CUNY Newswire

March 3, 2010 | John Jay College of Criminal Justice

What:  In connection with the New York City Bar Association forum titled “The New York Police Department’s Stop and Frisk Policies: Are they Effective? Fair? Appropriate?, the Center on Race, Crime and Justice at the John Jay College of Criminal Justice will unveil a Primer on the New York City Police Department’s stop, question, and frisk policies. 

The Primer will present available data on stop, question, and frisk practices in New York City – the trends, the geographic concentrations of this form of police activity, the reasons for the stops, the results of the stops, and the racial breakdown of the New Yorkers who have been stopped. While offering no analysis of the data, the purpose of the Primer is to enhance the public’s understanding of the NYPD’s stop, question, and frisk practices.

Who:    Moderator:   JEREMY TRAVIS, President, John Jay College of Criminal Justice, The City University of New York

Speakers:

JEFFREY A. FAGAN, Professor of Law and Epidemiology, Columbia Law School & Columbia School of Public Health
HEATHER MAC DONALD, John M. Olin Fellow, Manhattan Institute; Contributing Editor, City Journal
TRACEY MEARES, Deputy Dean and Walton Hale Hamilton Professor of Law, Yale Law School
JOHN TIMONEY, former Chief of Police, Miami Police Department (2003-2009); former Commissioner, Philadelphia Police Department (1998-2001); New York Police Department (1967-1996, rising to First Deputy Commissioner)

 When:      Tuesday, March 9 at 6:00 PM

 Where:    New York City Bar Association, 42 West 44^th Street, New York City

 Admission is FREE

Online registration is recommended. Visit www.nycbar.org

 The New York City Bar Association (www.nycbar.org) was founded in 1870, and since then has been dedicated to maintaining the high ethical standards of the profession, promoting reform of the law, and providing service to the profession and the public.  The Association continues to work for political, legal and social reform, while implementing innovative means to help the disadvantaged.  Protecting the public’s welfare remains one of the Association’s highest priorities.

Established in 1964, John Jay College of Criminal Justice of The City University of New York is an international leader in educating for justice. It offers a rich liberal arts and professional studies curriculum to upwards of 14,000 undergraduate and graduate students from more than 135 nations. In teaching and research, the College approaches justice as an applied art in service to society and as an ongoing conversation about fundamental human desires for fairness, equality and the rule of law.