Victims Assistance & Advocacy

Upcoming Webinars

04 / 06 / 2023

Domestic Minor Sex Trafficking: Basic Investigation and Prosecution

Sex trafficking of minors is a real and significant threat in our communities across the United States. Traffickers must be prosecuted and held accountable, and victims must be met with [...]

04 / 13 / 2023

The Long-Term Impacts of Non-Fatal Strangulation

Strangulation is a terrifying and terrible crime, with research showing the connection between strangulation and lethal levels of violence. While the conversation around strangulation has focused on response in the [...]

04 / 25 / 2023

“They didn’t teach us this in law school:” How to Create a Legitimate Trauma Informed Court

This webinar will have a strong focus on attorneys, advocates, and judges who interact with traumatized children in their courtrooms. This talk will also be highly relevant for other providers [...]

05 / 16 / 2023

Wellness as a Survival Mechanism: Changing Skills for Changing Times

Stress-management provided us with the tools we needed when we were already stressed, but did not help us to keep from getting stressed. Self-care was introduced to help us prepare [...]

05 / 18 / 2023

Assessment of Domestic Violence Injuries

Injuries sustained during domestic violence incidents are an ever-increasing problem for law enforcement. The number of incidents reported to law enforcement increases every year. This increase in domestic violence leads [...]

06 / 06 / 2023

Mindfulness for Law Enforcement: Surviving and Thriving in Life and on the Job

During this webinar you will: learn the physical, emotional, and relational impacts of police work learn how Mindfulness can support your management of these impacts be guided through a Mindfulness [...]

06 / 15 / 2023

Intimate Partner Violence and Resultant Concussions in Indigenous Populations

Concussions are a major public health concern in terms of their incidence. The causes of concussion traditionally have included athletics, motor vehicles, and warfare, however, the consequences of physical assault, [...]

07 / 13 / 2023

One Size Does Not Fit All: Developing Community-Specific Crisis Response

Over the last decade, there has been an increase in community expectations regarding law enforcement's response to individuals in a behavioral health crisis. With this pressure, many agencies experimented with [...]

07 / 20 / 2023

The Real Face of Human Trafficking: How to Identify Human Trafficking in the Field

US law enforcement is often unable to accurately identify and or recognize human trafficking when they encounter it in the field. This is not because law enforcement is lazy or [...]

08 / 08 / 2023

Concussions Caused by Domestic Violence

When many of us hear the word “concussion,” our minds immediately jump to football and sports. This session will explore an under-recognized cause of concussions—domestic violence and other forms [...]

08 / 10 / 2023

Anger Management: An Essential Part of Helping Keep Good People Good

Public safety personnel spend a disproportionate amount of time dealing with anger and the chaos it creates. Unmanaged, it is a destructive force of nature that gets people hurt, has [...]

08 / 15 / 2023

First Responding Officer Duties in Sex Crimes Investigations

Contact with first responding officers proves critical to the victim’s recovery and the victim’s decision as to whether or not they will move forward in the criminal justice [...]

08 / 17 / 2023

How to Investigate Human Trafficking Step by Step

Law enforcement usually only receives the bare minimum of human trafficking training. Most training only concentrates on the “force, fraud coercion” portions of human trafficking but not real-world examples of [...]

08 / 24 / 2023

Ask Me Anything: About Traumatic Brain Injury, Strangulation and Domestic Violence

Got questions? We've got answers! During this special webinar presentation, Rachel will briefly recap what we've covered in her previous presentations and then open the floor to take your questions [...]

09 / 21 / 2023

The Victim Interview: Adapting the Forensic Interview Model to Sexually Trafficked Minors

This presentation will assist law enforcement, prosecutors, and forensic interviewers with the tools needed to work with the victim population often found in domestic minor sex trafficking cases. Interviewers often [...]

09 / 26 / 2023

Law Enforcement and Department of Juvenile Justice: Partners in Successful Investigations

This presentation will discuss the roles law enforcement and state Juvenile Justice play in investigating crimes perpetrated by juveniles. North Carolina’s Juvenile Justice Reinvestment Act, AKA “Raise the Age,” [...]

10 / 10 / 2023

Burnout and Resilience: What Criminal Justice Professionals Need to Know

Trauma is a given if you work in criminal justice, in suspects, defendants, victims, witnesses, and even colleagues. A better understanding of the effects of trauma and how to mitigate [...]

10 / 19 / 2023

Traumatic Brain Injury from Intimate Partner Violence in Pregnant Individuals

The relationship between TBI and intimate partner violence (IPV) is increasingly evident and alarming, as physical abuse often focuses on the head, neck, and face. This symposium highlights the framework [...]

10 / 31 / 2023

Poly-Victimization: Connecting the Dots

Those who experience crime are not a monolith, and many victims of crime can experience multiple types of victimization. A one size fits all approach leaves many victims without [...]

11 / 14 / 2023

Side Hustles and Second Careers: Reimagining Your Professional Passion after Retirement

If you have set your sights on retirement but aren’t ready to completely stop working, this webinar will cover a myriad of options. First Responders retire earlier compared to [...]

12 / 07 / 2023

Silly Rabbit, Tech isn’t Just for Kids: Older Adults and Technology Use

Older adults are using dating sites, investing, and participating online like never before. The COVID-19 pandemic has forced many older adults to seek companionship, restock supplies, and stay in touch [...]

Sara Micflikier

Domestic Minor Sex Trafficking: Basic Investigation and Prosecution

Sex trafficking of minors is a real and significant threat in our communities across the United States. Traffickers must be prosecuted and held accountable, and victims must be met with [...]

Robert Burda

Cybercrime Support Network: A Victim Service Resource for Law Enforcement

Cybercrime has become more and more frequent given the largely online lives we’re all leading. Unfortunately, not every law enforcement agency has the training, equipment, or staffing to assist [...]

Duane T. Bowers, LPC

Intergenerational Trauma and the Role of Family Culture

Researches made thus far have revealed that the effects of trauma can be passed down genetically, prenatally, developmentally, and culturally. This presentation will cover the different ways trauma is passed [...]

Ed Pallas

Understanding Followership: The Other Side of Leadership

The idea of being a follower may conjure thoughts of sheep being herded, blindly obeying what is being asked of them. However, effective followers are required for there to be [...]

Fred Fletcher

Caroline Huffaker

Not Just Feeling Words: How Victim Services Can Lead to Success in Law Enforcement

Victim services and law enforcement are similar in how these two distinct professions tend to apply skill sets or practices that intersect with other professions to be fully effective in [...]

Wes Dotson

More Case Studies in Criminal Justice Interactions with Individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorder

Individuals with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) are seven times more likely to have encounters with law enforcement than the general public. The difference in their brain function and inherent characteristics [...]

Michael Gomez

‘My court date is next week’: How We Can Best Help Traumatized Youth in the Legal Sphere

A trauma-informed approach is highly effective for justice-involved youths who can still change the trajectory of their lives to have better, more positive outcomes. But what does it mean to [...]

Al Cobos

Psychological Safety: Creating a Culture of Trust on Your Team and Organization

Leaders want their organizations to be productive and efficient. Relying on compliance based on authority, however, isn’t the best strategy. More and more leaders are acknowledging the importance of [...]

Dr. Jeff Fox, PhD

Understanding Public Safety Professionalism

The term professional is being used in different ways in the English language which impacts its scope and limitation. Are those working in public safety considered professionals? What does it [...]

Katharine Manning

Empathetic Leadership: Building a Culture of Trust

When thinking about leadership traits – things like critical thinking and decision-making tend to come up. However, the most important but underrated leadership trait is actually empathy. Leaders who demonstrate empathy [...]

Alejandro Palacios

Trauma-Informed Practice 101

People who experience, witness, and are exposed to abuse and violence tend to have traumas. As these individuals seek help and support, advocates, law enforcement, and those working in the [...]

Andrew Campbell

‘Someday’ Never Comes: Breaking Generational Cycles of Familial Abuse

The nature vs. nurture debate is one that sparked interest in behavioral communities. In cases of children raised in abusive households, it seems like the odds are not in their [...]

