“CRIMINOLOGY IN PRACTICE” SEMINAR

Criminology 604 – Speakers

Speakers are listed by semester, in reverse chronology

Spring, 2007

Hon. Mickey Edwards
Former Member of Congress (R-Okla.) for eight terms and member of the House
Republican leadership; Lecturer, Woodrow Wilson School, Princeton and
Director, Aspen Institute’s Rodel Fellowships in Public Leadership

Ramin Sedehi
Vice Dean for Finance & Administration
School of Arts & Sciences, University of Pennsylvania

Dr. John Jarvis
Behavioral Scientist, FBI Academy - Behavioral Science Unit
Dr. Carl Jensen
Senior Researcher, RAND Corporation; and former Supervisory Special Agent,
FBI Academy Behavioral Science Unit

Lawrence Greenfeld
Former Director, Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS)
Senior Statistical Advisor, Office of Inspector General, General Services Administration (GSA)

Garrison Courtney and John McKenna
Office of Congressional and Public Affairs
Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Headquarters

Dr. Steven Belenko
Professor of Criminal Justice, Temple University
Co-Director, Center on Evidence-Based Interventions for Crime & Addiction, Treatment
Research Institute (TRI)

Paul Rosenzweig
Acting Assistant Secretary for International Affairs & Counselor to the
Assistant Secretary for Policy, U.S. Department of Homeland Security

Geoffrey Laredo
Senior Advisor to the Director, Office of Science Policy, National Institute on Drug Abuse, NIH;
Former Policy Fellow, U.S. Senate Committee on Health, Education & Labor

Dr. Sally T. Hillsman
Executive Officer, American Sociological Association
Former Deputy Director, National Institute of Justice

Michael Thompson
Director, Justice Center
Council of State Governments

Richard Goldberg
Chief, Financial Institution Fraud & Identity Theft Section
U.S. Attorney’s Office, Eastern District of PA

Hon. William Sessions
Former Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)

Fall, 2006

Hon. Carl Truscott
Former Director, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms & Explosives (BATF)
U.S. Department of Justice

Patricia Giorgio-Fox
First Deputy Police Commissioner
Philadelphia Police Department

Martin F. Horn
Commissioner, New York City Departments of Correction and Probation

Maureen Rush
Vice-President of the University of Pennsylvania for Public Safety

Michael Jacobson
President, Vera Institute of Justice
Former Director, New York City Department of Correction

Greg Berman
Executive Director, Center for Court Innovation

Hon. Theodore A. McKee
Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit

Reginald Wilkinson
Former Director, Ohio Department of Rehabilitation & Correction

Robert Schwartz
Executive Director, Juvenile Law Center

Dr. Jeffrey A. Beard
Secretary of Corrections, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

Jody Weis
Special Agent-in-Charge (SAC), Philadelphia Field Office
Federal Bureau of Investigation

Spring, 2006

Dr. John Jarvis and Dr. Carl Jensen
Behavioral Scientist; Supervisory Special Agent
FBI Academy - Behavioral Science Unit

Geoffrey Laredo
Senior Advisor to the Director, Office of Science Policy, National Institute on Drug Abuse, NIH;
Former Policy Fellow, U.S. Senate Committee on Health, Education & Labor

Martin F. Horn
Commissioner, New York City Department of Correction

Dr. Jeffrey A. Beard
Secretary of Corrections, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

Arthur M. Wallenstein
Director, Department of Correction and Rehabilitation                          
Montgomery County, MD

Ted Gest
President, Criminal Justice Journalists
Distinguished Senior Scholar, Jerry Lee Center of Criminology, Washington Office

Dr. Steven Belenko    
Senior Scientist, Treatment Research Institute (TRI)
Co-Director, Center on Evidence-Based Interventions for Crime & Addiction

Ramin Sedehi
Vice Dean for Finance & Administration
School of Arts & Sciences, University of Pennsylvania

Hon. Tom Corbett
Attorney General, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

