Agenda

DAY 1 -April 11th, 2018

Devil’s Oasis at the College Avenue Commons

8:00-8:45 Registration

9:00-9:45 Opening Remarks

Charles Katz, Professor & Director, ASU
Jonathan Koppell, Dean, ASU
U.S. Ambassador John Maisto (retired), ASU Senior Advisor

9:45-10:30 Reducing Violence in Latin America and the Caribbean

Thomas Abt, Senior Research Fellow, Harvard University

10:30:10:45 Break

10:45-12:00 Research Evidence on Contemporary Issues

Family, Youth Development & Delinquency, Alex Piquero, UTD
Policing, Edward Maguire, ASU
Community Based Anti-Violence Strategies, Scott Decker, ASU
Moderator, Charles Katz, ASU

12:00-1:30 Lunch & Keynote address

Anthony Harriott, University of the West Indies-Mona

1:30-1:45 Break

1:45-2:45 Discussion Panel: Risk Factor-Based Intervention Programming

Guillermo Cespedes, Creative Associates
Robin Braverman, Creative Associates
Debra Wahlberg, Creative Associates
Enrique Roig (Moderator), Creative Associates 

2:45-3:00 Break

3:15-4:00 Experiences with Justice and Security Reform

Ted Lawrence, USAID, The Public Health Approach: Progress & Pitfalls in the Caribbean
Antonio Iskandar and Ana Suazo, DAI, Implementing Reform in Honduras
Anne Simmons-Benton, ASU, (Moderator)

4:00-4:30 Open Forum

4:30-5:00 Break

5:00-7:00 Reception, House of Tricks
Welcome, Stephen Feinson, Associate Vice President, International Development, ASU

DAY 2-April 12, 2018

Heritage Room at the University Club

8:45-9:00 Opening Remarks

Charles Katz, Professor & Director, ASU

9:15-10:00 Violence and its Prevention: Lessons from Brazil

Claudio Beato, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (Brazil)

10:00-10:15 Break

10:15-11:15 Research Bites

Charles Katz, Introduction to Session: An Overview of Gangs and Violence in LAC
Andrew Fox, Gangs, Neighborhood Social Structure & Homicide in Trinidad and Tobago
Edward Maguire, An Evaluation of Project REASON: Problems and Prospects     
Anthony Harriott, Responses to Violence in the Caribbean
Lidia Nuño & Vincent Webb, Risk factors, Violence, & Gangs in El Salvador
Kenneth Leon, MS-13 from El Salvador to LA and Washington, DC

11:15-12:00 Understanding and Reducing Violence in Latin America and the Caribbean: A Roadmap

Edward Maguire, Professor & Associate Director, ASU