Wes Dotson

Ask Me Anything: about Individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorder and the Criminal Justice System

Dr. Wes Dotson has done numerous Justice Clearinghouse webinars on people with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD). He provides guidance on their distinctive characteristics and behaviors, how first responders and the [...]

Michael Gomez

Intervening with Trauma and Intellectual/Developmental Disabilities (IDD) in Families

Youth that becomes entangled in the justice system tend to come from two specific groups – those that have experienced some form of trauma or those that may have intellectual and [...]

Elizabeth “Gizzy” Gray

Advocacy for Firearm Awareness and Risk: Improving the Victim Advocate Response: Having the Conversation (Part 2)

This is the second installment of the Advocacy for Firearm Awareness and Risk (AFAR) webinar series. The first session zeroed in on the impetus behind creating the AFAR training, gun [...]

Rachel Ramirez

Invisible Epidemic: Addressing Traumatic Brain Injury, Strangulation and Domestic Violence (Part 2)

This is the second installment of the Justice Clearinghouse webinar series on the Invisible Epidemic – Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) and Strangulation in Domestic Violence (DV) cases. The first part looked [...]

Rachel Ramirez

Invisible Epidemic: The Intersection of Traumatic Brain Injury, Strangulation and Domestic Violence (Part 1)

For every athlete that gets a concussion, 5,500 survivors of domestic violence sustain a brain injury. But unlike athletes that get immediate and top-of-the-line care, DV survivors rarely get the care [...]

Michael Gomez

Beyond Self-Care: The CE-CERT model for Secondary Trauma and Burnout

Anyone who has experienced vicarious trauma (VT) or secondary trauma (ST) and burnout, or is helping others with these, know too well the conscious effort it takes to manage let [...]

Margaret M. Crowley

Crime and Punishment: Exploring Restorative Justice and Peacemaking

Apart from the fact that corrections facilities are over capacity, it is also acknowledged that existing sentencing procedures and outcomes don’t always address the root of the problem. Alternative [...]

Terry Clark

Katharine Manning

Trauma Mitigation for Police and the Policed

Numerous studies have corroborated the fact that those working in the criminal justice system, public safety, and other helping professions have some of the highest levels of career-related stress. The [...]

Lauren Anderson

The Importance of Providing Support to DV Victims in the Probation Setting

Domestic violence cases are some of the most convoluted ones out there because of the victim’s ongoing relationship with their abuser. There is an intricate power and control dynamic [...]

Robbi Lachenal

Linda Michaels

Michael Stelzen

Partner Webinar: Crime Victim Reporting: Meeting Goals, Mission and Mandates for Advocates and Law Enforcement

Supporting victims of crime is a mission-critical aspect of many entities within the criminal justice system. In many cases, the personnel and divisions mandated to deliver these services are funded [...]

Duane T. Bowers, LPC

Intergenerational Trauma

People who find themselves entangled in the system are dealing with some form of trauma. This does not only refer to the victims, as even perpetrators may also have been [...]

Rhea DuMont

Survivor-Centered Support in Probation: Improving Community Safety

Victims feel violated, powerless, scared, and hopeless after an incident. Unfortunately, they are also often unaware of their rights. Criminal justice players can help victims have better outcomes by upholding [...]

Marli Mayon

Working with LGBTQ+ Survivors of Sexual Violence – Part 2

This is the second part of the webinar series on Working with LGBTQ+ Survivors of Sexual Violence. While the first installment provided an understanding of the LGBTQ+ population and LGBTQ+ [...]

Andrew Campbell

Livin’ on a Prayer: Better Utilizing Places of Worship to Aid Victims of Family Violence

Family violence is a societal issue that requires collaboration between different segments to be fully addressed. As an institution in the community that a sizeable chunk of people refers to [...]

Katie Monroe

Andrea Harrison

Jennifer Thompson

Serving Crime Victims in Post-Conviction Exonerations

People are deprived of their agency, power, and choice when a crime is committed against them. What the justice system provides within its purview is a means to restore this [...]

Dr. Hirsh Handmaker

Hilary Weinberg

Domestic Violence Traumatic Brain Injuries: What Did We Learn from the COVID Pandemic?

Incidents of traumatic brain injuries (TBI) in intimate partner violence (IPV) victims can be traced back to the last 50 years. There hasn’t been enough attention given to this issue [...]

Marli Mayon

Working with LGBTQ+ Survivors of Sexual Violence – Part 1

Understanding the dynamics of sexual violence is complex as it is. When the nuances related to gender identities, gender expression, and sexual orientation are taken into account, it becomes even [...]

Shannon Scully

John Snook

988 and the Future of Crisis Response: What Criminal Justice Professionals Need to Know

In 2020, Congress the Federal Communications Commission made 988 the universal three-digit dialing code for mental health crisis in the United States. It is an expansion of the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline’[...]

Todd Wagner

Chad Sullivan

Jennifer DeLett-Snyder, M.S.

Partner Webinar: Digitizing the Handle with Care Process

At least 60% of American children have been exposed to violent crime or abuse and 40% were direct victims of two or more violent acts. Exposure to such have effects that can [...]

Callie Stewart

Trauma and Our Digital Selves

In a survey of 1000 Americans, it’s been found that on average, people check their phones 262 times a day. This only confirms the impact of technology and social media in [...]

Bobby Kipper

Scott Geller, PhD

Actively Caring for People: Lessons for Criminal Justice Professionals

Different approaches to policing are being introduced and implemented – some require complicated models, technical skills, and some of the most cutting-edge technology. However, it is typically the foundational concepts that [...]

LaShae Brown

Across the Lifespan: Serving Older Survivors of Sexual Violence (Part 2)

This webinar is the second installment of a two-part webinar series on serving older survivors of sexual violence. The first part provided insights into the extent of sexual violence for [...]

Chris Jones

Lethality Assessments for Domestic Violence: A Look at How a Simple Questionnaire Could Save Lives

Domestic violence (DV) and intimate partner violence (IPV) are quite problematic. There’s the relationship between the victim and the abuser which makes the victim reluctant to report. The justice [...]

Bobby Kipper

Spiritual Wellness for Criminal Justice Professionals

In the last couple of years, there has been a shift in the criminal justice training arena towards the ‘soft skills’ to help criminal justice professionals manage the people they [...]

Wendy A. Dutton

Lindsay M. Gephardt

Forensic Interviews of Children: What Justice Professionals Need to Know

The best people to provide clarity in any case are the ones who actually experienced or witnessed it. But when your top witness is a child, it may not be [...]

LaShae Brown

Across the Lifespan: Serving Older Survivors of Sexual Violence (Part 1)

Sexual violence is an already complex issue to address but it even gets even more intricate when it happens to older adults. Several concepts and factors come into play that [...]

Alycia Cisneros

Alexis Calleros

Eden Ruiz-Lopez

How Does Elder Abuse Impact Latinx Communities?

One in ten people over the age of 60 are abused or neglected each year, taking into account that elder abuse remains vastly under-detected and underreported. The largest minority group in [...]

K. Campbell

10 Cyber Security and Online Privacy Tips for Everyone

According to the 2020 FBI Internet Crime Report, internet crime complaints and monetary loss due to cybercrimes were at a record high in 2020. The caveat is, of course, these are just [...]

Cherice Hopkins

Rebecca Burney

How a History of Sexual Exploitation and Racial Violence Funnels Women and Girls of Color into the Abuse to Prison Pipeline

Native and Black women and girls are often the targets of sexual exploitation, forcing a narrative that their bodies are for the sexual gratification of men. Cherice Hopkins and Rebecca [...]

Katie Campbell

Pet Friendly Domestic Violence Shelters: Creating a pet-friendly program that works for your community

Child abuse, elder abuse, domestic violence, animal abuse – when one of these things is happening in a household, there is a likelihood that these other things are transpiring as well. [...]

Katharine Manning

The Empathetic Workplace: 5 Steps to a Compassionate, Calm, and Confident Response to Trauma on the Job

There are a lot of people who are suffering from stress and trauma that are not getting the help they need. This fact is only exacerbated over the last year [...]

Lindsay M. Gephardt

Make the Call: Child Discipline or Abuse

Determining between physical discipline and child abuse essentially boils down to a balancing test between the right of the parent/s to raise their children as they please and the [...]

