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The North Carolina Justice Association (NCCJA)
Appalachian State University
April 4-5, 2008

For hotel information and online registration please go to:

https://ssl1.appstate.edu/confinst/nccja.php

Friday, April 4

(High Country Inn, Boone, NC)

            2pm                             Registration opens

            3pm                             Board of Directors meeting

            4pm                             Dr. Ron Hunter, “ACJS Opportunities for NCCJA Members”

            5pm                             Key Note Speaker, Dr. Vivian Lord

            6:30pm             Cook out (local park nearby)

            8pm                             CJ Jeopardy (back at High Country Inn), followed by sports bar

Saturday, April 5

(Old Library Classroom Building, Appalachian State University)

            9am                              Registration opens

            9-9:45am                     Poster sessions

“Situational Crime Prevention at UNC Wilmington,” posters by Jeremy Davis, Chris Nussman, Nicole Hess, Kelly Mann, David Schenk, and Jason Griess)

Also presenting will be Brent Taylor, UNC Pembroke, “Stress in the Criminal Justice System” (an interactive paper presentation)

            9:30-10:30am               PANEL 1

·        “The Color and Gender of Capital Punishment: An Analysis of Extra-Legal Factors Affecting the Death Penalty in North Carolina,” Andrew Howell, Appalachian State

·        “Contemporary Corrections,” Robert Bowen, UNC Wilmington

·        “A Comparative Evaluation of Multi-Method Approaches to Reduce Gun Violence,” Christopher Badurek, Appalachian State

·        “Estimating Journey to Crime in Rural NC: The Case of Yadkinville, NC,” Josh Sloop and Christopher Badurek, Appalachian State  

            10:30-11:30am PANEL 2

·        “Juvenile Justice: A Practical Application of Punishment Through the Identification of Cruel and Unusual Practices …” Leigh Bryan, Mikhial Gunderman, and Paul Ford, Appalachian State

·        “What Should We Pay Attention To: Crime Clearance of Crime Reduction? Proposing a Crime Control Model,” Yongbeom Hur, Appalachian State

·        “The Epidemiology of Pedophilia: Determining the Appropriate Treatment for Convicts Diagnosed with Pedophilia Erotica,” Nyesha Kenner, Appalachian State

·        “How to Reintegrate Departing Inmates into an Economic Driven Society,” Steven Di Giantommaso and Mike Chase, Appalachian State

12-1:30 pm                  Featured Speaker, “America’s Criminal Justice Policy: Addicted to the War on Drugs, Mr. Jerry Cameron, Chief of Police

Saturday, APRIL 5^th, 12 pm (011 Old Library Classroom Building)
(free parking in nearby parking deck on College Street)

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Jerry Cameron spent a considerable part of his seventeen year law enforcement career in fighting the “War on Drugs.”  Not only was he Chief of two small town departments for a total of eleven years, he is also a graduate of the 150^th Session of the FBI National Academy, the DEA Basic Drug Enforcement Course, and two DEA Advanced Drug Enforcement Professional Institutes.  Cameron participated as a front line warrior in street enforcement and consequently was recognized nationally for developing a street enforcement technique known as “Operation Pressure Point.”  He has been published in The Police Chief, The Florida Police Chief, and Law & Order magazines.  He was a full-time faculty member of the Institute of Police Technology and Management at the University of North Florida where he taught drug interdiction, roadside interrogation techniques, police ethics, and management. 

Toward the end of his career Cameron began to question the efficacy as well as the morality of the “War on Drugs.”  When he began doing serious research on this subject, he concluded that the “War on Drugs” was a total failure and had caused tremendous damage to the country.  The simple truth was that not one benefit could be identified and a myriad of unintended consequences were evident.  In fact, the war proved counterproductive to every one of its stated goals. 

Cameron has seen first hand the devastation of neighborhoods, perversion of the law enforcement mission, and the squandering of resources that are the result of prohibition.  Today he speaks out against decades of failed policy and encourages the “re-legalization” of drugs.  He believes that this is the only way to decrease the amount of drugs falling into the hands of our children, to make room for violent offenders to serve their full terms in our prisons, and to return law enforcement to its legitimate function of protecting our citizens. 

Cameron provides audiences with a look at the failed “War on Drugs” through the eyes of a front line veteran.  He has presented to audiences across this country and in England, Scotland, Ireland, the Netherlands, and Canada.  His activities include meeting with members of Congress, state legislatures, members of Parliament, as well as law enforcement officials and researchers around the world.  He has done hundreds of TV, radio, and newspaper interviews.  Debates, panel discussions, and presentations to civic organizations are always eye opening experiences when Chief Cameron uses his vast personal experience and many years of research to shed new light on the “War on Drugs.”

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Law Enforcement Against Prohibition (LEAP) is reaching out to audiences around the globe.  Armed with overwhelming statistics, LEAP speakers explain the impact of the War on Drugs on the justice system and how continuing drug prohibition adversely affects efforts at rehabilitation.  LEAP speakers captivate audiences with their personal experiences.  Audiences are challenged to consider alternatives that few have considered options available to them and are also shown that the ideas which LEAP espouses cross all political boundaries.  If America legalized drugs, what would be the impact to the drug cartels, organized crime and international terrorists?  What would be the impact to society, to our community and to our way of life?  LEAP argues that the incidence of crime, violence disease and death would all decrease.  True?  Hear what a former police chief has to say about the provocative issue of drug legalization in America.