Those questions have triggered numerous studies over the past seven years, no two of which completely agree. Some reports give the law almost total credit for the large drop in California's reported crime rate during this span. Others find that the law has had little impact on crime at all.

RAND's Three Strikes Policy Roundtable will bring together some of the most prominent practitioners and researchers in the law enforcement field to review the available evidence, to see if they can come to any consensus about how the law is working, and to discuss how it might be improved. Although the discussions will focus on California, other states' experience will also come into play. A copy of the agenda and a list of likely panelists is attached. The first session will begin at 9:15 a.m.

Participants include several California district attorneys, including Los Angeles County's Steve Cooley, many of the nation's best known criminal justice researchers and analysts, defense attorneys, and California law enforcement officials.

The August 13 Roundtable, sponsored by the Smith Richardson Foundation, Inc., is open to the press.

8:30-9:15 a.m.	Registration and Continental Breakfast
9:15-9:30 a.m.	Welcome and Introductions Jack K. Riley - Director, RAND Criminal Justice Program Peter W. Greenwood - President, Greenwood & Associates
9:30-10:30 a.m.	Session 1:	How is the law being implemented?
	Moderator	James Q. Wilson, Ph.D. The James A. Collins Professor Emeritus of Management, The John E. Anderson School of Management, University of California, Los Angeles
	Panel Members: Michael D. Bradbury, J.D. - Ventura County District Attorney Susan S. Everingham, M.A. - Director, Forces and Resources Policy Center, RAND Alex Ricciardulli, J.D. - Los Angeles County Deputy Public Defender David Winett, M.P.A. - Associate Warden, California Correctional Institution at Tehachapi
10:30-10:45 a.m.	Coffee Break
10:45-12:30 p.m.	Session 2:	What have been the law's impacts?
	Moderator	Daniel S. Nagin, Ph.D. Teresa and H. John Heinz III Professor of Public Policy, H. John Heinz III School of Public Policy and Management, Carnegie Mellon University

	Panel Members: Elsa Y. Chen, Ph.D. - Professor, Santa Clara University Matthew Gray - Senior Policy Consultant to State Senator John Vasconcellos Daniel Macallair - Vice President, Justice Policy Institute Frank E. Zimring, Ph.D. - Director and Professor, Earl Warren Legal Institute, University of California, Berkeley
12:30 p.m.	Lunch
1:30-2:00 p.m.	Featured Speaker: Mr. Andres Soto, Policy Director Trauma Foundation/Pacific Center for Violence Prevention
2:00-3:30 p.m.	Session 3:	How can the law be improved?
	Moderator:	The Honorable Jeffrey S. Tauber (retired) Executive Director of the Center For Problem Solving Courts; Director of the Rational Reform Project; Chair, International Association of Drug Court Professionals
	Panel Members: Jonathan P. Caulkins, Ph.D. - Director, RAND Pittsburgh Steve Cooley, J.D. - Los Angeles County District Attorney William T. Stonich - Undersheriff, County of Los Angeles Sheriff's Department
3:30 p.m.	Coffee Break
3:45-4:45 p.m.	Session 4:	Should other states adopt similar laws?
	Moderator	Alfred Blumstein, Ph.D. J. Erik Jonsson Professor of Urban Systems and Operations Research, H. John Heinz III School of Public Policy and Management, Carnegie Mellon University

	Panel Members: Neil Bryant, J.D. - Senior Partner, Bryant, Lovlien & Jarvis; Former Oregon State Senator Antonio Fabelo, Ph.D. - Executive Director, Texas Criminal Justice Policy Council C. Ronald Huff, Ph.D. - Dean and Professor, School of Social Ecology, University of California, Irvine
4:45-5:00 p.m.	Closing Remarks
5:00 p.m.	Adjourn