Andrew Campbell

Disaster Without, Disaster Within: Natural Disasters and Family Violence

There are risk factors for family violence. This includes financial conditions, level of unemployment, and educational background – things that we can control or manage in one way or another. Natural [...]

Wendy Hummell

Understanding Compassion Fatigue for First Responders and Criminal Justice Professionals

Who helps the helpers when they’re the ones who need help? Work for those in the helping professions – law enforcement, medical, EMT, animal control, fire, dispatch – seeing people suffering, [...]

Claire Barrera

Alexandra Appleton

Building a Community Advisory Board for those Impacted by Violence

Taking a trauma-informed approach has been central when it comes to handling the victims and survivors of violence. To do this successfully may entail the expertise of people who actually [...]

Stephany Powell

Kevin Morison

Local Strategies To Combat the Global Problem of Human Trafficking

Human trafficking is a global problem that generates billions of dollars in profit. Commonly misconstrued to be a criminal activity involving undocumented immigrants, human trafficking is on the rise in [...]

Alexis Calleros

Julie Schoen

The Elder Abuse Guide for Law Enforcement (EAGLE): It’s Not Just for Law Enforcement!

There are stereotypes and stigma associated with elders that create barriers preventing older adults from reporting incidents of elder abuse. In a world inundated with information, there are critical things [...]

K. Campbell

Making Personal Safety a Priority: Lessons for Public Officials, Criminal Justice Professionals and Victim Advocates

If there’s anything that the last 12 months taught us, it is that things can go awry any moment, danger is always lurking, and it is critical to make personal [...]

Jeri’ Greer

Danielle (Hunter) Thompson

A Proactive Response to Domestic Violence: Collaboration in Facility and Parole-Based Batterer Intervention Programming

This session is the third installment of the Proactive Response to Domestic Violence webinar series. The first course discussed how domestic violence is perpetrated even when the offender is already [...]

Frankie Grimsman

Roger Blevins

The Prosecution of Child Neglect Cases

Crimes are either by commission or omission. When it comes to cruelty to children, one can either commit abuse by harming a child or fail to act as required and [...]

Katharine Manning

Victim Rights: What Law Enforcement Officers Need to Know

Victims often feel violated or scared after an incident, so ensuring that there are rights that protect them is crucial in getting their cooperation throughout the case. Victims’ rights serve [...]

Kim Basinger

Roger Blevins

Understanding Sexual Abuse Examinations in Investigation and Prosecution Efforts

Sexual abuse no doubt is traumatic for the victim. The processes involved following the incident may get even more confusing and stressful. Having to recount what happened to investigators and [...]

Cherice Hopkins

Rebecca Burney

Family Violence and the Abuse to Prison Pipeline for Girls

October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month. Rights4Girls is one of the organizations at the forefront of ensuring that domestic violence is prevented, focusing particularly on the impact that family [...]

Gipsy Escobar

Using Data and Performance Measurement to Improve Criminal Justice Outcomes

Various factions are claiming differing positions as facts that most of us may no longer be sure which of these to believe. In these times of information overload, one thing [...]

Roger Blevins

Medical Aspects of Child Neglect

Neglect happens behind closed doors. The moment other people realize the level of neglect a parent or guardian is inflicting onto a child, it could be too late. The damage [...]

Michelle (Shelley) Turner

Camie Borsdorf

Laura Farmer

A Proactive Response to Domestic Violence (Part 2)

This is a continuation of the discussion on the Kansas Department of Corrections (KDOC) Office of Victim Services (OVS) efforts to address domestic violence in a proactive manner. While the [...]

B.J. Spamer

Promising Practices in Missing and Unidentified Person Case Investigations

The Justice Clearinghouse has been covering topics surround missing persons and ambiguous loss, capturing the support needed by the families that are left behind, the challenges of the search, and [...]

Katie Campbell

Supporting Domestic Violence Survivors and their Pets through Collaboration

This webinar will discuss the importance of cross-sector collaboration in supporting domestic violence survivors and their pets. It will focus on overcoming barriers to creating pet-friendly programs at shelters and [...]

Kimmy Moon

Eden Ruiz-Lopez

Cultural Competence and Elder Abuse

While elder abuse occurs across cultural lines, cultural aspects can present both aggravating and mitigating factors on the likelihood of abuse from transpiring. This course will dissect the intersection of [...]

Monica Player

Strategies to Facilitate Service and Enforcement of Foreign Protection Orders

Protection orders are just one of the mechanisms that the justice system put into place to protect victims from retaliation or harassment from their offenders, often seen in domestic violence [...]

Obed Magny

The Contagiousness of Vicarious Trauma: Impacts, Considerations, and Responses

Everyone can experience trauma, for individuals working in industries that deal with critical incidents and emergencies, the risk of exposure to trauma is further aggravated. The community’s helpers need [...]

Tina Frundt

Rebecca Burney

Asking the Right Questions: Collaborative Approaches and Strategies to Identify and Serve Child Sex Trafficking Survivors

Sexual exploitation of children and minors has got to be one of the worst things in our society and everyone probably agrees that we must do everything within our power [...]

Audrey Cress

Janet Good

A Proactive Response to Domestic Violence: Understanding and Identifying Incarcerated Batterers

Settling on a reactive approach when it comes to addressing domestic violence may actually be too late. Abusive behavior is recurring and can be difficult to shake off, thus releasing [...]

Katharine Manning

Sexual Assault Survivors Bill of Rights

Amanda Nguyen was a college student at Harvard. She was sexually assaulted and wasn’t sure if she wanted to report to the police or not. While most people would [...]

Sherrill Wayland

Bonnie Olsen

Increased Risks for Elder Abuse among the LGBTQ Community: What Justice Professionals Need to Know

Webinar Video Clip: Increased Risks for Elder Abuse among the LGBTQ Community. Life can be tough when you’re on the fringe, and for LGBT Elders, this feeling is [...]

Beth Bouchard

Lisa Goldblatt Grace

Cherice Hopkins

Rebecca Burney

Combating Domestic Child Sex Trafficking: A Multi-disciplinary Response

By virtue of the sensitive nature of the crime, the vulnerability of the victims, the various agencies involved to address the problem, the long-term support required to keep survivors from [...]

Richard Goldberg

Andrea Higgens

Jenefer Duane

Suspicious Activity Reports – Taking your Elder Financial Abuse Investigations to the Next Level

Webinar Video Clip: Suspicious Activity Reports - Taking Your Elder Financial Abuse Investigations to the Next Level The multi-disciplinary approach required when handling Elder Financial Exploitation (EFE) cases has [...]

Talitha Guinn-Shaver

Jenefer Duane

Elder Fraud Prevention and Response Networks – Building Collaboration to Fight Exploitation and Abuse.

Working on elder financial exploitation cases requires mobilization from separate entities. APS, law enforcement, financial institutions - these are just some of the sectors that must collaborate to trace the [...]

Ruby Barraza

Victoria Riechers, MA

Working with Immigrant Survivors of Domestic and Sexual Violence

Victims deal with lots of barriers when it comes to seeking support, assistance, or justice itself. It becomes a double whammy when the victim is part of a marginalized sector [...]

Diane Robinson

A Look at Hurricane Dorian: Were we ready? Lessons about Planning, Preparedness and Future Response

Hurricane Dorian is one of the most recent storms that created massive devastation within the west of the Atlantic Ocean. It struck the Bahamas and other neighboring islands and also [...]

Katharine Manning

Victim Rights in a Post Epstein World

Webinar Video Clip: Victim Rights in a Post Epstein World It took decades for victims to fight for their rights and have their voices heard. Victims aren’t always aware [...]

Duane T. Bowers, LPC

Working with Childhood Trauma: Tools for Justice Professionals

This is the third installment of Duane Bowers’ Child Trauma webinar series. It started with a course that covered a comprehensive introduction to childhood trauma. The second one provided guidelines [...]

Mary M. Walsh

Sara E. Mahoney

The New York State Domestic Violence Fatality Review Team: Implications for Probation

The inability to recognize risk factors in domestic violence incidents contributes immensely to the potential of that incident to turn lethal. The New York State Domestic Violence Fatality Review Team [...]

