2016 FINAL PROGRAM
10:00 AM – 10:50 AM
Auditorium
Opening Plenary Address:
1. Terrorism, Counterterrorism, Radicalization and Deradicalization in the Global World
Alain Bauer, French National Conservatory for Arts and Crafts (Paris), John Jay College of Criminal Justice (New York), University of Law and Political Science of China (Beijing
11:00 AM – 12:15 PM
Library
2. The Racial Justice Improvement Project (RJIP)
American Bar Association
(Speakers TBD)
Harriman Room
3. Law Enforcement Challenges with Cyber Crime in Trinidad and Tobago
Candy Saunders-Alfred, Trinidad and Tobago Police Service
4. Using GPS Tracking to Reduce Homicides and Shootings in Trinidad and Tobago: A Randomized Trial
Stephen Williams, Commissioner of Police of the Trinidad and Tobago Police Service (TTPS) & University of the West Indies, St. Augustine
1870s Room
5. The Impact of Gender Ideology on Crime Prevention
Magda Klimek, University of Gdańsk (Poland)
6. The Forgotten Girls: Juvenile Justice Reform and Young Women before the Courts as Beyond Control in Trinidad and Tobago
Jolene Romain, Head of Department in the Social Services Unit, The Family Court of Trinidad and Tobago
12:15 AM – 1:00 PM
Lunch – Auditorium
1:15 PM – 2:30 PM
Library
7. A Case for Protecting the Brain:
Keeping the Federal Controlled Substances Act in Place and Providing Non-Punitive, Justice System-Based Public Health Options to Address the Use of Marijuana, Opiates, and Other Psychoactive and Mood-Altering Drugs in America
Paula D. Gordon, Lifeboat Foundation
8. Learning From Our Past:
Removing Marijuana From the Federal Controlled Substances Act and Allowing States to Actively Regulate Adult Sales and Distribution to Reduce Burdens on the Criminal Justice System and Better Control for Abuse Via Proven Public Health Strategies
Robert J. Capecchi, Marijuana Policy Project
Harriman Room
9. Transparency and Effectiveness in Law Enforcement Intelligence
Fatih Beren, American University (Washington, D.C.)
10. Mexico’s Anti-Crime Strategy Failure: Reasons and Perspectives
Daniel Tapia Quintana, Genera Consulting Group
1870s Room
11. Crime, Culture and Control: Rap Lyrics and Videos as Criminal Evidence
Norbert Ebisike, Cheyney University of Pennsylvania (Cheyney, Pennsylvania)
12. Constructing Whiteness: Identity and Imagery in the Legal Battle of State of
Florida v. Casey Anthony
Faraasa Lawrence, Saint Mary’s University, Halifax, Nova Scotia (Canada)
2:40 PM – 3:55 PM
Library
13. Teacher Perceptions of the Impact of School Violence on Caribbean Societies
Wendell C. Wallace, University of the West Indies, St. Augustine (Trinidad & Tobago)
14. An Exploratory Study on the Impact of Organized Crimeon Societies in Small Island Developing States: Evidence from Five Caribbean Countries
Wendell C. Wallace, University of the West Indies, St. Augustine (Trinidad & Tobago)
Harriman Room
15. Pleasure vs Pain: An application of Beccaria’s pleasure pain principle on the convicted prison population of Trinidad and Tobago
Karen Lancaster-Ellis, University of the West Indies, St. Augustine (Trinidad & Tobago)
16. Mama’s House: An Examination of the Ability of Mothers to Parent while Imprisoned in Trinidad and Tobago
Ayinka Nurse-Carrington, University of the West Indies, St. Augustine (Trinidad & Tobago)
1870s Room
17. Being a Witness in Trinidad and Tobago: A Qualitative Case Study on the nature of
Witness Care in the Criminal Justice System in Trinidad and Tobago
Zola L. Phillips, University of the West Indies, St. Augustine (Trinidad & Tobago)