ethicsandjustice.org is the web site for The Ethics and Justice Center located in Saratoga Springs, New York.
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The Ethics and Justice Center consults with educational and governmental agencies and conducts research in matters related broadly to issues of ethics and justice.
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Jack Kress is the Director of the Ethics and Justice Center. Professor Kress lectures and debates frequently at numerous educational institutions, including law schools, medical schools and colleges. He also writes and conducts research for government, nonprofit and profit-making institutions and organizations. Professor Kress possesses expertise in several areas, most prominently ethics and criminal justice. He keeps apprised of current issues in these fields and is generally available to testify before legislative and administrative bodies and to give press and media interviews.
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The Ethics and Justice Center consults with educational and governmental agencies and conducts research in matters related broadly to issues of ethics and justice.
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Jack Kress is the Director of the Ethics and Justice Center. Professor Kress lectures and debates frequently at numerous educational institutions, including law schools, medical schools and colleges. He also writes and conducts research for government, nonprofit and profit-making institutions and organizations. Professor Kress possesses expertise in several areas, most prominently ethics and criminal justice. He keeps apprised of current issues in these fields and is generally available to testify before legislative and administrative bodies and to give press and media interviews.
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Ethics Bio:
Those interested in contacting Professor Kress to give lectures or participate in debates, on any ethics or bioethics related issues, may use any or all of the following brief biography in their advertising or promotional material:
Jack Kress is the author of more than 15 books and 70 articles on issues of ethics and justice; his most recent peer-reviewed article was published in the prestigious American Journal of Transplantation. Professor Kress holds degrees from Columbia University and Cambridge University; he has been tenured and taught at several graduate schools. He has also held numerous positions with local, state and federal government agencies.
In 1990, Professor Kress was named Special Counsel for Ethics and Designated Agency Ethics Official for the United States Department of Health and Human Services, where he worked with the Office of White House Counsel and the U. S. Office of Government Ethics in formulating the federal government's ethics policies; he concurrently directed the largest federal ethics and bioethics program, encompassing all components of HHS, including the National Institutes of Health, the Food and Drug Administration, and the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services.
In 2001, Jack Kress was selected as the first Executive Director of the HHS Advisory Committee on Organ Transplantation, and led that group in promulgating and implementing more than forty recommendations for reform in America’s donation and transplantation system, including the establishment of the national breakthrough collaborative. From 2004-2009, Professor Kress was a core faculty member of the Alden March Bioethics Institute at Albany Medical College. He presently directs the Ethics and Justice Center in Saratoga Springs, New York.
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Topics:
Recent speech/debate topics in this area have included:
Assisted Suicide
Current Issues in Bioethics
Ethics and Bioethics
Ethics Issues in Transplantation
Federal Health Care Provider Conscience Rules
Government Ethics: An Oxymoron?
How Federal Organ Transplantation Law Kills Thousands of People Each Year
How Organ Procurement Organizations Can Improve Their Performance
Organ Shortages: Who Decides Who Lives?
Should a Dead Person’s Heart Be Buried When It Could Save a Life?
Should Oregon’s Assisted Suicide Law Be Enacted in this State?
Skinner v. Switzer: Can Convicted Prisoners Force States to Apply DNA Testing?
Would Paying for Organs Save Thousands of Lives?
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Those interested in contacting Professor Kress to give lectures or participate in debates, on any ethics or bioethics related issues, may use any or all of the following brief biography in their advertising or promotional material:
Jack Kress is the author of more than 15 books and 70 articles on issues of ethics and justice; his most recent peer-reviewed article was published in the prestigious American Journal of Transplantation. Professor Kress holds degrees from Columbia University and Cambridge University; he has been tenured and taught at several graduate schools. He has also held numerous positions with local, state and federal government agencies.
In 1990, Professor Kress was named Special Counsel for Ethics and Designated Agency Ethics Official for the United States Department of Health and Human Services, where he worked with the Office of White House Counsel and the U. S. Office of Government Ethics in formulating the federal government's ethics policies; he concurrently directed the largest federal ethics and bioethics program, encompassing all components of HHS, including the National Institutes of Health, the Food and Drug Administration, and the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services.
In 2001, Jack Kress was selected as the first Executive Director of the HHS Advisory Committee on Organ Transplantation, and led that group in promulgating and implementing more than forty recommendations for reform in America’s donation and transplantation system, including the establishment of the national breakthrough collaborative. From 2004-2009, Professor Kress was a core faculty member of the Alden March Bioethics Institute at Albany Medical College. He presently directs the Ethics and Justice Center in Saratoga Springs, New York.
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Topics:
Recent speech/debate topics in this area have included:
Assisted Suicide
Current Issues in Bioethics
Ethics and Bioethics
Ethics Issues in Transplantation
Federal Health Care Provider Conscience Rules
Government Ethics: An Oxymoron?
How Federal Organ Transplantation Law Kills Thousands of People Each Year
How Organ Procurement Organizations Can Improve Their Performance
Organ Shortages: Who Decides Who Lives?
Should a Dead Person’s Heart Be Buried When It Could Save a Life?
Should Oregon’s Assisted Suicide Law Be Enacted in this State?
Skinner v. Switzer: Can Convicted Prisoners Force States to Apply DNA Testing?