Cherice Hopkins

Rebecca Burney

Intersectionality and Reducing Girls Justice System Involvement

Rights4Girls, in partnership with the Georgetown Juvenile Justice Initiative, worked on a study that looked at DC’s juvenile justice system paying special attention to the girls in its [...]

Hilary Weinberg

Traumatic Brain Injury: It’s Not Just about Football

We worry about concussions due to sports injuries or car accidents but rarely do we consider if a domestic violence victim may be concussed from physical blows to the face [...]

Victoria Riechers, MA

Working with Sexual Assault Survivors with Disabilities

Sexual violence in persons with disabilities is a complex issue with numerous factors that can lead to further victimization and traumatization of the individual. This session aims to provide an [...]

Sara E. Mahoney

Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde: Managing the Narcissistic, Coercive and Controlling DV Offender

Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde tells the story of a man who suffered from an internal conflict between good and bad. As he consciously represses his evil side away from [...]

Laurie Blevins

Roger Blevins

Presenting Medical Evidence in Child Abuse Cases

Proving abuse can be infuriating. Victims are questioned on the validity of the claim of abuse and are subjected to retraumatization as the incident is recounted in court. In such [...]

Duane T. Bowers, LPC

Assessing Childhood Trauma: A Guide for Justice Professionals

This is the second installment of this Justice Clearinghouse series on childhood trauma. While the first one provided an introduction to childhood trauma, this one offers pointers on the things [...]

Kate Loudenslagel

Hilary Weinberg

The Investigation & Prosecution of Strangulation Cases

The lethality of strangulation is severe but proving it can be problematic. Difficulties may arise because of the lack of outward injuries, the defendant claiming self-defense, or the victim recanting [...]

Duane T. Bowers, LPC

Causes and Conditions of Childhood Trauma: A Practical Approach for Justice Professionals

Traumatic events can have lasting effects on people – more so if it is children who have limited understanding and lack awareness when it comes to regulation their own behavior and [...]

Michael Gomez

Recognizing the Signs of Victimization in Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder

On the first installment of this webinar series, Dr. Wes Dotson provided a comprehensive introduction to Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD). In this session, Dr. Michael Gomez will talk about the [...]

Alyssa Neumann

Julie Schoen

How to Talk about Elder Abuse

How we are communicating is just as important as the message we’re trying to convey. This is especially true when what we’re trying to communicate is a little [...]

Leslie A. Hagen

Investigating and Prosecuting Sex Trafficking Cases in Tribal Communities

Sex trafficking cases are already demanding as it is with victims being treated as criminals, the challenges of proving coercion and providing trauma-informed care to survivors. But this can be [...]

Alan Lawitz, ESQ

Karen Webber

Investigating Financial Exploitation: New York’s FEIST-y New Approach

Elder abuse incidents go unnoticed and unreported especially if it does not cause apparent injuries. One aspect of elder abuse that is rarely discovered until it’s too late is [...]

Cherice Hopkins

Rebecca Burney

From Child Welfare to the Juvenile Justice System: Disrupting the Abuse to Prison Pipeline For Girls

There is a problem with the child welfare system. Children are directed to the child welfare system in hopes of providing them with better outcomes by healing and rehabilitating them [...]

Andrew Campbell

A Day in the Life: How Exposure to Community Violence Affects Children

Multiple studies supported that violence and trauma have very debilitating effects on children that may persist even through their adulthood. While everyone can try to prevent violence from occurring in [...]

Duane T. Bowers, LPC

Mental Health Concepts and Trafficking: fundamentals for justice professionals to understand

According to The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, post-traumatic stress disorder results from traumatic events by directly experiencing it, witnessing it, being privy to its details or repeated [...]

David J. Rogers

Tribal-Federal-State Jurisdiction and its Relationship to Public Safety in Indian Country

The plight of Native Americans is a convoluted one. From being the guardians of the land, they were robbed off of it or relocated or were left with a tiny [...]

Jamal Brooks-Hawkins

Victoria Riechers, MA

Male Victims of Sexual Assault: Best Practices for Justice Professionals

When people discuss sexual violence, it is often assumed that the victim is female. This isn’t always the case – there are also male victims of sexual violence, but our [...]

Victoria Riechers, MA

Working with Sexual Assault Victims: Strategies for Justice Professionals

The second of a two-part webinar series, Victoria Reichers is back on Justice Clearinghouse. The first part discussed what happens internally to sexual assault victims by unpacking the neurobiology of [...]

Cherice Hopkins

Rebecca Burney

Building Resiliency for Girls in the Juvenile Justice System by Disrupting the Abuse to Prison Pipeline

Unfortunate is an understatement when we talk about the fate of a lot of children who end up in juvenile detention. They wind up even more traumatized over reasons that [...]

Victoria Riechers, MA

Lindsay Ashworth

The Neurobiology and Traumatic Impact of Sexual Assault

Traversing a sexual violence case is tricky. When sexual assault survivors are asked to recount the unfortunate experience from memory there are doubts when they cannot quite remember things in [...]

Mahri Irvine, PhD

Domestic Violence 101: What Justice Professionals Need to Understand about The Dynamics, Context & Roots of this Chronic Crime

Domestic violence is one of those crimes that used to be swept under the rug because of stigma. But in the past few years, as a call to action is [...]

Vicki Assegued

Restorative Justice & Victim Offender Dialogue

The concept of Restorative Justice may seem new and unfamiliar for most people, but this system’s roots go as far back into history and is used throughout the world, [...]

Victoria Riechers, MA

Lindsay Ashworth

Understanding Sexual Violence and Appropriate Responses to Survivors

Over the last two years, survivors of sexual violence and harassment are coming forward and speak out about their experiences. Stories are being told about how sexual violence can happen [...]

Roger Blevins

Dyanne Greer

Understanding Medical Records for Your Child Abuse Investigation and Prosecution Efforts

Medical reports and records make all the difference when it comes to proving child abuse cases. The medical field is one of the most prestigious career paths that entail years [...]

Tasha Menaker, Ph.D.

Understanding Sexual Assault Perpetration: An Overview of Typologies, Risk, and Recidivism

Dr. Tasha Menaker is back on Justice Clearinghouse for part two of her three-part webinar series that seeks to understand sexual assault perpetration. Dr. Menaker holds an MA in Clinical [...]

Philip Marshall

Achieving Upstandership™: How it can help each and all of us realize (elder) justice

Brooke Astor was a socialite with a heart for philanthropy and she lived a long, amazing life. That is until her son, Tony Marshall took advantage of Brooke’s old [...]

Tasha Menaker, Ph.D.

Understanding Sexual Assault Perpetration: Dynamics, Tactics, and the Psychology of Sex Offenders

Rape, sexual assault, and sexual harassment are brought to the forefront as more and more victims find their voices to speak up and tell their stories. Movements across the globe [...]

Duane T. Bowers, LPC

Ambiguous Loss: The impact of missing persons on victims, advocates and judicial system personnel

Experiencing loss is painful, but there is some solace in the conclusiveness of knowing something or someone is no longer a part of your life. Ambiguous loss is incomprehensible given [...]

Paul Greenwood

Ask Me Anything: Elder Abuse Prosecutions & Investigations

Whether you’re a seasoned justice professional or new to the field, everyone needs a sage resource they can turn to for advice on niche topics – and elder abuse can [...]

Patrick Beumler

Hilary Weinberg

Children as Witnesses in Domestic Violence Cases: Law Enforcement Considerations (Part 1)

Domestic Violence can be a problematic case. The community might not want to meddle with such cases with the belief that such disputes must be dealt with by the family [...]

Duane T. Bowers, LPC

Providing Wellness Support for Online Child Exploitation Personnel: From website to arrest

Employees working in the field of public service and social welfare often extend help to others who go through tumultuous moments. In doing so, they also take into their psyche [...]

Cassidee Carlson

Developing a PIO Support Program for Families During Mass Casualty Events

The recent shooting in Kentucky was the 11th of the year, and the worst so far. This statistic is difficult to wrap our heads around as it is only 25 days [...]

Philip Marshall

The Brooke Astor Story: Hard-learned lessons that address elder abuse and financial exploitation

Brooke Astor was a writer, and socialite who lived a long life that’s one for the books. Brooke herself was well-aware of how interesting her life was that she [...]

