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Recorded Expert Chats
Title and Description	Links to Media
Healthy Officers Are Safer Officers: The Nexus Between Performance & HealthSeptember 2012 Moderator: Brett Chapman, Ph.D., NIJ Social Science Analyst. Panelists: Bryan Vila, Professor, Washington State University, will discuss his work on officer fatigue. Karen Amendola, Chief Operating Officer, Police Foundation, will discuss advantages and disadvantages of 8-, 10- and 12-hour shifts. John Violanti, Research Professor, University at Buffalo, State University of New York, will discuss the long-term impact of police work, including suicide. Theron Bowman, Chief of Police, Arlington, Texas, will comment on how police leaders can incorporate these research findings into their management and day-to-day work.	*Registration required to view* Video (1:26:18) Slides and other resources
Elder Abuse Webinar Series: Innovative Research Partnerships January 2012 Moderator: Andy Mao, Senior Counsel for Health Care Fraud and Elder Justice, U.S. Department of Justice. Panelists: Kristen Johnson, researcher with the National Council on Crime and Delinquency. Rachel Lakin, New Hampshire’s Bureau of Elderly and Adult Services. Kathleen Quinn, director of the National Adult Protective Services Association.	*Registration required to view* Video (1:24:00) Slides and other resources
Expert Chat Webinar: Forensic Markers and Elder Abuse March 2011 Moderator: Andy Mao, Senior Counsel for Health Care Fraud and Elder Abuse, Department of Justice Panelists: Lisa M. Gibbs, M.D., Associate Medical Director, Family Medicine, School of Medicine at University of California, Irvine Cherie Hill, Detective, Anaheim Police Department Richard Harruff, MD, Ph.D., Chief Medical Examiner, Seattle - King County, Washington	*Registration required to view* Video (wmv, 1:44:00) Slides and other resources
Expert Chat Webinar: Incidence and Prevalence of Elder Abuse January 2011 Moderator: Andy Mao, Senior Counsel for Health Care Fraud and Elder Abuse, Department of Justice Panelists: Ron Acierno, Ph.D., Professor, Medical University of South Carolina; Principal Investigator, National Elder Mistreatment Study Georgia Anetzberger, Ph.D., ACSW, LISW, Lecturer, Health Care Administration Program, Cleveland State University; Adjunct Assistant Professor of Medicine, Case Western Reserve University Marie-Therese Connolly, Senior Scholar, Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars; Director, Life Long Justice (an elder justice initiative housed at Appleseed)	*Registration required to view* Video (wmv, 1:45:50, 324 MB) Slides and other resources
Expert Chat Webinar: Combating Teen Dating Violence: Promising Research in Prevention and Intervention for Youth at-Risk February 2010 Moderator: Carrie Mulford, Ph.D., Social Science Analyst, National Institute of Justice Panelists: David A. Wolfe, Ph.D., RBC Chair in Children's Mental Health; Director, CAMH Centre for Prevention Science; Professor of Psychology and Psychiatry, University of Toronto Elizabeth Miller, MD, Ph.D., Assistant Professor in Pediatrics, UC Davis School of Medicine Pat Paluzzi, President/CEO, Healthy Teen Network	*Registration required to view* Video (wmv, 1:34:10) Slides and other resources
Expert Chat Webinar: Can You Predict Lethal Intimate Partner Violence? November 2009 Moderator: Andy Klein, Ph.D., Senior Research Analyst with Advocates for Human Potential, Inc. Panelists: Marci Van De Mark, LCSW-C, Assistant Director, Adult and Community Services Division, Baltimore County Department of Social Services Jacquelyn Campbell, Ph.D., RN, Researcher; Anna D. Wolf Chair and Professor, Department of Community Public Health, Johns Hopkins University School of Nursing Rene Renick, MA, LPC, EMBA, Director of Programs and Operations, National Network to End Domestic Violence	*Registration required to view* Video (wmv, 1:51:10) Slides and other resources
Expert Chat Webinar: Parole Violations and Revocations — Evidence-Based Responses to California in Crisis July 2009 Moderator: Jeremy Travis, President, John Jay College of Criminal Justice Panelists: Joan Petersilia, Ph.D., Professor of Law, Stanford Law School, Stanford, Calif. Ryken Grattet, Ph.D., Professor of Sociology, University of California, Davis Thomas Hoffman, Director, Division of Adult Parole Operations, California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation Peggy Burke, Principal, Center for Effective Public Policy	*Registration required to view* Video (wmv, 1:51:17) Slides and other resources
Expert Chat Webinar: DNA Evidence and Property Crimes February 2009 Moderator: Katharine Browning, Ph.D., Senior Social Science Analyst, National Institute of Justice Panelists: John Roman, Ph.D., Researcher, Urban Institute Mitch Morrissey, District Attorney, Denver, Colo. Greg Matheson, Director, Los Angeles Police Department Criminalistics Laboratory Philip Stanford, Detective, Denver Police Department	*Registration required to view* Video (wmv, 1:33:04) Slides and other resources
Expert Chat Webinar: Sexual Assault on College Campuses December 2008 Moderator: Marnie Shiels, Attorney Advisor for the Office on Violence Against Women Panelists: Chris Krebs, Senior Research Social Scientist, RTI International David Lisak, Forensic Consulting, Associate Professor, University of Massachusetts Dorothy Edwards, Ph.D., Director, The Violence Intervention and Prevention Center, University of Kentucky	*Registration required to view* Video (wmv, 1:34:10) Slides and other resources
