(The) Adam Walsh Act: Sex Offender Registration & Notification Act & Failure to Register Offenses
Kevin Forder
Michael Yoon
Includes an overview of U.S. Department of Justice and U.S. Marshals Service (USMS) sex offender apprehension initiatives and registration requirements established under the Adam Walsh Act, with a particular focus on the new federal felony offense for failure to register as a sex offender. Enables effective investigation and prosecution of unregistered sex offenders using the new federal statute.
Age Regression Images: How it Works
Joe Mullins
NCMEC's Forensic Assistance Unit (FAU) offers a wide range of services to law enforcement. The most recent addition to our list is providing age regression images to officers working the chat rooms. The purpose of these images is to serve as bait to flush out the pedophiles that are online soliciting our children. The FAU has provided hundreds of images that have been very effective in assisting law enforcement with these cases. This presentation will demonstrate the process of creating these images, success stories and serve as a tutorial to law enforcement about the kinds of images to submit for regression.
America Online: Working with Law Enforcement
Don Colcolough
Anatomical Dolls: An Effective Tool in Forensic CSA Interviews
Julie Stauffer
Over the last decade, anatomical dolls have become a common tool used during interviews of alleged victims of sexual abuse. It is important that those conducting forensic interviews and prosecuting attorneys understand the proper forensic use of anatomical dolls in a child sexual abuse interview. This session is designed to provide forensic interviewers, law enforcement investigators, child protection workers, and prosecuting attorneys with sound practice and research to support the forensic use of anatomical dolls. It will provide participants with a process to utilize the anatomical dolls.
Ask Me No Questions and I'll Tell You No Lies: Leading And Suggestive Questions in the Child Forensic Interview
Mark Everson
There is an on-going debate in the field of child forensic interviewing about what is considered a leading vs. a suggestive question and whether such questions can appropriately be used. This workshop will present specific definitions for leading and suggestive questions and will offer practical cautions and guidelines for their use. It will also describe a three-part method for assessing interview suggestiveness.
Attacking the Problem of Child Exploitation from Multiple Angles
Michelle Collins
The problem of online child sexual exploitation has reached epic proportions. It is an unfortunate reality that there is no way to arrest our way out of this problem. This session will provide participants with information on how a multi-disciplinary approach has increased effectiveness and ultimately protected countless children. In addition to learning about the extensive efforts of NCMEC’s Exploited Child Unit and law enforcement agencies, participants will see demonstrations of innovative steps taken by the Internet industry, financial institutions, research facilities and our international counterparts.
Back to the Future Using an UC Website in Child Pornography Investigations
John Kuchta
This Investigative Technique solves the dilemma of how geographically target and develop probable cause on a predicated trader of child pornography when probable cause to search their residence has grown stale. Subjects are invited to the website with the promise that they can access 'archives' containing child pornographic materials. The Internet protocol address of the computer attempting to access the archives is logged. Once the subject 'attempts' to access the archives allegedly containing child pornography, they have violated Title 18, United States Code, Section 2252(b)1 which is a 5 to 20 year offense. Probable cause to search is obtained.
Basic Computer Forensics in Crimes Against Children Cases
Anita Shah
(The) Basics of Conducting Wireless Internet Investigations
Michael Shaffer
Behaviorally Based Interviewing Strategies
Wayne Sheppard
Understanding the pathology that drives the behavior of an offender and then exploiting that same behavior in an interview or interrogation process can greatly enhance the officer’s success in obtaining that all important admission or confession. This workshop will provide the participant with 1) a brief overview of traditional interviewing and interrogating techniques (listening skills, direct vs. passive questioning, interview vs. interrogation, cognitive interviewing) utilized by law enforcement officers in the field and 2) an in-depth look at the importance of the application of behaviorally based interviewing strategies (non-verbal messages in behavior, para-logical reasoning, incremental behaviors) by officers tasked with trying to obtain the admission or confession from the offender.
(The) Best Kept Secret: Mother - Daughter Sexual Abuse
Julie Brand
This workshop describes the complex mother-daughter incestuous relationship—the subtle, yet intentional violations of normal mother-child boundaries, covert and overt abuse and the psychological manipulations used to silence victims. Attendees will learn ways to include mothers as potential perpetrators in prevention programs and in sexual abuse investigations. Six key therapeutic issues for recovery will be discussed. The program will conclude with a discussion of the shared dynamics and also the differences between mother-daughter and mother-son incest. The presenter is both an experienced counselor and a resilient survivor of maternal sexual abuse.
Breaking Down Abusive Fractures
Matthew Cox
This workshop will be a case based discussion on the mechanisms of injury / types of forces required to cause certain skeletal injuries in children. Topics will include fracture types such as spiral, transverse, rib, skull, and metaphyseal corner fracture.