Eva Klain

Protecting the Victims of Domestic Minor Sex Trafficking

Efforts to protect children identified as victims of domestic sex trafficking have gained momentum as a number of states have developed protective legislation often referred to as “Safe Harbor” laws, [...]

Duane T. Bowers, LPC

Trauma Informed Work

Trauma Informed Work is providing service with the understanding that the client/witness/victim with whom you are working probably has been exposed to a traumatic event. Knowing this, [...]

Thoughts about Cyber Crime Victims from Robert Burda

Cybercrime Support Network's Bob Burda shared so much important information during his webinar, "Cybercrime Support Network: A Victim Service Resource for Law Enforcement." This was just one item that caught [...]

After the Webinar: Cybercrime Support Network. Q&A with Robert Burda

Webinar presenter Bob Burda answered a number of your questions after his presentation, Cybercrime Support Network: A Victim Service Resource for Law Enforcement. Here are just a few of his [...]

After the Webinar: Intergenerational Trauma and the Role of Family Culture. Q&A with Duane Bowers

Webinar presenter Duane Bowers answered a number of your questions after his presentation, Intergenerational Trauma and the Role of Family Culture. Here are just a few of his responses. [...]

After the Webinar: Not Just Feeling Words – How Victim Services Can Lead to Success in Law Enforcement. Q&A with the Presenters

Webinar presenters Chief Fred Fletcher and Caroline Huffaker answered a number of your questions after their presentation, Not Just Feeling Words: How Victim Services Can Lead to Success in Law [...]

After the Webinar: More Case Studies in Criminal Justice Interactions with People with ASD. Q&A with Dr. Wes Dotson

Webinar presenter Wes Dotson answered a number of your questions after his presentation, More Case Studies in Criminal Justice Interactions with Individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorder. Here are just a [...]

After the Webinar: Psychological Safety – Creating a Culture of Trust on Your Team. Q&A with Al Cobos

Webinar presenter Al Cobos answered a number of your questions after his presentation, Psychological Safety: Creating a Culture of Trust on Your Team and Organization. Here are just a few [...]

After the Webinar: My Court Date is Next Week. How We Can Best Help Traumatized Youth in the Legal Sphere. Q&A with Dr. Michael Gomez

Webinar presenter Dr. Michael Gomez answered a number of your questions after his presentation, My Court Date is Next Week: How Can We Best Help Traumatized Youth in the Legal [...]

After the Webinar: Empathetic Leadership – Building a Culture of Trust. Q&A with Katharine Manning

Webinar presenter Katharine Manning answered a number of your questions after her presentation, Empathetic Leadership: Building a Culture of Trust. Here are just a few of her responses. Audience [...]

After the Webinar: Trauma Informed Practice 101. Q&A with Alejandro Palacios

Webinar presenter Alejandro Palacios answered a number of your questions after his presentation, Trauma Informed Practice 101. Here are just a few of his responses. Audience Question: How can different [...]

Thoughts on Survivors of Strangulations from Rachel Ramirez

What a powerful statement Rachel Ramirez made during her 2-part webinar series, "The Invisible Epidemic: Addressing Traumatic Brain Injury, Strangulation and Domestic Violence (part 2)." "Strangulation stays with a survivor forever." &[...]

Statistics on Guns and Intimate Partner Violence from Dr. Gizzy Gray

Statistics can be so impactful... as was this one that Dr. Elizabeth "Gizzy" Gray shared during her 2-part webinar series, "Advocacy for Firearm Awareness and Risk: Improving the Victim Advocate [...]

Thoughts on Listening to Victims from Rod Underhill

Rod Underhill made a number of great points during the presentation Attention Prosecutors: Here's Why and How to Elevate Your Office's Trust and Legitimacy Practices. Here's just one of our [...]

Thoughts on Breaking the Cycle of Abuse from Andrew Campbell

During his webinar, Someday Never Comes: Breaking Generational Cycles of Familial Abuse, Andrew Campbell shared a number of important insights. This is just one. "In order to break the cycle [...]

Thoughts on Abuse from Andrew Campbell

Andrew Campbell is a groundbreaking researcher who is able to pair facts with feelings, and concepts with concrete next steps. This is just one of his many insights he shared [...]

After the Webinar: “Someday” Never Comes – Breaking the Generational Cycles of Familial Abuse. Q&A with Andrew Campbell

Webinar presenter Andrew Campbell answered a number of your questions after his presentation, "Someday" Never Comes: Breaking Generational Cycles of Familial Abuse. Here are just a few of his responses. &[...]

After the Webinar: Intervening with Trauma and IDD in Families. Q&A with Dr. Michael Gomez

Webinar presenter Dr. Michael Gomez answered a number of your questions after his presentation, Intervening with Trauma and Intellectual-Developmental Disabilities in Families: What Criminal Justice Professionals Need to Know. Here [...]

After the Webinar: Advocacy for Firearm Awareness and Risk (Part 2). Q&A with Dr. Elizabeth “Gizzy” Gray

Webinar presenter Dr. Elizabeth "Gizzy" Gray answered a number of your questions after her presentation Advocacy for Firearm Awareness and Risk: Improving the Victim Advocate Response (Part 2) Having the Conversation. [...]

After the Webinar: Advocacy for Firearm Awareness and Risk (part 1). Q&A with Dr. Elizabeth Gray

Webinar presenter Dr. Elizabeth Gray answered a number of your questions after her presentation, Advocacy for Firearm Awareness and Risk (AFAR): Improving Victim Advocate Response: Rationale and Understanding Laws (Part 1). [...]

After the Webinar: Addressing Traumatic Brain Injury, Strangulation and Domestic Violence Part 2. Q&A with Rachel Ramirez

Webinar presenter Rachel Ramirez answered a number of your questions after her presentation, Invisible Epidemic: Addressing Traumatic Brain Injury, Strangulation, and Domestic Violence (part 2). Here are just a few of [...]

After the Webinar: Preparing for a Forensic Interview of a Child. Q&A with Wendy Dutton

Webinar presenter Wendy Dutton answered a number of your questions after her presentation, Preparing for a Forensic Interview of a Child: What Criminal Justice Professionals Need to Know. Here are [...]

After the Webinar: Leading at Any Level. Q&A with Brenda Dietzman

Webinar presenter Brenda Dietzman answered a number of your questions after her presentation, Leading at Any Level: Lessons for Criminal Justice Professionals. Here are just a few of her responses. &[...]

After the Webinar: Invisible Epidemic Part 1. Q&A with Rachel Ramirez

Webinar presenter Rachel Ramirez answered a number of your questions after her presentation, Invisible Epidemic: The Intersection of Traumatic Brain Injury, Strangulation, and Domestic Violence (part 1). Here are just a [...]

After the Webinar: Beyond Self-Care – The CE-CERT Model for Secondary Trauma and Burnout. Q&A with Dr. Michael Gomez

Webinar presenter Dr. Michael Gomez answered a number of your questions after his presentation, Beyond Self Care: The CE-CERT Model for Secondary Trauma and Burnout. Here are just a few [...]

Kind Words from our Members

Awww, Nicole, you made us blush. Thank you for your kind words! To learn more about our upcoming webinars, click here. To learn how to become [...]

Video Interview: Trauma in the Workplace with Katharine Manning (Full Interview)

This is our full interview with author, webinar presenter, and online course creator Katharine Manning. During this interview, Katharine discusses: how her career shaped and informed her work for her [...]

Video Interview: Trauma in the Workplace – a Better Response (part 1) with Katharine Manning

This is part 1 of a three-part interview with webinar presenter, author, and online course creator, Katharine Manning. During this interview, Katharine discusses her career and how it shaped and informed [...]

After the Webinar: Crime and Punishment – Exploring Restorative Justice and Peacemaking. Q&A with Margaret Crowley

Webinar presenter Margaret Crowley answered a number of your questions after her presentation, Crime and Punishment: Exploring Restorative Justice and Peacemaking. Here are just a few of her responses. [...]

After the Webinar: What Criminal Justice Professionals Need to Understand about ASD. Q&A with Dr. Wes Dotson

Webinar presenter Dr. Wes Dotson answered a number of your questions after his presentation, What Criminal Justice Professionals Need to Understand about Autism Spectrum Disorder. Here are just a few [...]

