NOTICES
COMMISSION ON CRIME AND DELINQUENCY
Criminal Justice Research Symposium
[29 Pa.B. 5403] The Pennsylvania Commission on Crime and Delinquency is sponsoring a Criminal Justice Research Symposium at the Harrisburg Marriott on November 8-9, 1999. The Symposium, ''Merging Practice, Policy and Evaluation,'' will focus on important Statewide and National research in the criminal justice field. Findings from the latest research will be presented, along with workshops on how to conduct research and use evaluation results to inform policy and practice.
The following panels and workshops are tentatively scheduled: Measuring Offender Recidivism, Scared Straight Programs for Juveniles, Victim Restitution: Research and Practice, Evaluation of Pennsylvania's Motivational Boot Camp, Making Correctional Population Projections, The 1999 Pennsylvania Crime Victimization Survey, Assessment of Centralized Police Booking Centers and Evaluation of the Communities That Care Delinquency Prevention Program.
An exhibit showcase is scheduled for both days of the conference. Vendors from the criminal justice field have been invited to participate in this Statewide symposium and to share their research expertise, services, publications and related materials with conference attendees. Exhibitor opportunities are still available.
The Center for Research on Crime and Justice at Penn State University has been contracted to facilitate the conference. For additional information or to register, contact Dr. Barry Ruback, Conference Coordinator, at (814) 865-1307, e-mail: bruback@psu.edu. Conference information and registration materials are also available on the Internet at: www.pop.psu.edu/clcj/pccd.html.
JAMES THOMAS,
Executive Director
[Pa.B. Doc. No. 99-1745. Filed for public inspection October 15, 1999, 9:00 a.m.]
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