(The) Canadian Response to Child Sexual Exploitation
Steve Sullivan
The Office of the Federal Ombudsman for Victims of Crime was established in March 2007 and an ongoing theme of our work is the commercial and sexual exploitation of children. The Office prepared a series of recommendations for the federal government on Internet facilitated child sexual exploitation. Every child sexual abuse image is an opportunity to identify a child and the recommendations will focus on legislative reforms necessary to identify and rescue victims. In addition, the recommendations will highlight the unique emotional and privacy issues that child victims of Internet crimes experience.
Case Study: Capturing the Friedmans: Who Do You Believe?
Kenneth Lanning
The first of this two part workshop will consist of a showing of the award winning documentary film "Capturing the Friedmans" for 1 hour and 45 minutes. The second part will consist of an interactive discussion of some of the issues raised by the film. Attendees at the second part must have seen the film either at the first half or previously and be prepared to participate in the discussion.
Capturing the Friendmans Website
Case Study: Ben Ownby/Shawn Hornbeck Child Abduction
Michael Blades
Carrie Constantin
Patrick Cunningham
Mark Wood
In October of 2007, Mike Devlin was sentenced to 4 life sentences plus 170 years in prison for the 2002 kidnapping and subsequent sexual abuse of then, 11-year-old Shawn Hornbeck. This workshop will describe how a later abduction of another boy led investigators to Devlin and the recovery of his first abduction victim. This workshop will detail the arrest and prosecution of Devlin for these crimes.
CNN News Story
CNN Video
Case Study: Blue Diamond - Child Prostitution
John O'Brien
Edward Price
This workshop will discuss the investigation and arrest of several individuals responsible for a well organized domestic, human trafficking, prostitution ring. Though based mainly in Chicago and Detroit, this enterprise reached as far as New Jersey and Hawaii. While initially the case was worked by independent police agencies and the FBI “Innocence Lost” program, this complex case was ultimately a collaborative effort of local and federal efforts.
Star Bulletin New Story
US DOJ News Release
Case Study: Casey Crowder Child Abduction
Boyd Boshears
James Melia
This workshop will describe the arrest and conviction of Kenneth Osburn for the kidnapping and murder of 17 year-old Casey Crowder. Learn how the investigators solved this case where the teenage girl ran out of gas on the highway and her body was found 6 days later after an extensive search. The presenters will describe how both witness interviews and DNA evidence led them to the killer.
Arkansas News Story
Fox News Story
Case Study: Jamie Bolin
Craig Overby
Michael Beaver
This case presentation will discuss in detail the identification, arrest, trial and conviction of Kevin Ray Underwood, who confessed to the cannibalistic homicide of 10 year-old Jamie Rose Bolin in Oklahoma. You will learn how the investigators found the perpetrator, who had no prior criminal history, without the victim’s body as evidence.
CNN News Story
CNN News Story II
Case Study: Steven Long
Andy Beach
Jon Davison
This case presentation will outline the investigation and prosecution of Stephen Long, convicted for the sexual assault and murder of 11 year-old Kaitlyn Briana Smith. You will learn from both the investigator and the prosecutor how this criminal was identified, arrested and successfully prosecuted after dumping her battered body underneath a vacant trailer near the crime. The prosecutor will take you into the jury trial that lasted two weeks and resulted in a death sentence for Long.
Case Study: United States v. Lisa Montgomery
Roseann Ketchmark
Matt Whitworth
Cynthia Cordes
This presentation will detail the capital prosecution of Lisa Montgomery for the December 2004 murder of Bobbie Jo Stinnett in Skidmore, Missouri. Montgomery strangled Ms. Stinnett, who was 8 months pregnant, to death and then cut her unborn infant from her womb using a kitchen knife. She then kidnapped the child and claimed as her own. The child was recovered by law enforcement authorities less than 24 hours later, in a small town that was a three hour drive away. Lisa Montgomery was tried and convicted in federal court and sentenced to death in October 2007. Learn from both the prosecutor and the investigators how this case was handled.
CNN News Story
USDOJ Announcement
Case Study: United States v. Paul Edward Shook: Real Time Online Sexual Exploitation
Gary Macnoll
Steven Sucsy
Networking the investigation and prosecution of real-time child molestation on the Web. This case involves the investigation and prosecution of defendants who were engaged in molesting young children while they sent Web cam images of the molestation to others who were engaged in the same activity. The investigation involved multiple jurisdictions, and the case study demonstrates the advantages of multi-jurisdictional efforts.
USDOJ Press Release
Caught in the Web: Inside the Police Hunt to Rescue Children from Online Predators
Julian Sher
Award-winning author Julian Sher spent two years following the work of the FBI, ICE, NCMEC and police agencies around the world. Senator John Kerry called it “a must-read for parents, policy makers, prosecutors, and anyone who cares about our kids." Dr. Sharon W. Cooper praised the extremely educational and riveting writing by a superb investigative journalist.” Come share the lessons and insights for police, prosecutors and educators.