After the Webinar: Addressing Problematic Sexual Behaviors in Children and Adolescents. Q&A with Dr. Michael Gomez

Webinar presenter Dr. Michael Gomez answered a number of your questions after his presentation, Addressing Problematic Sexual Behaviors in Children and Adolescents. Here are just a few of his responses. &[...]

Thoughts on Dealing with Problems from Tracy Ertl

Problems, no matter the type, typically are better addressed proactively, as Tracy Ertl reminded us during her webinar, Protecting Interpersonal Work Relationships: Lessons for Criminal Justice Professionals. Here's just one [...]

After the Webinar: Trauma Mitigation for Police and the Policed. Q&A with the Presenters

Webinar presenters Katharine Manning and Terry Clark answered a number of your questions after their presentation, Trauma Mitigation for Police and the Policed. Here are just a few of their [...]

After the Webinar: An Introduction to Domestic Violence. Q&A with Lindsay Gephardt

Webinar presenter Lindsay Gephardt answered a number of your questions after her presentation, An Introduction to Domestic Violence: What Criminal Justice Professionals Need to Know. Here are just a few [...]

After the Webinar: Providing Support to DV Victims in the Probation Setting. Q&A with Lauren Anderson

Webinar presenter Lauren Anderson answered a number of your questions after her presentation, The Importance of Providing DV Support to DV Victims in the Probation Setting. Here are just a [...]

After the Webinar: Intergenerational Trauma. Q&A with Duane Bowers

Webinar presenter Duane Bowers answered a number of your questions after his presentation, Intergenerational Trauma. Here are just a few of his responses. Audience Question: Are there any books [...]

After the Webinar: Survivor-Centered Support in Probation. Q&A with Rhea DuMont

Webinar presenter Rhea DuMont answered a number of your questions after her presentation, Survivor Centered Support in Probation. Here are just a few of her responses. Audience Question: Do [...]

Thoughts on Caring for Crime Victims from Katie Monroe

We learned so much from Healing Justice's presentation, Serving Crime Victims in Post-Conviction Exonerations, but this one quote from Katie Monroe really captured our attention. "Crime victims are the first [...]

After the Webinar: Livin’ on a Prayer – Better Utilizing Places of Worship to Aid Victims of Family Violence. Q&A with Andrew Campbell

Webinar presenter Andrew Campbell answered a number of your questions after his presentation, Living on a Prayer: Better Utilizing Places of Worship to Aid Victims of Family Violence. Here are [...]

After the Webinar: Working with LGBTQ+ Survivors of Sexual Violence (part 2). Q&A with Marli Mayon

Webinar presenter Marli Mayon answered a number of your questions after her presentation, Working with LGBTQ+ Survivors of Sexual Violence (part 2). Here are just a few of her responses. [...]

After the Webinar: Serving Crime Victims in Post-Conviction Exonerations. Q&A with the Presenters

Webinar presenters Katie Monroe, Andrea Harrison, and Jennifer Thompson answered a number of your questions after their presentation, Serving Crime Victims in Post-Conviction Exonerations. Here are just a few of [...]

After the Webinar: Working with LGBTQ+ Survivors of Sexual Violence. Q&A with Marli Mayon

Webinar presenter Marli Mayon answered a number of your questions after her presentation, Working with LGBTQ+ Survivors of Sexual Violence part 1. Here are just a few of her responses. [...]

After the Webinar: 988 and the Future of Crisis Response. Q&A with the Presenters

Webinar presenters John Snook and Shannon Scully answered a number of your questions after their presentation, 988 and the Future of Crisis Response: What Criminal Justice Professionals Need to Know. Here [...]

After the Webinar: Trauma and Our Digital Selves. Q&A with Callie Stewart

Webinar presenter Callie Stewart answered a number of your questions after her presentation, Trauma and Our Digital Selves. Here are just a few of her responses. Audience Question: If [...]

After the Webinar: Helping Clients Navigate the Justice System. Q&A with Dr. Wes Dotson

Webinar presenter Dr. Wes Dotson answered a number of your questions after his presentation, Navigating the Justice System: Integrating Social Skills into Daily Interactions. Here are just a few of [...]

After the Webinar: Serving Older Survivors of Sexual Violence (part 1). Q&A with LaShae Brown

Webinar presenter La Shae Brown answered a number of your questions after her presentation, Across the LifeSpan: Serving Older Survivors of Sexual Violence (part 1). Here are just a few of [...]

After the Webinar: How a History of Sexual Exploitation and Racial Violence Funnels Women and Girls of Color into the Abuse to Prison Pipeline. Q&A with the Presenters

Webinar presenters Cherice Hopkins and Rebecca Burney answered a number of your questions after their presentation, How a History of Sexual Exploitation and Racial Violence Funnels Women and Girls of [...]

After the Webinar: Pet Friendly Domestic Violence Shelters. Q&A with Katie Campbell

Webinar presenter Katie Campbell answered a number of your questions after her presentation, Pet-Friendly Domestic Violence Shelters: Creating a pet-friendly program that works for your community. Here are just a [...]

After the Webinar: The Empathetic Workplace. Q&A with Katharine Manning

Webinar presenter Katharine Manning answered a number of your questions after her presentation, The Empathetic Workplace: Five Steps to Compassionate, Calm and Confident Response to Trauma on the Job. Here [...]

After the Webinar: Protecting Key People in Your Organization. Q&A with Mark Warren

Webinar presenter Mark Warren answered a number of your questions after his presentation, Protecting Key People in Your Organization. Here are just a few of his responses. Audience Question: [...]

After the Webinar: Disaster Without, Disaster Within. Q&A with Andrew Campbell

Webinar presenter Andrew Campbell answered a number of your questions after his presentation, Disaster Without, Disaster Within: Natural Disasters and Family Violence. Here are just a few of his responses. &[...]

After the Webinar: Building a Community Advisory Board. Q&A with the Presenters

Webinar presenters Alexandra Appleton and Claire Barrera answered a number of your questions after their presentation, Building a Community Advisory Board for those Impacted by Violence. Here are just a [...]

After the Webinar: Adverse Childhood Experiences. Q&A with Dr. Chris Jones

Webinar presenter Dr. Chris Jones answered a number of your questions after his presentation, Adverse Childhood Experiences: The Importance of Law Enforcement Recognition and Intervention. Here are just a few [...]

After the Webinar: Local Strategies to Combat the Global Problem of Human Trafficking. Q&A with the Presenters

Webinar presenters Kevin Morison and Dr. Stephany Powell answered a number of your questions after their presentation, Local Strategies to Combat the Global Problem of Human Trafficking. Here are just [...]

After the Webinar: The Elder Abuse Guide for Law Enforcement – It’s Not Just for Law Enforcement! Q&A with the Presenters

Webinar presenters Julie Schoen and Alexis Calleros answered a number of your questions after their presentation, The Elder Abuse Guide for Law Enforcement: It's Not Just for Law Enforcement. Here [...]

After the Webinar: Making Personal Safety a Priority. Q&A with K Campbell

Webinar presenter K Campbell answered a number of your questions after his presentation, Making Personal Safety a Priority: Lessons for Public Officials, Criminal Justice Professionals, and Victim Advocates. Here are [...]

After the Webinar: The Medical Aspects of Child Neglect. Q&A with Roger Blevins

Webinar presenter Roger Blevins answered a number of your questions after his presentation, The Medical Aspects of Child Neglect. Here are just a few of his responses. Audience Question: [...]

After the Webinar: Understanding Sexual Abuse Examinations in Investigation and Prosecution Efforts. Q&A with the Presenters

Webinar presenters Kim Basinger and Roger Blevins answered a number of your questions after their presentation, Understanding Sexual Abuse Examinations in Investigation and Prosecution Efforts. Here are just a few [...]

After the Webinar: Victim Rights – What Law Enforcement Officers Need to Know. Q&A with Katharine Manning

Webinar presenter Katharine Manning answered a number of your questions after her presentation, Victim Rights: What Law Enforcement Officers Need to Know. Here are just a few of her responses. &[...]

