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Stopping Violent Crime: New Directions for Crime Reduction & Prevention

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Channel: Independent Institute · 2014 · Nonprofits & Activism

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Tuesday, December 3, 1996
Co-sponsored by the Independent Institute and Koch Crime Commission
University Theater, Garvey Fine Arts Center
Washburn University, Topeka, Kansas

MODERATOR:
Arthur R. Miller, University Professor, New York University School of Law; former Bruce Bromley Professor of Law, Harvard Law School

PARTICIPANTS:
Bruce L. Benson, DeVoe Moore Distinguished Research Professor of Economics, Florida State University; Senior Fellow, Independent Institute
Erika Holzer, bestselling author of book and major motion picture, Eye for an Eye
Wendy Kaminer, Contributing Editor, The Atlantic Monthly
William I. Koch, Chairman, Koch Crime Commission
Alan J. Lizotte, Director, Hindelang Criminal Justice Research Center, University at Albany
David B. Sentelle, Senior Judge, U. S. Court of Appeals, D.C. Circuit
David J. Theroux, Founder and President, Independent Institute
Richard L. Thornburgh, former U.S. Attorney General
Hubert Williams, former President, Police Foundation
Marvin E. Wolfgang, late Director, Sellin Center for Studies in Criminology, University of Pennsylvania
James R. Wyrsch, President, Wyrsch Hobbs Mirakian & Lee, P.C.

Violent crime continues to be a major social and economic problem in the United States and around the world. This important debate, held before an audience of 1,000 at Washburn University, features a panel of experts from diverse backgrounds and perspectives, including criminal justice officials, business and civic leaders, scholars, and best-selling authors.

In a lively and challenging exchange of ideas, the program addresses why the criminal justice system has become increasingly bureaucratized and politicized, ever less responsive and ever more costly. Topics include victim’s rights, crime and incarceration rates, restitution, civil liberties, illicit drugs, guns, racism, policing, privatization, and sentencing. Co-sponsored by the Independent Institute and Koch Crime Commission, this program was distributed by Central Educational Network and appeared on the Public Broadcasting System.

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