Would Paying for Organs Save Thousands of Lives?
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Justice Bio:
Those interested in contacting Professor Kress to give lectures or participate in debates, on any criminal justice or sentencing related issues, may use any or all of the following brief biography in their advertising or promotional literature:
Jack Kress is the author of more than 15 books and 70 articles on issues of justice and ethics, and has been called the "father of sentencing guidelines" by ABC News: he co-originated the very concept of sentencing guidelines and directed the research projects that developed and implemented the first sentencing guidelines systems in America, systems by which criminal offenders may be more fairly and equitably punished. He helped establish the sentencing guidelines systems now in place in more than half the states, and also worked with Congress and the Department of Justice in first bringing the United States Sentencing Commission into existence. An elected life member of the American Law Institute, Professor Kress lectures broadly on justice and sentencing reform; he is presently consulting with the ALI's Reporter in revising the Model Penal Code's sentencing provisions.
Professor Jack Kress holds degrees from Columbia University and Cambridge University; he has been tenured and taught at several law and other graduate schools. A former Manhattan Assistant District Attorney, he more recently worked for the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, where he served as the Department's Special Counsel for Ethics and the Executive Director of the HHS Advisory Committee on Organ Transplantation. Jack Kress presently directs the Ethics and Justice Center in Saratoga Springs, New York.
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Topics:
Recent speech/debate topics in this area have included:
Are Crime and Punishment Related Anymore?
Brown v. Plata: Legalized Jailbreak?
Can Sentencing Guidelines Be Rehabilitated?
Capital Punishment: Is Life Without Parole an Honest Option?
Crime and Punishment Revisited
Criminal Justice and Sentencing: Theory and Practice
Criminal Sentencing: The Future of Sentencing Guidelines
Does Raping a Child Deserve the Death Penalty?
The History and Future of Sentencing Guidelines
Is Sentencing Reform Dead After Blakely?
Skinner v. Switzer: Can Convicted Prisoners Force States to Apply DNA Testing?
What They Don’t Teach in Crim Pro: Crime & Punishment Have Nothing to Do with One Another
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Those interested in contacting Professor Kress to give lectures or participate in debates, on any criminal justice or sentencing related issues, may use any or all of the following brief biography in their advertising or promotional literature:
Jack Kress is the author of more than 15 books and 70 articles on issues of justice and ethics, and has been called the "father of sentencing guidelines" by ABC News: he co-originated the very concept of sentencing guidelines and directed the research projects that developed and implemented the first sentencing guidelines systems in America, systems by which criminal offenders may be more fairly and equitably punished. He helped establish the sentencing guidelines systems now in place in more than half the states, and also worked with Congress and the Department of Justice in first bringing the United States Sentencing Commission into existence. An elected life member of the American Law Institute, Professor Kress lectures broadly on justice and sentencing reform; he is presently consulting with the ALI's Reporter in revising the Model Penal Code's sentencing provisions.
Professor Jack Kress holds degrees from Columbia University and Cambridge University; he has been tenured and taught at several law and other graduate schools. A former Manhattan Assistant District Attorney, he more recently worked for the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, where he served as the Department's Special Counsel for Ethics and the Executive Director of the HHS Advisory Committee on Organ Transplantation. Jack Kress presently directs the Ethics and Justice Center in Saratoga Springs, New York.
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Topics:
Recent speech/debate topics in this area have included:
Are Crime and Punishment Related Anymore?
Brown v. Plata: Legalized Jailbreak?
Can Sentencing Guidelines Be Rehabilitated?
Capital Punishment: Is Life Without Parole an Honest Option?
Crime and Punishment Revisited
Criminal Justice and Sentencing: Theory and Practice
Criminal Sentencing: The Future of Sentencing Guidelines
Does Raping a Child Deserve the Death Penalty?
The History and Future of Sentencing Guidelines
Is Sentencing Reform Dead After Blakely?
Skinner v. Switzer: Can Convicted Prisoners Force States to Apply DNA Testing?
What They Don’t Teach in Crim Pro: Crime & Punishment Have Nothing to Do with One Another
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Special Note: Recently, Professor Kress has presented what has proven to be a very popular criminal justice program that helps his audience understand and appreciate the dilemma police officers face when they confront situations in which they must decide whether or not to employ deadly force. The program includes a firearm simulation exercise that replicates portions of training that New York City Police Department officers undergo. (In one instance so far, in Ohio, this program was approved for one hour of Continuing Legal Education credit.) Program titles that local organizers have used have included:
Moment of Decision: Police Use of Deadly Force
Police Use of Deadly Force: An Interactive Presentation
Shoot to Kill: Police Use of Deadly Force
Shoot to Kill: Understanding Police Use of Deadly Force
When Should Police Use Deadly Force? -- An Interactive Demonstration
When Would You Shoot? -- An Interactive Experience
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Contact Information:
Jack Kress
Director
The Ethics and Justice Center
Saratoga Springs, New York
Phone: 518-583-1359
Website: ethicsandjustice.org
Email: jkress2@gmail.com
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Note: Those seeking further details about Professor Kress, including his availability for speaking engagements, should contact him directly as above. In addition, web searchers should know that his publications and appearances may be found using the following search parameters:
Jack M. Kress // Jack Kress // J. M. Kress // J. Kress // Kress