Thoughts about Pet Abuse from Katie Campbell

Katie Campbell of Red Rover shared a number of excellent insights and advice during her webinar, Supporting Domestic Violence Survivors and Their Pets through Collaboration. Here’s just one reminder [...]

Thoughts about Children and their Pets from Katie Campbell

After the Webinar: Supporting Domestic Violence Survivors and Their Pets through Collaboration. Q&A with Katie Campbell

Webinar presenter Katie Campbell answered a number of your questions after her presentation, Supporting Domestic Violence Survivors and their Pets through Collaboration. Here are just a few of her responses. &[...]

After the Webinar: Asking the Right Questions. Q&A with the Presenters

Webinar presenters Rebecca Burney and Tina Frundt answered a number of your questions after their presentation, Asking the Right Questions: Collaborative Approaches and Strategies to Identify and Serve Child Sex [...]

After the Webinar: Sexual Assault Survivors Bill of Rights. Q&A with Katharine Manning

Webinar presenter Katharine Manninganswered a number of your questions after her presentation, Sexual Assault Survivors Bill of Rights. Here are just a few of her responses. Audience Question: How [...]

After the Webinar: A Proactive Response to Domestic Violence (part 1) Q&A with the Presenters

Webinar presenters Audrey Cress and Janet Good answered a number of your questions after their presentation, A Proactive Response to Domestic Violence: Understanding and Identifying Incarcerated Batterers. Here are just [...]

After the Webinar: Increased Risks for Elder Abuse among the LGBTQ Community. Q&A with the Presenters

Webinar presenters Sherrill Wayland and Bonnie Olsen answered a number of your questions after their presentation, Increased Risks for Elder Abuse among the LGBTQ Community: What Justice Professionals Need to [...]

In Case You Missed It: A Snippet from Victims Rights in a Post Epstein World

Katharine Manning shared some excellent insights and facts during her webinar, Victims Rights in a Post Epstein World. Here's just one snippet from the webinar. Click Here to Watch a [...]

After the Webinar: A Look at Hurricane Dorian. Q&A with Diane Robinson

Webinar presenter Diane Robinson answered a number of your questions after her presentation, A Look at Hurricane Dorian: Were We Ready? Lessons about Planning, Preparedness and Future Response. Here are [...]

Thoughts on Moments of Truth from Stacy Levina

Stacy Ledvina shared a number of excellent insights and advice during her webinar, Kids at Hope: Believing, Connecting and Time Traveling in Youth Justice. Here’s just one reminder she [...]

In Case You Missed It: A Snippet from Domestic Violence Comes to Work

Mark Warren of Strategos International shared some incredible insights and advice during his webinar, “Domestic Violence Comes to Work: Signs, Symptoms, and Response.” Here’s just one snippet from the [...]

After the Webinar: Victim Rights in a Post Epstein World. Q&A with Katharine Manning

Webinar presenter Katharine Manning answered a number of your questions after her presentation, Victim Rights in a Post Epstein World. Here are just a few of her responses. Audience [...]

After the Webinar: Working with Childhood Trauma. Q&A with Duane Bowers

Webinar presenter Duane Bowers answered a number of your questions after his presentation, Working with Childhood Trauma: Tools for Justice Professionals. Here are just a few of his responses. [...]

More DV Statistics from Andrew Campbell

Andrew Campbell’s webinars are always a wealth of information for audiences. Here’s another statistic he shared during his webinars, The Unintended Consequences of the Coronavirus Response: Increasing Risks [...]

More Statistics about Domestic Violence from Hilary Weinberg

Hilary Weinberg shared extraordinary information and statistics during her webinar, “Traumatic Brain Injury: It’s Not Just about Football.” This was just one. "43% of women who were murdered in domestic [...]

Statistics about Domestic Violence from Hilary Weinberg

Hilary Weinberg shared extraordinary information and statistics during her webinar, "Traumatic Brain Injury: It's Not Just about Football." This was just one. "1.3-1.5 million women experience Interpersonal Violence in their [...]

DV Statistics from Andrew Campbell

Based on his groundbreaking research, Andrew Campbell's webinars are always a wealth of information for audiences. Here's just one statistic he shared during his webinar, The Unintended Consequences of the [...]

Statistics on Youth Homelessness from Naomi Smoot

Naomi Smoot of the Coalition for Juvenile Justice shared some incredible statistics about Youth Homelessness and their interaction with the justice system. Here's just one stat she shared from research [...]

Thoughts on Sexual Assault from Victoria Riechers

Important -- and horrifying -- statistics re-shared by speaker Victoria Riechers during her powerful webinar, “Working with Sexual Assault Survivors with Disabilities.” Thank you Victoria for always bringing this important [...]

Thoughts on the Effects of Childhood Trauma from Duane Bowers

Duane Bowers' webinars are always so educational and informative -- none more so than his incredible three-part series on Childhood Trauma. Here's one set of stats he shared recently. [[...]

After the Webinar: Traumatic Brain Injury – It’s More than Just Football. Q&A with Hilary Weinberg

Webinar presenter Hilary Weinberg answered a number of your questions after her presentation, Traumatic Brain Injury: It's Not Just about Football. Here are just a few of her responses. [...]

After the Webinar: Saving Money While Saving Lives. Q&A with Daniel McDonald

Webinar presenter Daniel McDonald answered a number of your questions after his presentation, Saving Money while Saving Lives: Building a Business Case for a Homeless Outreach Team. Here are just [...]

After the Webinar: Unintended Consequences of the Coronavirus Response. Q&A with Andrew Campbell

Webinar presenter Andrew Campbell answered a number of your questions after his presentation, Unintended Consequences of the Coronavirus Response: Increasing Risk of Family Violence. Here are just a few of [...]

After the Webinar: Suicide Explained. Q&A with Amy Morgan

Webinar presenter Amy Morgan answered a number of your questions after her presentation, Suicide Explained: What Leads Someone to that Moment. Here are just a few of her responses. [...]

After the Webinar: Domestic Violence & DV Investigations. Q&A with Jessica Rock

Webinar presenter Jessica Rock answered a number of your questions after her presentation, Domestic Violence & DV Investigations. Here are just a few of her responses. Audience Question: What [...]

After the Webinar: Working with Sexual Assault Survivors with Disabilities. Q&A with Victoria Riechers

Webinar presenter Victoria Riechers answered a number of your questions after her presentation, Working with Sexual Assault Survivors with Disabilities. Here are just a few of her responses. Audience [...]

After the Webinar: Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. Q&A with Sara Mahoney

Webinar presenter Sara Mahoney answered a number of your questions after her presentation, Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde: Managing the Narcissistic, Coercive, and Controlling DV Offender. Here are just a [...]

Insights about Identities from Victoria Riechers

A poignant reminder -- and an important one -- Victoria Riechers shared during her powerful webinar, “Working with Sexual Assault Survivors with Disabilities.” “Our identities don't exist in a [...]

Thoughts on Victim Advocacy from Victoria Riechers

A great reminder -- often heard in the disability community -- re-shared by speaker Victoria Riechers during her powerful webinar, "Working with Sexual Assault Survivors with Disabilities." “Nothing about [...]

Thoughts about Victims from Michelle Welch

Michelle Welch shared incredible insights and advice during her webinar, "In Other Words... How Do You Speak Your Judge's Language?" But we especially loved this reminder. "Never stop fighting [...]

After the Webinar: A View from the Bench. Q&A with the Presenters

Webinar presenters Judge Brandon Birmingham and Dr. Jill Johansson-Love answered a number of your questions after their presentation, A View from the Bench: Understanding Judicial Decision Making as it Relates [...]

After the Webinar: Presenting Medical Evidence in Child Physical Abuse Cases. Q&A with the Presenters

Webinar presenters Roger Blevins and Laurie Blevins answered a number of your questions after their presentation, Presenting Medical Evidence in Child Abuse Cases. Here are just a few of their [...]

After the Webinar: Forensic Palynology and the Search for Geolocation. Q&A with the Presenters

Webinar presenters Amanda Bixler and Dr. Andrew Laurence answered a number of your questions after their presentation, Forensic Palynology and the Search for Geolocation. Here are just a few of [...]

