J. Robert Flores / The 2007 Educational Security Congress

	Juvenile Justice as it relates to school safety and other related matters
	J. Robert Flores
	Administrator, Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, U.S. Department of Justice

A longtime advocate for children, J. Robert Flores has led a distinguished career in juvenile and criminal justice. Currently the Administrator of the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, a position he assumed in April 2002, Mr. Flores previously served in the Criminal Division of the U.S. Department of Justice, where he worked on issues related to child exploitation and obscenity. Mr. Flores is an experienced lawyer and former prosecutor with expertise in Internet crime, child abuse and exploitation, and juvenile justice issues. In his role as OJJDP Administrator, he has spearheaded efforts to increase and improve Federal interagency cooperation, serving as Vice Chairman of the Coordinating Council on Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention. In keeping with the President’s management initiatives to make the Federal government more efficient, Mr. Flores has initiated three pilot programs to address youth gangs, reduce child prostitution, and improve the juvenile justice system. Under his leadership, OJJDP has expanded its efforts to respond to the online exploitation of children and significantly increased the involvement of faith-based and community organizations in its programming. A devoted husband to his wife, Ingrid, and father to his three children, Robert, Katherine, and Claire, Mr. Flores has dedicated his professional life to our Nation’s children. Before serving in the U.S. Department of Justice, Mr. Flores was an Assistant District Attorney in Manhattan, where he successfully prosecuted numerous child sexual abuse cases. Mr. Flores regularly lectures at conferences and seminars throughout the United States on child abuse and exploitation, criminal procedure, criminal and constitutional law, and investigative procedures and computer crime. He has also served as a consultant to federal and state legislators and government officials.