Discussions about law enforcement, court system and corrections within small communities will be the focus of the 21st Conference on the Small City and Regional Community. It will be held Oct. 19-20 at Winona State University, co-sponsored by the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point Center for the Small City.
With a theme "Criminal Justice in the Small City," the conference begins at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 19, with a keynote address. It continues with a full day of workshops and panel discussions.
The keynote address, "Corrections and the Small City: Practices, Challenges and Potential," will be given by John Shook, chair of the Department of Sociology and Criminal Justice at the University of Dubuque and a former federal corrections official.
Some of the topics of Thursday's sessions include the working as force multipliers, working with the transgender community, court case studies, contemporary issues in criminal justice, women's and minority's rights, local prosecutors and public issues. A featured presentation, "In/complete Trust: Building Community Trust in Law Enforcement," will be given by Susan Riseling, former chief of police at UW-Madison and the current director of the International Association of Campus Law Enforcement Administrations.
For the full conference program and registration information, go to http://wsu.mn/21st-conference.
The conference was founded at UW-Stevens Point in 1978. For more information, contact Bob Wolensky at rwolensk@uwsp.edu or Ed Miller at emiller@uwsp.edu or go to www.uwsp.edu/cols-ap/smallCity.
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