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December 2020
Webinar: New Frontiers in Investigating and Prosecuting Sexual Assault by Intoxication
This presentation addresses the issues that investigators, prosecutors, victim advocates, and medical personal often encounter in alcohol facilitated sexual assaults. Investigators and prosecutors face many hurdles, including the consent defense, perceptions about “he said/she said” cases, and victims suffering from memory loss, as well as challenges related to victim shame, embarrassment, and lack of trust in law enforcement.
Find out more »Webinar: Documenting Domestic Violence: Considerations When Recommending Tech Tools for Victims
Technology has increasingly become a necessity for professionals, agencies, and organizations since the pandemic. The speed for which available tools come to market can cause confusion as to which ones should be recommended for victims and survivors to use. We will discuss vast considerations that should be vetted before a product or tool should be recommended. This course will explore the history and governance that oversee victim data, describe the technology types used, look at liabilities faced by the recommending…
Find out more »2020 Award Ceremony
Each year we have the honor of recognizing courageous and visionary leaders at our annual conference. Unfortunately, we had to cancel our 2020 conference due to the pandemic, but that means everyone can now join us on December 17th for our 2020 Award Ceremony. The virtual event is free, and guaranteed to be inspiring and engaging. Make a plan to re-energize your spirit. RSVP today to receive a link to the livestream. Click Here to RSVP
Find out more »April 2021
Virtual Conference on Sexual Assault, Domestic Violence, and Trauma and Resilience
Our annual conferences focus on sexual assault, intimate partner violence, stalking, human trafficking and elder abuse. We consistently bring together law enforcement personnel, prosecutors, victim advocates, judges, parole and probation officers, rape crisis workers, health care professionals, faith community members, educators, researchers and others in this three-day conference highlighting promising practices and emerging issues to effectively respond to these crimes in all of our communities.
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