Expert Chat Webinar: Sexual Violence: An International Perspective September 2008 Moderator: Kris Rose, Senior Advisor to the Director, National Institute of Justice Panelists: Cindy Dyer, Director, Office on Violence Against Women Gary Sheridan, Program Manager for Colombia, International Criminal Training Assistance Program, U.S. Department of Justice Rachel Jewkes, Director, South African Medical Research Council's Gender and Health Research Unit; Secretary, Sexual Violence Research Initiative	*Registration required to view* Video (wmv, 1:49:32) Slides and other resources
Expert Chat Webinar: Sexual Violence and Evidence Collection August 2008 Moderator: Sergeant Joanne Archambault, Executive Director for End Violence Against Women International Panelists: Sergeant Jim Markey, Phoenix Police Department, Adult Sex Crimes Unit Jennifer Pierce-Weeks, Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner; President-Elect, International Association of Forensic Nurses Roger Canaff, Deputy Chief, Sex Offender Management Unit, New York State Attorney General's Office	*Registration required to view* Video (wmv, 1:59:10) Slides and other resources
Expert Chat Webinar: Sex Offender Residency Restrictions: Implementation and Impact June 2008 Moderator: Jill Levenson, Ph.D., Associate Professor and Human Services Department Chair, Lynn University Panelists: Julie Wartell, Crime Analysis Administrator, Office of the District Attorney, San Diego County Timothy Hart, Director, Nevada's Center for the Analysis of Crime Statistics, University of Nevada, Las Vegas Kristen Zgoba, Supervisor of Research and Evaluation, New Jersey Department of Corrections in collaboration with Rutgers University	*Registration required to view* Video (wmv, 1:53:17) Slides and other resources
Expert Chat Webinar: Sexual Victimization in Prisons: Moving Toward Elimination February 2008 Moderator: A.T. Wall, Director, Department of Corrections, Rhode Island Panelists: Barbara Owen, Professor of Criminology, California State University, Fresno Brenda Smith, Professor of Law, American University; Commissioner, National Prison Rape Elimination Commission Allen Beck, Deputy Director, Bureau of Justice Statistics	*Registration required to view* Video (wmv, 1:56:01) Slides and other resources
Expert Chat Webinar: What XML Can Do For You: A Better Way to Share Criminal Justice Data October 2007 Moderator: Deborah Daniels, former Assistant Attorney General for the Office of Justice Programs Panelists: Paul Embley, CIO, National Center for State Courts; Chair, Global XML Structure Task Force Paul Wormeli, Executive Director, Integrated Justice Information Systems Institute Col. Bart Johnson, Deputy Superintendent, New York State Police; Vice-Chair, Global Advisory Committee	*Registration required to view* Video (wmv, 1:34:10) Slides and other resources
Expert Chat Webinar: Fingerprint Identification: The Role of Research in Fortifying the Forensic Sciences May 2007 Moderator: John Morgan, Deputy Director for Science and Technology, National Institute of Justice Panelists: Michael Campbell, Training Coordinator, Ron Smith & Associates, Inc.; (Retired) Captain, Milwaukee Police Department and Commanding Officer of Identification Division Peter Komarinski, Chair, Automated Fingerprint Identification System Committee, International Association for Identification Carol Henderson, Director, National Clearinghouse for Science, Technology and the Law, Stetson University College of Law	*Registration required to view* Video (wmv, 1:51:26) Slides and other resources
Expert Chat Webinar: Eyewitness Identification: Unfinished Discussion and Directions for Future Research February 2007 Moderator: Philip J. Cline, Superintendent of the Chicago Police Department Panelists: Roy S. Malpass, Ph.D., Professor of Psychology, University of Texas, El Paso Nancy Steblay, Ph.D., Professor of Psychology, Augsburg College James Doyle, Center for Modern Forensic Practice, John Jay College of Criminal Justice	*Registration required to view* Video (wmv, 1:39:36) Slides and other resources
Expert Chat Webinar: Drug Courts Reexamined November 2006 Moderator: Tom Charron, President of the American Prosecutors Research Institute Panelists: Mike Rempel, Center for Court Innovation Peter Luongo, Ph.D., Maryland Alcohol and Drug Abuse Administration Judge Terry D. Terrell, Florida's First Judicial Circuit Court	*Registration required to view* Video (wmv, 1:14:18) Slides and other resources
Expert Chat Webinar: Sex Trafficking in the United States June 2006 Moderator: Swanee Hunt, Director of the Women and Public Policy Program, John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University Panelists: Ambassador John Miller, U.S. State Department Mark Montigny, Massachusetts State Senator Norma Hotaling, Founder of the SAGE (Standing Against Global Exploitation) Project	*Registration required to view* Video (wmv, 1:38:53) Slides and other resources
Expert Chat Webinar: Prisoner Reentry: Facing the Challenges of Returning Home November 2005 Moderator: Stephen Goldsmith, John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University Panelists: Jeremy Travis, President, John Jay College of Criminal Justice Terry Donahue, Associate Director, Community Capacity Development Office, U.S. Department of Justice Georgia Lerner, Associate Executive Director for Program Operations, Women's Prison Association	*Registration required to view* Video (wmv, 1:44:09) Slides and other resources
Expert Chat Webinar: DNA in 'Minor' Crimes Yields Major Benefits in Public Safety May 2005 Moderator: Katharine Browning, Ph.D., Senior Social Science Analyst, National Institute of Justice Panelists: Cecelia Crouse, Ph.D., DNA Technical Leader and Supervisor, Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office Crime Lab Peter Pizzola, Ph.D., Director, New York City Police Department Crime Lab	Due to technical difficulties, an archived recording of this chat is unavailable. Slides and other resources