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June 2000 Meeting Agenda

Center for the Advancement of Research, Training and Education
Loyola University

Saturday, June 24:

4:00 p.m.-7:00 p.m.
Northwestern University Panel and Reception

Learning from the Past, Living in the Present: Patterns in Chicago Homicides, 1870-1930

Location: Atrium of the Northwestern Law School
(Enter at 357 E. Chicago Ave. or 357 E. Superior St. and walk right into lobby)

Chair: Leigh B. Bienen

Presenters:

  • Leigh B. Bienen
  • Richard Block
  • Tom Gerahty
  • Charles Madigan
  • (And other members of the Historical Chicago Homicide Project)

5:00 p.m.
Opening Reception, sponsored by Northwestern University Law School

7:00 p.m.
Dinner (on your own, but groups will be forming)

Sunday, June 25:

Note: All Sunday activities will be held at the Lewis Tower building, Loyola University Chicago, 820 North Michigan Avenue, 13th floor (just West of the famous Water Tower on Michigan Ave., on the square).

8:00 a.m.
Continental Breakfast
John Smarrelli, Dean of the College: Welcome to Loyola University

8:30 a.m.-9:45 a.m.
Session #1: Trends Over Time in Homicides of and by Women

Chair: Candace Batton

Presenters:

  • Candace Batton. Gender Differences in Historical Trends in Homicide Rates in the United States
  • Laura E. Lund. Trends in Intimate Partner Homicides in California, 1990-1998.

9:45 a.m.-10:00 a.m.
Break

10:00 a.m.-12:30 a.m.
Session #2: Juvenile Homicide

Chair: Allegra Kim

Presenters:

  • Vanessa Leggett. Prescription for Murder: Homicide and Suicide among Psychopharmacologically Treated Juveniles
  • Vance McLaughlin. Juvenile Homicide Offenders in Savannah: 1896 to 1903 and 1986 to 1993
  • Jason Van Court. TBA
  • Richard Block. Persistence and Density of Gang Violence in Chicago

12:30 p.m.-1:45 p.m.
Business Meeting #1 (over lunch)

1:45 p.m.-2:00 p.m.
Break

2:00 p.m.- 4:45 p.m.
Session #3: Homicide Typologies

Chair: Thomas A. Petee

Presenters:

  • James A. Black and Nicole M. Cravens. Contracts to Kill as Scripted Behavior
  • Rebecca Block, Christine Devitt, Edmund Donoghue, Roy Dames, and Richard Block. Are there Types of Intimate Partner Homicide?
  • Jane Koziol-McLain and Jacquelyn Campbell. Attempted Homicide Victim and Proxy Reports of Intimate Partner Homicide: Do They Agree?
  • Thomas A. Petee, Greg S. Weaver, Jay Corzine, and Lin Huff-Corzine. Victim-Offender Relationships and the Situational Context of Homicide

4:45 p.m.-5:00 p.m.
Break

5:00 p.m.-6:30 p.m.
Session #4: Correlates of Homicide

Chair: Jay Corzine

Presenters:

  • Matthew Lee. Local Capitalism, Socioeconomic Well Being, and Homicide in U.S. Counties
  • Jenny Mouzos. Homicidal Encounters: A Study of Homicide in Australia, 1989-1999

7:00 p.m.
Dinner (groups will be forming, or on your own)

Monday, June 26:

On Monday, we will tour the Cook County Hospital Trauma Unit and the Cook County Forensic Institute (the morgue) in the morning, then return to meet at Lewis Towers for lunch and the afternoon.

In the early evening, you are invited to Becky and Dick's house for hors d'oeuvre in the garden.

NOTE: You must sign up for the tours! Space is limited. Also, those planning to go to the Block's, please sign up so they will know how much food to get.

8:15 a.m.
Bus leaves hotel for Tours (Front door of Seneca Hotel, 200 East Chestnut)

9:00 a.m.-10:30 a.m.
Tour Cook County Medical Examiner's Office

11:00 a.m.-12:30 p.m.
Tour of Cook County Trauma Unit

1:00 p.m.
Bus return to Loyola

1:00 p.m.-2:30 p.m.
Luncheon at Loyola (13th floor, Lewis Towers, Loyola)
Art Lurigio, Criminal Justice Department: Welcome from CARTE

2:30 p.m.-4:15 p.m.
Session #5: Medical Examiners and Homicide

Chair: J.C.U. Downs

Panelists:

  • Ed Donoghue. The Cook County Medical Examiner's Office
  • J.C.U. Downs. Capital Punishment in Alabama
  • John Jarvis. Overkill and Medical Examiner Investigations

4:00 p.m.-4:15 p.m.
Ice Cream Social

4:15 p.m.-5:30 p.m.
Committee Meetings (various locations on 13th floor)

6:00 p.m.
Bus leaves from the front door of Seneca Hotel to go to Dick and Becky's house

7:30 p.m.
Bus returns to the Seneca and north side restaurants

Tuesday, June 27:

Note: On Tuesday, all activities will be held at the 13th floor of Lewis Towers, Loyola University.

8:00 a.m.
Continental Breakfast

8:30 a.m.-9:45 a.m.
Business Meeting #2

10:00 a.m.-11:00 a.m.
Session #6: Representation and Misrepresentation of Homicide in NIBRS, the Media, and Research

Chair: TBA

Presenters:

  • Roland Chilton. Intimate Violence and the National Incident-Based Reporting System (NIBRS) Revisited
  • Don Faggiani
  • Elizabeth DeValve. Homicide Representation in Academic Journals: Is the Media Distortion of Homicide Evident in Academia as Well?

11:00 a.m.-11:15 a.m.
Break

11:15 a.m.-12:15 p.m.
Session #6 Continued

12:15 p.m.-12:45 p.m.
Concluding Remarks/Adjournment

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