Child Abduction Response Plan
William H. Donaldson
FBI SSA Donaldsion will lecture on child abduction investigations and the use of the CARP through case examples and a power power presentation.
Child Fatalities and Serious Physical Injury Cases: Improving the 1st Response
Patti Toth
What first responders do (or don’t do) in the critical first hours after a sudden unexplained or unexpected child death or serious physical injury often determines whether we accurately identify inflicted versus accidental injuries or natural deaths. A WA State project recently developed statewide guidelines and training for first responders. The resulting user-friendly guidelines are called the C-POD, which stands for the key principles that should guide any first responder: Collaboration, Preservation, Observation and Documentation. This workshop will review the C-POD Guidelines and training, as well as the CDC’s new SUIDI (Sudden Unexplained Infant Death Investigation) evidence collection form.
Child Fatality Case Study
Reynie Tinajero
Kara Miller
Matthew Cox
Kim Mayfield
Child Fatality Review in Texas: Reducing Preventable Child Deaths
Susan Rodriguez
The death of a child is always a tragedy for the family and community, but especially so when the death could have been prevented. Child Fatality Review Teams in Texas and across the nation are dedicated to multi-disciplinary review of child deaths to understand why children die and to work to prevent future deaths. In this session, learn about the Child Fatality Review multi-disciplinary model; the status of Child Fatality Review in Texas; what the data tells us about preventable risks to Texas children; what Texas communities are doing to address and reduce community-specific preventable risks to children; and how you can start a Child Fatality Review Team in your community.
Child Neglect
Jim Anderst
This workshop with review the multiple definitions of abuse, emphasize the need for consistency in neglect evaluations, and cover the types of information needed in assessing possible child neglect. The workshop will feature multiple cases of possible neglect, and will review aspects of neglect based on those cases.
Child Pornography and Child Abuse
Michael Bourke
Child Sex Offender Typologies
Child Sexual Assault and Using the DNA Advantage
Jamie Ferrell
Children's Program Kit
Vanessa Sanford
The Children’s Program Kit was created through a collaboration of SAMHSA and NACoA (National Association for Children of Alcoholics). The kit is a tool for treatment providers and helping professionals to utilize when working with children of addicted parents, in an effort to provide age-appropriate education about addiction, assist in the identification and healthy expression of emotions, and empower them new coping skills. The Texas Alliance for Drug Endangered Children (TADEC) feels very strongly that all children removed from volatile drug environments must receive support services to address their psychosocial needs. The audience will receive a curriculum manual with videos.
Civil Litigation in CPS Cases
Kim Murphy
The civil suits brought by Child Protective Services differ in many ways from the prosecution of alleged abusers. This program will explain the major differences and discuss how those involved in both can be successful in one without jeopardizing the other.
(A) Close-up Look at the Ever-Shrinking World
Jennifer Lee
Many children never disclose the fact that they were sexually abused and pornographically photographed. As this crime knows no borders, neither can the law enforcement response. The United States has an unprecedented number of experienced law enforcement agencies working in conjunction with NCMEC in the active hunt for these victims. In addition, an increasing number of countries have created specialized law enforcement teams tasked with Victim Identification. This session will be co-presented by NCMEC and Queensland Police Service (Australia). It will present several illustrations of how child victims have been identified all over the world because of images seized by U.S. investigators. In addition, participants will learn how they can become more involved in the complex search for these child victims.
Computer Forensics for Investigators and Prosecutors
Daniel F. Ferraro, Jr.
David Haslett
This class will provide investigators and prosecutors the information necessary to understand how evidence from a computer forensic examination can make their case stronger. This class will teach students how to properly prepare their case for submission to a forensic lab, how to properly draft the search warrant and request for lab services, and what type of information they can expect to receive (or not receive) after a forensic examination.
Conducting a Community Safety Audit to Improve Child Safety
Sarah Buel
It turns out we can greatly improve victim services by asking the question of each community agency, “How does this (practice, policy, rule etc.) enhance or diminish victim safety and offender accountability?” By reviewing successful evaluations of police, prosecutor, shelter, legal aid, and other relevant family violence programs, there is much to be learned. The workshop will discuss how to replicate a community safety audit of victims’ services programs with no funding or to obtain a grant to do so.
Confessions without Miranda
John Bradley
CPS Investigators Forum
Nicole Ogle
Crawford v. Washington Latest Developments
Tom Harbinson
This workshop analyzes several United States Supreme Court decisions, Crawford v. Washington and Davis v. Washington, that have changed the ability of professionals to get children's out-of-court statements admissible in court when the child is unavailable to testify. The presenter will give tips on how to get statements admitted based on CRAWFORD's new test for Confrontation Clause analysis. The workshop will also cover the Court's recent decision last June in GILES v. CALIFORNIA. The presenter submitted an amicus brief on behalf the the Center and attended oral argument. He will throughly explain the GILES decision's impact on child abuse cases. The workshop will include tips on using the forfeiture by wrongdoing exception after GILES' further development of the forfeiture by wrongdoing exception.
