Michael Barrett, Missouri's Public Defender presents: Rethinking the traditional principles of punishment.  Decades of research concerning 'what works' in criminal justice and public safety has provided policy makers with the knowledge that would allow them to introduce evidence based practices in order to achieve better outcomes and save money.  But are they using it?  Find out what we are getting right and wrong to make our communities safer and protect the all-important tax dollar. (information/registration)

About the speaker

Michael Barrett is the current Director of the Missouri State Public Defender System, which handles more than 74,000 criminal cases a year. Prior to assuming this post, he was the Director of the Missouri State Emergency Management Agency and served as Deputy General Counsel for Governor Nixon.  Before coming to Missouri, Michael ran statewide criminal justice programming for Governor Eliot Spitzer and Governor David Paterson in New York.  Prior to becoming an attorney, he was a foreign language interrogator for the Department of Defense and served on two FBI squads in Chicago and Puerto Rico combating international drug trafficking.  

Tips from the bench presented by Judges Laura Johnson and Craig Carter.  (information/registration)

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