CU-Boulder聮s Delbert Elliott, a leading expert on youth violence, on Oct. 14 will announce the release of a groundbreaking book on the causes of youth violence and strategies for preventing it.
"Violence in American Schools: A New Perspective," is co-edited by Elliott and includes chapters written by more than 20 experts from a range of disciplines 聳 including criminology, public health and developmental psychology.
Elliott will be part of a news conference introducing the book at 10 a.m. EDT, Wednesday, Oct. 14, in Washington, D.C.
He will return to campus the following day, Thursday, Oct. 15, to take part in a CU-Boulder panel discussion in conjunction with the White House Conference on School Safety. The conference will be downlinked from 8:30 a.m. to 11 a.m. MDT via satellite to the Coors Events/Conference Center, room 4, followed by a local panel discussion.
The White House conference will include a policy address by President Clinton and panel discussions that will explore school safety strategies. The Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, a program of the Department of Education, is providing satellite coverage of the event, with a rebroadcast of the event at 11:15 a.m. MDT.
The White House conference will be aired at 8:30 a.m. locally with the CU-Boulder panel discussion immediately following the satellite broadcast.
Speakers on the panel will be:
o Delbert Elliott, director of the CU-Boulder Center for the Study
and Prevention of Violence
o Susan Foster, director of the Boulder County YouthNET
o Dorothy Rupert (Dem.), Colorado State Senate, District 18
o Thomas Seigel, superintendent, Boulder Valley School
District
Each participant will speak for 10 minutes followed by questions from the floor.
The teleconference is sponsored by the Center for the Study and Prevention of Violence and the Boulder County YouthNET.
For further information contact Jane Grady at the Center for the Study and Prevention of Violence at 303-492-1032 or Dirk Martin at 303-492-3140.