Cross Examination in Cases of Child Abuse
Victor Vieth
Cross-examination in cases of child abuse Presenter: Victor Vieth Workshop description: This workshop explores effective strategies for cross-examining defendants and other witnesses in cases of child abuse.
Cross Examination of Expert Witnesses
Tom Harbinson
Current Challenges: Taint vs. Crawford
Paul Tressler
Ron Laney
Cyber Bullying and Online Harassment: A Train the Trainer Workshop
Sarah Migas
This class will offer students a comprehensive look at cyberbullying. We will start by defining cyberbullying and discussing the unique features of cyberbullying that distinguish it from traditional bullying. We will also talk about who is involved and how it impacts these children. Lastly, we outline how to recognize cyberbullying and in turn effectively respond to it and prevent further incidents.
CyberTipline Reports: From Receipt to Arrest
John Shehan
Mike Duffey
This session will be co-presented by NCMEC & an experienced ICAC Investigator. Participants will be provided information on NCMEC’s CyberTipline, including how it can generate, de-conflict, and corroborate cases related to computer-facilitated crimes against children. An in-depth overview of CyberTipline reports will be included with a detailed explanation of the reports sent to law enforcement. An investigator will walk the participants through the steps necessary to identify the location of the suspect and specific computer involved in the investigation. Specifics will be shared on how to secure evidence of criminal behavior from electronic service providers (ESPs). Samples of court orders and subpoenas along with the ESP Compliance Guides will be given out to the participants. Actual case examples will be utilized throughout this presentation to illustrate the learning objectives of this session.
Defending the Investigative Interview in Court
Victor Vieth
In this workshop, students will receive an overview of the research defense attorney often use to discredit forensic interviews and learn concrete responses for responding to these attacks.
Defensive Tactics for Non-Law Enforcement Professionals
Thomas Popken
Billy Hattaway
This session will provide information and examples of defensive tactics that may be utilized in the event a situation is encountered that requires self defense.
Demystifying the Myths of Child Sexual Assault and Abuse
Jamie Ferrell
Detecting Deception
Jim Tanner
Improve your interview skills. Learn how to tell when someone is editing something out of a verbal or written statement. This session will cover the basics of Discourse Analysis, a lexical and syntactical approach to analyzing statements. Using clear examples, Dr. Tanner will explain how shifts in words and grammar by respondents can point interviewers to "hot spots" in a statement that need to be probed. You will never listen to a conversation the same way again if you attend this session.
Digital Evidence: Search And Seizure
Rod Gregg
This course is for first responders to a digital evidence crime scene. It is for patrol officers, investigators serving search warrants, and crime scene personnel charged with identifying, collecting, packaging, transporting and storing digital evidence. The course is continuously updated to include current technology, unusual technology and best practices at the digital crime scene. At the conclusion of the course, attendees will receive a CD of the presentation that can be adapted for their agency. This course will not be on the final conference CD. You must attend the course to receive it.
DNA, CODIS and the NCMEC DNA Registration Project
B.J. Spamer
This workshop will explain the importance of DNA collection and the Combined DNA Index System (CODIS) to missing and unidentified person investigations. DNA and DNA profiling will be explained, with a discussion of nuclear DNA, mitochondrial DNA, and obtaining appropriate reference DNA samples. CODIS will be discussed, with an emphasis on the different levels and indexes within CODIS and how they can and cannot be searched. The NCMEC DNA Registration Project will be explained and DNA identification case studies will be provided. Resources to have missing and unidentified person DNA profiles loaded into CODIS at no cost will be provided.
DNA: Do We Automatically Win?
Carmen White
This presentation will provide both a legal and practical discussion regarding the use of DNA in child abuse cases. Topics will include the proper collection of DNA evidence, the effective use of DNA evidence in trial, and the preservation of DNA evidence. This workshop will be most useful for members of law enforcement and prosecutors.
Drug Endangered Children
Vanessa Sanford
Drug endangered children are those children who suffer physical or psychological harm or neglect resulting from exposure to illegal drugs or persons under the influence of illegal drugs or exposure to dangerous environments where drugs are being manufactured or chemicals used to make drugs are accessible. Topics will include: Safety and Awareness in Volatile Drug Environments & Investigating Drug Endangered Children cases, Child Protective Services Role in Drug Endangered Children cases, Medical Issues for the Drug Endangered Child, Prosecuting Drug Endangered Child cases, Psychosocial Issues of the Drug Endangered Child, Sustaining Local DEC Alliances, and Data Collection.
eBay/PayPal: Working with Law Enforcement
Jennifer Jones
Brief explanation of the PayPal and eBay platforms and policies. Introduction to the Global Law Enforcement Organization. Overview of our Records Fraud Types Questions.
