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MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 1997                          (202) 616-2765
                                               TDD (202) 514-1888
                                 
  ATTORNEY GENERAL TO JOIN POLICE, PROSECUTORS AND CRIME VICTIM
        ADVOCATES AT ROCKVILLE SITE FOR AT-RISK JUVENILES

     WASHINGTON, D.C. -- In an effort to stress crime prevention as
Congress continues work on juvenile justice legislation, Attorney
General Janet Reno will join officials from the national crime
prevention organization Fight Crime: Invest in Kids ("Fight Crime")
in a roundtable discussion with at-risk youth on Wednesday,
September 10, 1997.  At a press conference with the Attorney
General immediately following the roundtable, Fight Crime will 
unveil a new report detailing peak hours for juvenile crime.

WHO:      Attorney General Janet Reno
          Sanford A. Newman, President, Fight Crime: Invest in Kids
          Phil E. Keith, Chief, Knoxville, Tennessee Police Dept.
          Patrick Sullivan, Sheriff, Arapahoe County, Colorado
          Ralph Martin, District Attorney, Suffolk County, MA.
          Ellen Halbert, Former Vice-Chair, Texas Board of Criminal
               Justice
          Jean Lewis, President, National Organization of Parents
               of Murdered Children

WHEN:     10:00 a.m., Wednesday, September 10, 1997

WHERE:    The Other Way Day Treatment Center
          401 Fleet Street, First Floor
          Rockville, Maryland

     Additionally, on Tuesday, September 9, 1997, Justice
Department officials together with law enforcement leaders, crime
survivors and criminologists affiliated with Fight Crime will hold
a background briefing detailing their crime prevention efforts.  An
embargoed version of the new report on peak hours for juvenile
crime will also be available.  This discussion is embargoed until
Wednesday, September 10, 1997 at 10:00 a.m.

WHEN:     12:00 p.m., Tuesday, September 9, 1997

WHERE:    Room 1627, Main Justice Building
          950 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW

NOTE:  This information is for planning purposes only and may not
be released or distributed.

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