John H. Stroger, Jr. (Invited)
President, Cook County Board of Commissioners
County Building
118 N. Clark Street, Suite 537
Chicago 60602
Tel:1-312-603-6400
Fax: 312-443-4397
+Bernadine Dohrn, J.D.
Director, Children and Family Justice Center
Northwestern University Law School
357 E. Chicago Avenue
Chicago, Illinois 60611 USA
Tel:1-312-503-0398
Fax:1-312-503-0953
e-mail:b-dohrn@law.northwestern.edu
+Judge Ruben Castillo
United States District Court, Northern District of Illinois
Everett McKinley Dirksen Building 219 South Dearborn Street Chicago, Illinois 60604
Tel:1-312-435-5878
Fax:1-312-
Judge Castillo has served on the United States District Court since 1994 and was formerly a Partner in Kirkland & Ellis, 1991-1994). He was the Director and Regional Counsel of the Chicago Office of the Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund (MALDEF) between 1988-1991.
+Judge Paul P. Biebel, Jr., Esq.
Presiding Judge, Circuit Court of Cook County, Criminal Division
2600 S. California Avenue Room 101
Chicago, Illinois 60608 USA
Tel:1-773-869-3160
Fax: 1-773-869-3160
Judge Biebel presides over the largest criminal court in the world. His career includes First Assistant Attorney General of Illinois and Cook County Public Defender.
+Arthur L. Turner
Illinois State Representative, 9th District
Deputy Majority Leader, Illinois General Assembly
3849 W. Ogden Avenue
Chicago, Illinois USA 50523
Tel: 1-773-277-4700
Fax: 1-773-277-4703
Representative Turner is a life long resident of North Lawndale, Chicago and serving in his 21st year in the Illinois General Assembly. He is Deputy Majority Leader in the Illinois General Assembly.
(Invited)
+Richard J. Durbin
United States Senate
364 Russell Building
Washington, D.C. 20510
Tel:1-202-224-2152
Fax:1-202-228-0400
E-mail: dick@durbin.senate.gov
Senator J. Durbin is the Senior Senator from Illinois and has served in both the U.S. House of Representatives and the Senate. His is a member of the Judiciary Committee.
(Invited)
+Richard A. Devine
Cook County State’s Attorney’s Office
69 W. Washington, Suite 3200
Chicago, Illinois 60602
Tel: 1-312-603-5106
Fax:1-312
E-mail:
(Invited)
+Rita Aliese Fry
Cook County Public Defender’s Office
69 West Washington, Suite 1600
Chicago, Illinois 60602, USA
Tel: 312-603-0600
Fax: 603-9860