International experts on Disproportionate Minority Contact (DMC) and juvenile justice processing will speak on topics ranging from police contact, juvenile competence and culpability, and federal guidelines to address disproportionate minority contact.

Scheduled speakers include:

Rod K. Brunson

Southern Illinois University - Carbondale
Department of Criminology & Criminal Justice
1000 Faner Drive, MC 4504
Carbondale, IL 62901

Barry C. Feld

University of Minnesota Law School
340 Mondale Hall
229 19th Avenue South
Minneapolis, MN 55455

Michael Leiber

Virginia Commonwealth University
Department of Criminal Justice
Wilder School
923 W. Franklin Street
Richmond, VA 23284-2028

Nancy Rodriguez

Arizona State University
School of Criminal Justice & Criminology
Mail Code:  4420
411 N. Central Ave., Suite 600
Phoenix, AZ   85004-0685

Organized by:
Finn-Aage Esbensen
E. Desmond Lee Professor of Youth Crime and Violence
Department of Criminology and Criminal Justice
University of Missouri-St. Louis