Theron Pride

Theron_Pride    THERON PRIDE

Theron Pride is a Senior Advisor to Assistant Attorney General Karol V. Mason and Chief of Staff in the Office of Justice Programs at the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ). In this role, Mr. Pride serves as the lead advisor in the Office of the Assistant Attorney General on youth programs and priorities related to juvenile justice. He also provides leadership on several signature initiatives, including the Administration’s National Forum on Youth Violence Prevention and the Attorney General’s Defending Childhood Initiative. Prior to his appointment to DOJ, Mr. Pride worked as a social worker in several clinical settings, including the school-based mental health program at Johns Hopkins Hospital and the Family Support Services Programs at the Yale Child Study Center. Mr. Pride received his M.S.W from the University of Michigan and his J.D. from Georgetown University Law Center

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Watch this outstanding panel of mayors discuss youth violence; causes, affects and solutions moderated by Theron Pride.  http://www.c-span.org/video/?325987-2/2015-youth-violence-prevention-summit


The Office of Justice Programs

The Office of Justice Programs (OJP) provides innovative leadership to federal, state, local, and tribal justice systems, by disseminating state-of-the art knowledge and practices across America, and providing grants for the implementation of these crime fighting strategies. Because most of the responsibility for crime control and prevention falls to law enforcement officers in states, cities, and neighborhoods, the federal government can be effective in these areas only to the extent that it can enter into partnerships with these officers. Therefore, OJP does not directly carry out law enforcement and justice activities. Instead, OJP works in partnership with the justice community to identify the most pressing crime-related challenges confronting the justice system and to provide information, training, coordination, and innovative strategies and approaches for addressing these challenges.  To learn more visit: http://ojp.gov/about/about.htm.

 

The Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention

The Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) provides national leadership, coordination, and resources to prevent and respond to juvenile delinquency and victimization. OJJDP supports states and communities in their efforts to develop and implement effective and coordinated prevention and intervention programs and to improve the juvenile justice system so that it protects public safety, holds offenders accountable, and provides treatment and rehabilitative services tailored to the needs of juveniles and their families.  To learn more visit: http://www.ojjdp.gov/about/about.html.

 

Youth Violence Prevention

The National Forum on Youth Violence Prevention is a network of communities and federal agencies that work together, share information and build local capacity to prevent and reduce youth violence. Established at the direction of President Obama in 2010, the Forum brings together people from diverse professions and perspectives to learn from each other about the crisis of youth and gang violence in the U.S and to build comprehensive solutions on the local and national levels.  To learn more visit: http://www.findyouthinfo.gov/youth-topics/preventing-youth-violence.