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Edward Jacoubs Senior Lecturer, Sociology and Criminal Justice
Criminal Justice and Sociology

MSW, Master’s of Social Work, Boston College

Edward G. Jacoubs MSW is currently employed by the Plymouth County District Attorney office as the Director of Grants and Sponsored Projects having been in this position since 1998. He is responsible for grant writing and administration, as well as community education and special projects having administered over 14 million dollars in grant funding since 2000. Prior to working at the District Attorney’s Office he was a Probation Officer for 13 years at the Brockton District Court, supervising juvenile offenders and mental health adults. He also served seven years as the Director of a DYS detention center. He holds a Master’s degree of Clinical Social Work from Boston College and has 42 years’ experience in the juvenile justice and forensic mental health field. He completed his clinical training at McLean Hospital (a Harvard Medical School affiliate) with his concentration on addictions and adolescent behavioral health. He serves on the faculty at Bridgewater State University, Curry College and Stonehill College all located in Massachusetts.

Mr. Jacoubs has presented at numerous local and statewide conferences, his national speaking engagements are as follows:

• The Massachusetts Bar Association Annual Conference, Boston Ma. 1997,
• The National Crime Prevention Conference, Washington DC 2001
• The National Weed and Seed Conference 2005 Philadelphia Pa. and 2010 Tampa Fla.
• The US Atty. of West Virginia, 19th Annual Crimes Against Children Task Force Nov. 2011
• West Virginia Dept. of Education Annual KIDSTRONG Conference “Joining Forces for Healthy Kids” Charleston WV June 2012
• “Helping Traumatized Children Succeed in the School and Community” at John Jay College in New York City for the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, September 2015
• The National Drug Endangered Children Conference in Reno NV presenting Community Strategies Serving Traumatized Children November 2016
• Community Anti-Drug Coalitions of America (CADCA) 27th Annual National Leadership Forum at the National Harbor Md. Feb 2017
• 2018 National Rx Drug Abuse and Heroin Summit, April 2018, Atlanta Ga.
• 2018 Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACE’s) Conference, San Francisco, Ca. October 2018
• Office of Victims of Crime, Community Response to Children effected by the Opioid Epidemic, Washington D.C. June 3rd to 5th, 2019