The Importance of Pre-Sentence Evaluation in Animal Cruelty Cases

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Animal cruelty is often linked to underlying mental health issues or illnesses, trauma, addictions, or other treatable conditions. Forensic presentence evaluations examine all of the factors surrounding an animal cruelty crime, and provide valuable information to the sentencing court in order to craft tailored sentences and reduce rates of recidivism.

 

 

 

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Founded in 1979, the Animal Legal Defense Fund’s mission is to protect the lives and advance the interests of animals through the legal system. The Animal Legal Defense Fund accomplishes this mission by filing high-impact lawsuits to protect animals from harm, providing free legal assistance and training to prosecutors to assure that animal abusers are held accountable for their crimes, supporting tough animal protection legislation and fighting legislation harmful to animals, and providing resources and opportunities to law students and professionals to advance the emerging field of animal law.

 

 

 

 

This webinar has been certified by the National Animal Care & Control Association and is approved for 1 Continuing Education Unit. Please refer to your NACA membership portal for current CEU submission process. Current NACA Members who attend the live presentation or watch the recording will be able to download a jointly issued attendance certificate that includes the National Animal Care & Control Association logo. Visit the NACA training page for a complete list of future trainings.

 

 

 

 

Presenters:

As a staff attorney with the Animal Legal Defense Fund’s Criminal Justice Program, Kathleen Wood assists prosecutors, law enforcement, and legislators throughout the country to enforce and strengthen animal protection laws. In this role, Kathleen oversees the annual Animal Protection Laws Rankings Report which compares the various strengths and weaknesses of each state’s animal cruelty laws. Kathleen has also been instrumental in the creation of ALDF’s state-specific Farmed Animal Cruelty Prosecution Guides, and represents ALDF on the steering committee for the National Link Coalition. Kathleen lives in West Linn, Oregon with her partner and two cats, Penny and Robin.

 
 

Katherine Youssouf is a staff attorney with the Criminal Justice Program at Animal Legal Defense Fund (ALDF). Prior to joining ALDF she clerked for the Honorable Kathleen Y. Mackay at the Superior Court of the Virgin Islands District for St. Thomas and St. John in the U.S. Virgin Islands. She earned her J.D. from American University’s Washington College of Law in Washington, D.C. Before becoming a lawyer, Katherine worked as a social worker addressing violence against women and violations of human rights. She also worked in private practice as a clinical neurotherapist for adult, teenage, and child victims of trauma. She has a master’s in social work and social policy (M.S.W.) from the University of Chicago in Chicago, I.L., and a bachelor’s degree in psychology from Baldwin Wallace University in Berea, O.H.

 
 
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