Effective Use of Forensic Interviews at Trial
Irish Burch
Eren Price
Effective Courtroom Testimony for CPS Workers
Amy Derrick
Effective Courtroom Testimony for Forensic Interviewers
Lawrence Braunstein
Mental health professionals are increasingly utilized in the investigation and evaluation of children suspected to have been sexually abused. They are then called upon to testify in court regarding their professional involvement, including the protocols they utilized, their education and training, their experience (both personal and professional), and the professional literature regarding assessment of allegations of child sexual abuse. This class, presented by a defense attorney, will focus on issues which arise in the context of child sexual abuse litigation including Parental Alienation “Syndrome”, the suggestibility of children, allegations of child sexual abuse in the context of divorce/custody proceedings, proper forensic interviewing, the professional ethics of mental health professionals, maintaining proper records, and other issues.
Effective Courtroom Testimony for Law Enforcement Officers
Lawrence Braunstein
Mandy Griffith
Effective Courtroom Testimony for Sexual Assault Nurse Examiners (SANEs)
Lawrence Braunstein
Jamie Ferrell
Rachel Clark
Effective Courtroom Testimony for Therapists
Lawrence Braunstein
Sherre Sweet
Effectively Advocating for Children’s Advocacy Centers
Joy Rauls
Making child maltreatment a priority issue requires getting the attention of public officials at the local, state and national level. This session will provide an insider’s perspective on how lawmakers think, act and react to advocacy initiatives in the face of the information and issue overload they face every day. Effective strategies for successfully getting the attention of lawmakers and local community leaders, in an effort to elevate the issue of children’s advocacy centers to the top of their lists, will be outlined.
Ethical Challenges and the Multidisciplinary Team: Taking the High Road
Dan Powers
There are many benefits of working in a multidisciplinary team. This workshop will examine ethical issues as they apply to members of multidisciplinary teams. Any decision made in a case has ethical implications for the team, and reflects the decision maker’s sensitivity and commitment to the team concept. Each member of a team that is affected by a decision will deal with the consequences of that decision. This concept reinforces our professional obligation to make all reasonable efforts to anticipate possible consequences and take steps to avoid unjustified harm to others.
Exploring the Impact of Trauma (Enhancing your Investigations and Prosecutions)
Olga Trujillo
Olga Trujillo is a survivor of child physical, sexual abuse and rape. These experiences created a range of mental health disorders that made her vulnerable to further victimization and unaware of the issues she had to maneuver on a daily basis. After undergoing an intense journey to understand the impact the violence had on her life, she began to address the challenges she faced from Dissociative Identity Disorder, Panic & Anxiety Disorders, Post Traumatic Stress Disorder and Depression. In this workshop she will bring her experience of trauma into the room to help participants explore how trauma may have an impact on their investigations and prosecutions of child abuse cases. Through an interactive workshop participants will assess how they address the issue of trauma and examine whether they should and if so, how they might do so. Through this workshop participants with identify challenges to incorporating trauma information into their response to these crimes and their victims.
Examining the Victim's Experience (Enhancing Your Investigations and Prosecutions)
Olga Trujillo
This interactive session will examine the struggles criminal justice professionals face in handling child sexual abuse cases and explore efforts that can be undertaken to improve their ability to investigate these cases. This workshop will be a blend of question and answer as well as case study. Participants will identify how a victim might behave during an investigation or prosecution, explore what can be done to improve the investigation and enhance offender accountability. The workshop will also examine some of the efforts and resources that can assist participants in working with survivors - from interviewing to referring to services.
FBI Regional Computer Forensics Lab’s Review Net Program
Rod Gregg
For State and Local Law Enforcement. The Review Net employs a secure connection between the lab that processed the evidence data and the investigator’s desktop. The FBI version uses the internal secure network. The version for state and local law enforcement uses a virtual private network connection to an unclassified server at one of 14 RCFLs in the US. The Review Net connects investigators to a protected virtual computer at the RCFL. Complete evidence integrity and chain of custody is maintained for court purposes. RCFLs have a set service area however, will accept cases on a priority basis.
Field Search for Mac
Jim Tanner
Field Search for Windows (FSWin) has been in use by more than 2,000 officers for several years. This "Live Box Examination Tool" has proven to be a valuable addition to law enforcement's computer forensic tool box. This session will be the FIRST nationally available introduction to Field Search Mac (FSMac). This software application runs live on Mac OS X and matches the tools available in FSWin. FSMac is designed for non-technical users to quickly and easily reveal the target's computer usage. FSMac is available free to all law enforcement agencies through NLECTC-RM.
(The) Five Bs of Child Abuse
Cindy Christian
This workshop will provide you with more information than you care to know (!) about physical injuries from child abuse and neglect. We will cover common and uncommon injuries and medical mimickers of abuse as well.
