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Talk about finding solutions being sought in the most ironic places:
At Georgetown, in the newly formed Center for Juvenile Justice Reform, which is headed by former Clinton cabinet member, Shay Bilchik, who was the head of the OJJDP (part of the US Department of Justice and aka Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquincy Prevention – Chip Stewart was the head of it when I worked at DOJ) and most recently past executive director of the Child Welfare League of America. Here’s an interesting article about Bilchik and the CWLA (I was active with the group when I worked at Bellefaire, which was during the David Liederman era at CWLA – they had great conferences in Washington, DC).
Here’s Professor Bilchik’s bio from when he headed the OJJDP:
SHAY BILCHIK
Shay Bilchik was confirmed by the U.S. Senate as Administrator of OJJDP on October 7, 1994, and sworn in on October 11, 1994. He previously served as Associate Deputy Attorney General in the Office of the Deputy Attorney General. As Administrator, Mr. Bilchik is responsible for the agency congressionally mandated to lead the effort to address the public safety issues of juvenile crime and youth victimization. His OJJDP leadership responsibilities include identifying effective strategies for addressing juvenile crime through research; coordinating, implementing, and supporting effective programs and encouraging innovative approaches to deal with existing and emerging juvenile justice issues; developing priorities and goals and setting policies to guide Federal juvenile justice issues; providing technical assistance and training to essential components of the juvenile justice system; and disseminating information on juvenile justice trends, programs, and new approaches.
Mr. Bilchik began his career in 1977 as an Assistant State’s Attorney for the 11th Judicial Circuit of Florida in Miami. In 1979, he was promoted to Juvenile Division Chief and later to Deputy Chief Assistant for Administration. In 1985, he became Chief Assistant for Administration and was responsible for administering an office of more than 200 attorneys. Mr. Bilchik had supervisory authority over juvenile prosecution programs, including those involving prosecution of juveniles as adults in the Criminal Division. He also established and had oversight responsibility for the Child Advocacy Center, which is a multidisciplinary intake unit for cases involving victims of child abuse. As a Prosecutor, Mr. Bilchik served as the Coordinator of a number of special programs, including the Police-Juvenile Prosecutor Liaison and the School-Juvenile Prosecutor Liaison projects. He has lectured extensively on juvenile justice issues and served on the faculty of the National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges. In addition, he was the author of the “Court Handbook for Dade County Lawyers, Juvenile Practice Section,” 1980 and “Prosecuting Juveniles in Criminal Courts — An Empirical Analysis,” 1984. Mr. Bilchik has served on numerous task forces and advisory committees dealing with juvenile delinquency and drug abuse issues. He also was involved in drafting a number of juvenile justice and child abuse legislative proposals in Florida. Mr. Bilchik received his education at the University of Florida, where he earned a bachelor’s degree in 1975 and a jurum doctor in 1977.
Very fortuitous to have found this article, just before New Years.
I see not so invisible omens. Don’t you just know that Bilchik is going to be getting an e-mail from me? I’d also love to know if a very special friend of mine in Miami who has been a prosecutor in juvenile court in southern Florida for at least 15 years knows Bilchik, and vice versa.
Chills.
By Jill Miller Zimon at 11:06 pm December 30th, 2007 in Crime, Mental health, Social Issues
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Jill:
While doing some consulting for a spinoff of the OSU Medical Center, I had the chance to meet and work with Professor Stephen Gavazzi. He and his wife, Courtney Yarchek (a fellow researcher and former juvenile case officer), have used their research to build GRADcis, which is both a youth risk assessment tool and a case management system for the juvenile courts. I believe a number of the NE Ohio counties are GRADcis users.
Both Steve and Courtney are driven to find ways to keep kids out the system, and focus on the behavioral issues rather than punishment. You might enjoy a dialog with them.
PL
Thanks, Paul – I believe you’ve mentioned them before. I’m formally putting this idea and reference into my 2008 hopper. It’s getting full but I’ve got some ideas for how to integrate them. Keeping fingers crossed for some breakthroughs of all kinds this year.
You have a great new years.