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Sexual Assault: Actual Cases - Real Solutions, Day 1

Successfully Investigating and Prosecuting Sexual Assault Cases

June 16, 2010

 

Download the Brochure and Registration here

(Registration Deadline 6/04/2010)

 

Download the Scholarship Application

(Application Deadline 5/21/2010)

 

 

Course Description

This workshop will offer actual case scenarios with real solutions. Participants will learn interview strategies and evidence-based investigation techniques to overcome credibility challenges and successfully investigate sexual assault cases.

 

Participants will:

  • Analyze case materials drawn from actual investigative files.
  • Identify challenges in the criminal justice and community response.
  • Explore the complex problem of unfounded cases and false reports.
  • Identify recommendations for best practices.
  • Identify techniques and discuss strategies for successful investigation and prosecution of sexual assault cases.
  • Explore similarities and differences between sexual assault and domestic violence responses.

 

  • Presenter: Kimberly A. Lonsway, Ph.D.
  • Location: Lakeview Golf Resort and Spa Morgantown, WV
  • Contact: Nikki Godfrey via email nikkig4fris@aol.com

 

This training is sponsored by the West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources, Bureau for Public Health through funding provided by Grant No. 2008-WE-AX-0035 awarded by the Office of Violence Against Women, US Department of Justice. The opinions, findings, conclusions, and recommendations expressed in this publication are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources, Bureau for Public Health, or the Office on Violence Against Women, US Department of Justice.

 

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