Forensic Interviewing Forum
Julie Kenniston
Irish Burch
Gabrielle Bechen: Child Abduction Case Study
Linda Chambers
Michael Hochrein
Thomas Schuster
This lecture by Commonwealth and Federal investigators, as well as the Commonwealth's prosecutor, will address the investigation and prosecution of Jeffrey Martin for the June 13, 2006 murder of 12 year-old Gabrielle Bechen in Greene County, Pennsylvania.
Google: Working with Law Enforcement
Marc Crandall
An overview of Google products and services available to law enforcement agencies, and tips for law enforcement agencies on how to work effectively with Google in connection with child exploitation investigations.
Green Iguana Travel & NAMBLA: A Proactive Approach to CS Tourism Cases
Jennifer Corbet
Adrienne Mitchell
How Not to Help the Defense Attorney in Child Abuse Cases
Lawrence Braunstein
Hunting the Predators: Special Movie Screening
Julian Sher
A special screening of a one-hour documentary written and directed by Julian Sher, based on his book “Caught in the Web.” For the first time, cameras take viewers behind the scenes as investigators from the U.S., the UK and Canada use the latest high-tech techniques in image analysis, undercover work and infiltration to break up online international rings of child abusers. Followed by a discussion on how you can better use the media to get the message out about protecting children.
Inside the Mind of a Sex Offender
Jim Tanner
Seventy percent of all convicted sex offenders are placed on probation. They live in our communities. This session will draw on Dr. Tanner’s extensive experience working with and supervising sex offenders in the community. We will examine how they view the world, how they pick and groom victims, how they groom the environment and professionals, the unique dangers of Internet offenders, and strategies for containment. Investigators and supervising officers will gain valuable insights into offender behavior.
Integrative Treatment of Complex Trauma (ITCT): An Empirically-Based, Comprehensive Model for Treatment with Abused Children and Adolescents in Varied Settings
Cheryl Lanktree
This workshop will present comprehensive, multi-modal therapy approaches of the treatment model, Integrative Treatment of Complex Trauma (ITCT) for children and adolescents with complex trauma due to multiple traumatic exposures, i.e., sexual abuse, physical abuse, and/or family violence compounded by attachment issues associated with caretaker neglect, abandonment, or loss. Interventions are assessment-driven, component-based, and incorporate directive play therapy, cognitive therapy, exposure therapy, and relational treatment. ITCT is effective in clinical and school settings and addresses individual needs of clients according to cultural background, age, gender, symptoms, needs, and self capacities. ITCT treatment guides are available describing interventions and tools.
Internet Child Abduction Case Study
Alicia Kozakiewicz
Alicia Kozakiewicz tells her journey from Victim to Survivor and Advocate.
Interviewing Children Who Have Witnessed Violent Crime
Julie Stauffer
Professionals who are responsible for conducting investigative, forensic interviews of children who have witnessed violent crime are becoming aware of the increasing impact of their interviewing techniques. In recent years, defense strategies have shifted from targeting the child witnesses to the professionals who interview the children. As a result, the demand for comprehensive training in the art and science of interviewing is on the rise. Research suggests, and practice supports, that there is essential information professionals must learn in order to effectively interview children who have witnessed violent crime, including domestic violence, assault, and homicide. Professionals attending this session will gain information on how to elicit necessary information in a manner that is in the best interests of children and is legally defensible.
Interviewing Compliant Victims
Martha Finnegan
Catherine Connell
This workshop will discuss the difficulties of conducting a forensic interview with a compliant adolescent victim of a computer-facilitated crime. Adolescent development as well as specifics of pornography and traveler cases will be discussed.
Introduction to Secure Digital Forensic Imaging
Ward Allen
This extraordinary “INTERACTIVE” 90 minute event defines the intricate values of forensic digital pictures through the use of graphic side-by-side on-screen sample comparisons and interactive classroom discussions including information about JPG and RAW files. By defining the seven attributes of both "good" & "bad" digital pictures,” forensic pictures can be analyzed, evaluated and judged instantly during a forensic examination. This objective evaluation should be used, on-site, to determine the need for additional pictures. Examples of “focused and un-focused” pictures, “properly framed and poorly framed” pictures, “properly lighted and improperly lighted” pictures along with “overexposed, properly exposed, and underexposed” pictures will be compared and discussed openly. Illustrations that show the unique relationship between “good & bad” pictures and the separately defined technical attributes of a digital picture will be shown and discussed. Examples that identify digital resolution, file compression, file types and overall quality will be presented, evaluated and described in understandable terms. This course was specifically created for professionals capturing or handling SANE, SART, SAFE or CRIMESCENE related still digital forensic pictures. It contains “must have” knowledge that can be applied to your forensic digital workflow process.
