We Shouldn’t Have Policies We Are Afraid to Talk About: A Symposium on Public Crime Registries

This symposium considers state responses to sexual abuse and violence by examining unintended consequences of public registration and notification laws and related restrictions. Speakers will provide updates on current litigation and legislative efforts, and explore new next steps for achieving community safety and justice. Hear perspectives from state officials, victim advocates, justice advocates, and people directly affected by violence, incarceration, and these laws and policies.

This event is co-sponsored by: Open Engagement, University of Chicago, What is An Artistic Practice of Human Rights? (Gray Center for Arts and Inquiry, the Pozen Family Center for Human Rights, and the Logan Center for the Arts), Institute on Public Safety & Social Justice, Adler University, Roderick and Solange MacArthur Justice Center, Northwestern Pritzker School of Law, and John Howard Association of Illinois.

Organized by Laurie Jo Reynolds and Lynne Johnson.

Co-sponsored by: 
Open Engagement; Cabrini Green Legal Aid; Child and Family Justice Center, Northwestern Pritzker School of Law; Institute for Research on Race & Public Policy, University of Illinois at Chicago; Institute on Public Safety & Social Justice, Adler University; Law Office of the Cook County Public Defender; Mental Health America of Illinois; Roderick and Solange MacArthur Justice Center, Northwestern Pritzker School of Law; John Howard Association of Illinois; Treatment Alternatives for Safe Communities; What is An Artistic Practice of Human Rights? (a summit by Gray Center for Arts and Inquiry, the Pozen Family Center for Human Rights, and the Logan Center for the Arts), University of Chicago