Thoughts on Adaptation from Dr. Wes Dotson

What a great reminder Dr. Wes Dotson shared during his webinar, Case Studies in Law Enforcement Encounters with Individuals on the Autism Spectrum... Advice that can be applied in a [...]

After the Webinar: Case Studies in Law Enforcement: Encounters with Individuals on the Autism Spectrum. Q&A with Dr. Wes Dotson

Webinar presenter Dr. Wes Dotson answered a number of your questions after his presentation, Case Studies in Law Enforcement Encounters with Individuals on the Autism Spectrum. Here are just a [...]

After the Webinar: Causes and Conditions of Childhood Trauma. Q&A with Duane Bowers

Webinar presenter Duane Bowers answered a number of your questions after his presentation, Causes and Conditions of Childhood Trauma: A Practical Approach for Justice Professionals. Here are just a few [...]

After the Webinar: How to Talk about Elder Abuse. Q&A with the Speakers

Webinar presenters Alyssa Neumann and Julie Schoen answered a number of your questions after their presentation, How to Talk about Elder Abuse. Here are just a few of their responses. &[...]

After the Webinar: From Child Welfare to the Juvenile Justice System. Q&A with Cherice Hopkins

Webinar presenter Cherice Hopkins answered a number of your questions after her presentation, From Child Welfare to the Juvenile Justice System: Disrupting the Abuse to Prison Pipeline. Here are [...]

After the Webinar: A Day in the Life. Q&A with Andrew Campbell

Webinar presenter Andrew Campbell answered a number of your questions after his presentation, A Day in the Life: How Exposure to Community Violence Affects Children. Here are just a [...]

After the Webinar: Mental Health Concepts and Trafficking. Q&A with Duane Bowers

Webinar presenter Duane Bowers answered a number of your questions after his presentation, Mental Health Concepts, and Human Trafficking. Here are just a few of his responses. Audience [...]

After the Webinar: Male Victims of Sexual Assault. Q&A with ACESDV’s Jamal Brooks-Hawkins

Webinar presenter Jamal Brooks-Hawkins answered a number of your questions after his presentation, Male Victims of Sexual Assault: Best Practices for Justice Professionals. Here are just a few of his [...]

Infographic: Strangulation in Intimate Partner Violence

During her recent webinar, Victoria Riechers of Arizona Coalition to End Sexual and Domestic Violence discussed strangulation in intimate partner violence cases. Here is some supplemental information for your use. &[...]

After the Webinar: Domestic & International Family Abductions (Pt 1). Q&A with Caroline Teague

Webinar presenter Caroline Teague answered a number of your questions after her presentation, Domestic & International Family Abductions: NCMEC Resources Part 1. Here are just a few of her responses. [...]

After the Webinar: Working with Sexual Assault Victims. Q&A with Victoria Riechers

Webinar presenter Victoria Riechers answered a number of your questions after her presentation, Working with Sexual Assault Victims: Strategies for Justice Professionals. Here are just a few of her responses. &[...]

After the Webinar: Mindfulness in Domestic Violence Work (Part 1). Q&A with Sara Mahoney

Webinar presenter Sara Mahoney answered a number of your questions after her presentation, Mindfulness in Domestic Violence Work: Part 1 Working with Victims. Here are just a few of her responses. &[...]

After the Webinar: The Neurobiology and Traumatic Impact of Sexual Assault. Q&A with the Presenters

Webinar presenters Victoria Riechers and Lindsay Ashworth of the Arizona Coalition to End Sexual and Domestic Violence answered a number of your questions after their presentation, The Neurobiology and Traumatic [...]

After the Webinar: DV 101. Q&A with Dr. Mahri Irvine

Webinar presenter Dr. Mahri Irvine answered a number of your questions after his presentation, “Domestic Violence 101: What Justice Professionals Need to Understand about the Dynamics, Contexts, and Roots of this [...]

After the Webinar: Restorative Justice and Victim Offender Dialogue

Webinar presenter Vicki Assegued answered a number of your questions after her presentation, "Restorative Justice and Victim-Offender Dialogue." Here are a few of her responses. Audience Question: How [...]

Thoughts on Respect from Vicki Assegued

Truly listening -- whether to a victim, a colleague or a partner -- starts with respect. During her webinar, “Restorative Justice and Victim-Offender Dialogue,” Vicki Assegued provided excellent advice for [...]

Five Considerations for Working with Immigrant Victims of Sexual Assault

Victoria Riechers, MA

Sexual assault is a crime many people in immigrant communities face. While there is very little data regarding immigrant experiences of sexual assault, the prevalence rate is believed to be [...]

After the Webinar: Understanding Sexual Violence and Appropriate Responses to Survivors. Q&A with the Presenters

Webinar presenters Victoria Riechers and Lindsay Ashworth answered a number of your questions after his presentation, Understanding Sexual Violence and Appropriate Responses to Survivors. Here are some of their responses. &[...]

Thoughts about Sexual Violence from Lindsay Ashworth

Such a powerful statement from Lindsay Ashworth of the Arizona Coalition to End Domestic Violence made during her webinar, "Understanding Sexual Violence and Appropriate Responses to Survivors." To [...]

Thoughts about Animal Abuse from Andrew Campbell

Such incredible findings from Andrew Campbell's webinar, "Bad to the Bone: Pet Abuse, Child Abuse and Intimate Partner Violence." "75% of the pet abuse that occurs in the home is seen [...]

NCMEC Resources, Long-term Missing & Unidentified Children: An Interview with Carol Schweitzer

Christina McCale

Not all law enforcement agencies have all the resources needed to effectively and efficiently investigate is a missing children's case... fortunately the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children can [...]

Understanding the Dynamics, Tactics, and the Psychology of Sex Offenders: An Interview with Dr. Tasha Menaker

Christina McCale

With a sexual assault happening every 98 seconds in the US, (equalling 1 in 6 women and 1 in 10 men having been the victim of a sexual assault or attempted sexual assault) it's not [...]

Thoughts about Abuse… from our Speaker Jacke Schroeder

"Healthy relationships are based on equality and respect." What a lovely quote speaker Jacke Schroeder made during her recent webinar about Building Community Safety Nets for our victims of elder [...]

Thoughts on Elder Abuse…from Jacke Schroeder

"Start with your why." Love this quote from Jacke Schroeder's recent presentation about how to start programs to support victims of elder abuse. Be sure to check out Jacke's webinar, "[...]

Thoughts on Elder Abuse

A powerful comment from San Diego County District Attorney Summer Stephan in the San Diego County Elder and Dependent Adult Abuse Blueprint 2018. "Our civilization will be judged on how we [...]

VIDEO: Emotional Support for Mass Casualty Survivors: An Interview with Duane Bowers

Duane T. Bowers, LPC

Christina McCale

Once the police tape is gone, what are the best ways to support survivors of traumatic events, like Mass Casualty Shootings? Check out our interview with trauma care expert and [...]

Building Community Based Safety Nets for Victims of Elder Abuse: An Interview with Jacke Schroeder

Christina McCale

The proverb that "it takes a village" doesn't just apply to children. Often it takes a village to help solve a variety of issues, including creating resources to help the [...]

Ask Me Anything About Elder Abuse: An Interview with Paul Greenwood

Christina McCale

People typically agree that Elder Abuse is a horrifying crime and that those who abuse elders should be punished. But what if you've never investigated an elder abuse case? What [...]

Infographic: The Brooke Astor Story, Hard Lessons Learned on Elder Abuse and Financial Exploitation

Brooke Astor's grandson, Philip Marshall exposed Tony Marshall, his father, for abusing his grandmother. Since his grandmother's controversial case, Philip made it his life's purpose, through beondbrooke.[...]

Five Tips for Improving Your Response to Male Victims of Sexual Assault

Jamal Brooks-Hawkins, MSW

At least one in six men have experienced sexual assault in their lifetime (NISVS, 2017). Similar to other victims of sexual assault, male victims often experience negative emotional, physical, and social [...]

A Personal Story of Elder Abuse and Advocacy: An Interview with Philip Marshall

Christina McCale

It's easy to believe that elder abuse can only happen to certain populations of society. But the reality is that elder abuse doesn't discriminate; no elder is immune. Societal position, [...]

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