Maureen S. Rush, M.S., CPP
Vice President for Public Safety
University of Pennsylvania

Hon. Louis Presenza, President Judge
Philadelphia Municipal Court
Founder, Philadelphia Drug Treatment Court

Hon. Janet Reno
Former Attorney General of the United States

Dr. Sally T. Hillsman
Executive Officer, American Sociological Association
Former Deputy Director, National Institute of Justice


Fall, 2005

Hon. James K. “Chips” Stewart

Former Director, National Institute of Justice

Hon. Carl Truscott

Director, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms & Explosives (BATF)

U.S. Department of Justice

Patricia Giorgio-Fox

First Deputy Police Commissioner

Philadelphia Police Department

Judge Andrew Sonner

Maryland Court of Special Appeals (ret.)

Hon. Lawrence Greenfeld

Director, Bureau of Justice Statistics

U.S. Department of Justice

Ronald Goldstock

Former Director, New York State Organized Crime Strike Force

Carl Giardarnelli

Special Agent, Drug Enforcement Administration

Philadelphia Field Office

Colonel Dean Esserman

Chief, Providence (RI) Police Department

Hon. Leon King, II

Commissioner, Philadelphia Prison System

Michael Jacobson

Executive Director, Vera Institute of Justice;

Former Director, NYC Department of Corrections

Spring, 2005

Carl Jensen, Ph.D., Supervisory Special Agent

John Jarvis, Ph.D., Behavioral Scientist

FBI Academy, Behavioral Science Unit

Quantico, VA

Maureen Rush

Vice President, Division of Public Safety

University of Pennsylvania;

Formerly with Philadelphia Police Department

Philip Goldsmith

Managing Director

City of Philadelphia

Hon. Lawrence Greenfeld

Director, Bureau of Justice Statistics

U.S. Department of Justice

Mary Irene Cooper

Special Agent in Charge, Special Operations Division

Drug Enforcement Administration, U.S. Department of Justice

James Kasson, Special Agent in Charge, Philadelphia Field Division, DEA;

Ann Hayes, retired DEA agent

Dr. Steve Belenko

Senior Scientist, Treatment Research Institute

University of Pennsylvania.

Sally T. Hillsman, Ph.D.

Executive Officer, American Sociological Association;

Former Deputy Director, National Institute of Justice

Mary Lou Leary

Executive Director, National Center for Victims of Crime

Former Associate Deputy Attorney General, U.S. Department of Justice

Former U.S. Attorney, District of Columbia

Joel M. Friedman

Former Organized Crime Strike Force prosecutor,

U.S. Department of Justice (Manhattan, Boston and Philadelphia)

Hon. Ralph Basham

Director, Secret Service

U.S. Department of Homeland Security

Ted Gest

President, Criminal Justice Journalists;

Senior Fellow, Jerry Lee Center of Criminology Washington Office;

Former U.S. News & World Reporter editor/writer

Anne Marie Ambrose

Deputy Commissioner for Juvenile Justice Services & Court Practice

Department of Human Services, City of Philadelphia.

Hon. Patrick L. Meehan

United States Attorney, Eastern District of Pennsylvania

Fall, 2004

Hon. Michael Nutter

Councilman

City of Philadelphia

Hon. Suzanne Mencer

Director, Office of Domestic Preparedness (ODP)

U.S. Department of Homeland Security

Hon. James K. (Chips) Stewart

Former Director, National Institute of Justice

Reginald Wilkinson

Director, Ohio Department of Rehabilitation & Corrections

Judge Andrew Sonner

Maryland Court of Special Appeals (ret.)

Hon. Carl Truscott

Director, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms & Explosives (BATF)

U.S. Department of Justice

Hon. Leon King

Commissioner, Philadelphia Prison System

Hon. Sam Coppersmith

Former Member, U.S. House of Representatives

Eric Lotke

Research & Policy Director, Justice Policy Institute

Patricia Giorgio-Fox

First Deputy Police Commissioner

Philadelphia Police Department