Introduction to the Virtual World of Second Life
Joseph Rampolla
Second Life, the virtual world created by Linden Labs, is growing every day. It is not a video game but a virtual world that parallels our real lives (1st Life). Facebook and YouTube rule young kids lives but Second Life is possibly the newest biggest threat that teens will be facing. When the video game Grand Theft Auto -San Andreas Fault first came out, parents were outraged at the adult content which caused quite a controversy. Second Life is much worse, and the most frightening thing about it for kids is that it is live (in real time). The characters are real people from all walks of life. Real people who have created avatars are controlling them. The presentation will take the audience deep into the world of Second Life and show you things that Linden Labs does not want you to see. Rape, torture, bondage, and toilet sex are just a few of the sickening things that young kids can be exposed to. We will take a perverted adventure into this world. Some users are creating child avatars which can virtually interact with adult ones. This in itself creates a slippery slope, especially for people that are attracted to child molestation and abuse. Since Second Life is based on an open-source concept, users can create their own buildings and devices which is only limited to ones imagination. Even Linden labs cannot predict where or how this world will change in the future. Law enforcement and child advocates should be concerned and alarmed on how this virtual life will affect kids and the predators who prey upon them.
Investigating and Prosecuting Bulletin Board Child Pornography Cases
Steven Grocki
Traders of child pornography have used bulletin boards or forums since the early days of the Internet. In fact, even prior to the Internet, many early bulletin board allowed for members to simply dial-in directly to the board. In recent years, bulletin boards appear to have regained a niche place among dedicated traders because they offer privacy, anonymity, and safety. Boards can have innocuous names like "the kingdom" or "Peachstreet," restrict access to only like- minded individuals who have to be invited to join, and by limiting the posted materials, not raise attention to themselves. This last feature is relatively new. Forum groups have learned that, by using free web-based image sharing sites like "Rapidshare" or "Megaupload," they can post their content anonymously on the sharing site and simply provide instructions on how to access the content (through links and passwords) on the bulletin board. The boards are well organized, managed by administrators, moderators, and sometimes have complex "user" hierarchies. This training will introduce attendees to the technology used in modern web-based bulletin boards, how to identify and locate bulletin boards, the typical board make up, and then the issues associated with evidence gathering and prosecution.
Investigating & Prosecuting Cases of Child Sexual Abuse Involving Pre or Non Verbal Children
Victor Vieth
This workshop gives an overview of the difficulty of proving cases in which the victim is too young to be interviewed or otherwise give a sufficient statement. Creative strategies for investigating these cases and presenting this evidence in court will be explored.
Investigating & Prosecuting Cases of Emotional Maltreatment
Victor Vieth
Students will receive an overview of the literature concerning the emotional abuse of a child and will receive concrete suggestions for investigating these cases and for proving and allegation of emotional abuse in either a civil child protection or a criminal case.
Investigating & Prosecuting Child Pornography Cases
Daniel Armaugh
Joe Mullins
Investigating Physical Abuse and Neglect: Reconstruction Techniques
Robert Farley
Ron Laney
This seminar will focus on non-accidental injuries on children and will emphasize the specific techniques that can be used by the investigator in the assessment, investigation and reconstruction of cases involving soft tissue injuries such as bruises, lacerations and burns. In addition, the various weapons utilized by the offender in child abuse situations will also be identified and discussed. The seminar will also address the circumstances and evaluation of deprived and neglected children. Lastly, the curriculum offers case illustrations that encourage hands on participation by the student.
Investigative Resources of the USMS for Crimes Against Children Cases (Including Locating Fugitives Using Electronic Surveillance Techniques)
Irving Brandt
Kirk King
This workshop will outline investigative resources the USMS provides in crimes against children cases. This workshop will also explore electronic surveillance techniques used in locating fugitives.
Investigative Response to Domestic Prostitution and Trafficking Victims
Byron Fassett
Participants will be provided with information regarding the scope of the problem of domestic prostitution/trafficking of children across the country, dynamics of child prostitution, characteristics and profile of the victim/child prostitute, and the offender/pimp. The pathway to victimization and recruitment techniques will also be discussed. This presentation will demonstrate the correlation and commonalties between the chronic runaway, repeat victims of sexual abuse, the child victimized through prostitution. Participants will receive a unique and rare look, “a firsthand, insider’s view,” of the how children are victimized through prostitution from the victim’s and the perpetrator's, “pimp’s,” perspective.
Investigative Response to High Risk Victims (The Dallas Model)
Byron Fassett
Jessica’s Law: How it Changes Child Abuse Investigations and Prosecutions
John Bradley
Jury Selection
Felicia Oliphant
Law Enforcement Investigators Forum
Robert Farley
Brenda Nichols
(The) Link Between Domestic Violence and Child Abuse
Jan Langbein
Linking Non-Compliant Sex Offenders to Child Victimization Cases
Kristen Anderson
Staca Urie
With as many as 100,000 registered sex offenders in the United States whose whereabouts are unknown, expanding our ability to link open and unsolved missing/exploited child cases to these offenders is of great potential benefit. This presentation will focus on how NCMEC is working to bring together a variety of resources to assist law enforcement in locating sex offenders and identify case linkages across broad time and geographic parameters. Cases examined include child abductions, attempted abductions and relationships to online solicitation/exploitation incidents.
