Crime & Punishment Part I: Arrest & Prosecution
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Program Day
Date: Wednesday, September 14
Time: 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM
Location: 140 Clarendon St. Boston, MA 02116
Room: Kuumba Library on the 2nd floor
Objectives
Our objectives are to…
- Understand inequities, challenges, and opportunities related to Crime and Punishment in Boston.
- Reflect on and discuss what work, resources, and tools are utilized or needed to drive change in the area of criminal justice.
- Engage with fellow participants, facilitators, moderators, and/or guests in discussions, networking, and activities.
- Name how inequities in the criminal justice sector relate to your workplace and what you could do to create a more inclusive organization.
Agenda
- 9:00 Welcome and opening
- 10:00 Expert Speaker: DA Hayden
- 11:00 Discussion & Activity
- 12:00 Lunch Break
- 1:00 Expert Speaker: Thomas Nolan
- 2:00 Small Break
- 2:30 Discussion and Activity
- 4:00 Leadership Commitment Prep Group
- 4:45 Closing
- 5:05 Post Program Day Mingling
Pre-work
- https://www.bostonglobe.com/2022/02/08/metro/some-report-mass-traffic-stops-shows-stubborn-racial-biases-persists-policing/
- Listen: https://www.wbur.org/news/2021/03/29/non-prosecution-low-level-crime-rollins-suffolk-county
- https://www.wgbh.org/news/politics/2022/03/16/reforming-the-boston-police-has-been-a-hard-fought-uphill-series-of-battles-over-the-last-50-years
- new police commissioner: https://www.wgbh.org/news/politics/2022/08/15/returning-to-lead-bpd-michael-cox-calls-for-renewed-bond-between-police-and-the-public
- https://www.bostonglobe.com/2021/07/20/metro/boston-police-emphasize-de-escalation-disengagement-mental-health-calls/
- [BPD culture] WBUR, Boston Detective Says Racism In BPD Is Evident, 1 Year After George Floyd (7-minute listen, article PDF)
- [Inequitable stops] GBH, Black People Made Up 70 Percent Of Boston Police Stops, Department Data Show(PDF)
- [Diversity in BPD] AP News, ‘We turn a blind eye’: Boston’s police remain largely white (PDF)
- [Police reform] NBC Boston, Measuring Progress On Police Reforms in Boston (2-min watch) and listen https://www.wbur.org/news/2022/05/25/boston-massachusetts-police-george-floyd-reform
Module 7 Questioning
- Complete Inclusive Communication Module 7 on questioning. As you watch the video, take notes and pause at the posed questions to write your own notes.
- Once you’ve finished the video, share your response to the Post & Share prompts below.
- Post & Share: Think of a time where you and someone you were speaking with had differing views on a situation. 1. Identify an ideal conclusion for this conversation. 2. What type(s) of questions would you use to build consensus and arrive there?
Expert Speakers
DA Kevin Hayden, District Attorney at Suffolk County
About Kevin Hayden
District Attorney Kevin R. Hayden has dedicated his professional life to serving the public, seeking justice, and keeping communities safe and vibrant.
Before becoming DA he led the state Sex Offender Registry Board, guiding its mission to classify offenders and make information available to the public. DA Hayden served as the board’s chairman for six years, after serving as Acting Executive Director and General Counsel.
Prior to that, DA Hayden spent five years as a criminal defense attorney. He served as a bar advocate for the Committee for Public Counsel Services representing indigent clients in Boston Municipal Court and Boston Juvenile Court.
DA Hayden began his career right here in the Suffolk County District Attorney’s Office. He served as an assistant district attorney for over a decade across various units and was Chief of the Safe Neighborhood Initiative, a nationally recognized community-based crime prevention program. DA Hayden was one of the earliest advocates and practitioners of diversion, intervention and alternative to prosecution programs. He worked with local, state, and federal partners on violence prevention programs and initiatives for at-risk youth, services for victims and witnesses, and assistance for citizens returning from incarceration. DA Hayden also served on the Gang Unit, the Homicide Response Team, and the Juvenile Unit.
In recognition of his innovative public safety approach, DA Hayden received the Brian J. Honan Award for excellence in the courtroom and extraordinary commitment to the Suffolk County community in 2006.
DA Hayden is a board member of Youth Options Unlimited, a Boston workforce development organization serving young people who are court-involved or gang-affiliated, reentering the community from incarceration, or seeking refuge from poverty or violence. He also serves as deacon at Jubilee Christian Church in Mattapan and coaches youth lacrosse.
DA Hayden received his bachelor’s degree from Dartmouth College in 1990 and his law degree from Boston University School of Law in 1995. He lives in Roslindale with his wife and two children.
Thomas Nolan, Associate Professor of Sociology at Emmanuel College
About Thomas Nolan
Tom Nolan attended Boston University from 1988-2000 where he earned a master’s degree in 1991 and a doctorate in 2000. His written work has appeared in The Conversation, Salon, The Daily Beast, PBS Newshour, Raw Story, NewsOne, Yes! Magazine, and the American Constitution Society blog, among others.
Tom has been interviewed on PBS, the Voice of America, ABC News Australia, the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC),Radio Sputnik (Russia), the BBC, NBC News, 99% Invisible, and Morning Wave in Busan (South Korea).
Nolan has been an Associate Professor in Criminal Justice at Boston University, the State University of New York at Plattsburgh, and Merrimack College. He has also taught at Tufts University and the Urban College of Boston.
Dr. Nolan is currently an Associate Professor of Sociology at Emmanuel College in Boston