Locating Known Abductors
Robert Hoever
This module will discuss various techniques used to locate an abductor once they have been identified.
(The) Making of a Child Abuse Detective
Brian Killacky
Ron Laney
What it takes to become a detective assigned to a crimes against children unit.
Individual investigative assessments, targeting specific crimes of violence against children and issues that will make the investigator better suited to investigate these complex crimes.
Managing High Risk Sex Offenders in the Community
Greg Brown
This seminar will focus on the reality that on average 70% of all convicted sex offenders are placed on community supervision. In addition, well over 90% of sex offenders will return to the community someday. Over the past 15 years, valuable risk assessment tools, as well as strategies have been developed to contain moderate to high risk offenders in the community. This seminar will focus on the accurate identification of high risk offenders, as well strategies to manage them in the community in partnership with treatment providers, polygraph examiners, law enforcement and those responsible for registration. In partnership, some offenders can live safely in the community under the collaborative supervision of corrections, treatment and law enforcement. For those who cannot be managed in the community, we will discuss risk assessment tools, research and monitoring that can help ensure they are put in prison or in some cases civilly committed.
Managing the Sexually Violent Predator
Felicia Oliphant
Maryland v. Craig Revisited Establishing the Legal Basis For Taking A Childs Statement By Close Circuit
Tom Harbinson
Maryland v. Craig Revisited: Establishing the Legal Basis for Taking Children's Statements via closed circuit television The workshop will thoroughly cover CRAIG and ways to prove child trauma rendering the child unavailable to testify in the defendant's presence in order to use closed circuit television. It will address CRAWFORD v. WASHINGTON's impact on the use of closed circuit television.
Medical Analysis of Child Pornography
Sharon Cooper
Medical Evaluation of Child Sexual Abuse: Lessons Learned
Matthew Cox
Lessons Learned will review the basic medical findings of child sexual abuse examinations. Topics will include the frequency and types of medical findings including forensic evidence collected, genital injuries, and sexually transmitted infections. The lecture will incorporate numerous case examples to illustrate the key learning points.
(The) Medical Examiner's Perspective on Child Fatalities
Reade Quinton
Topics of this workshop include investigation and autopsy findings in sudden unexpected infant death (SUID) cases, abusive injuries including head trauma, neglect, Munchausen Syndrome by Proxy, and determination/classification of cause and manner of death.
Microsoft Online Services: Working with Law Enforcement
Tamara McBride
Munchausen Syndrome by Proxy: An Introduction to the Hinterland of Child Abuse
Christopher Greeley
Mike Trent
This talk will be an introduction to Munchausen Syndrome by Proxy (MSbP). Statistics will be presented and cases will be discussed. An evaluation process will be outlined. This process will focus on looking at alternative explanations to MSbP as well as documentation of findings. The pros and cons of covert video surveillance will be discussed.
MySpace Case Study (Award Winner)
TBD
MySpace: Working with Law Enforcement
Hemanshu Nigam
Jennifer Mardosz
Sarah Kaleel
NetSmartz: The Latest Trends in Internet Safety : Social Networking, Cyberbullying, Webcams
Katie Donovan
NetSmartz is a free, interactive educational safety resource from the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children (NCMEC) that uses age-appropriate, 3-D activities to teach children, tweens, and teens how to be safer online. The NetSmartz Workshop has recently updated Internet safety presentations geared to educate tweens, teens, and parents/communities. They are intended for use by members of the ICAC, School Resource Officers, school administrators, teachers, police officers, and others who engage in public education activities within their communities. To keep pace with the rapid evolution of Web technology and trends, the new releases offer the latest information on Internet safety issues that affect children, including social networking, webcams, and blogging. In addition, the updated presentations will debut new videos that highlight real-life stories of male online victimization and cyberbullying.
On vs. In: Developmentally Sensitive Interviewing to Obtain Reliable Information from Children
Julie Kenniston
Ron Laney
Adults and children do not speak the same language. In fact, adults often miisinterpret what they hear from children. Since investigations of child abuse often rely on the information received from alleged child victims and child witnesses, it is crucial that adults ask questions in ways that children are able to answer them accurately. This presentation will address how development impacts child interviews as well as give practical ways to gather information from children that can be corroborated.
Online Grooming
Sharon Cooper
Opening Statements & Closing Arguments in Cases of Child Abuse
Victor Vieth
Students will learn the art of developing effective themes and theories to present to jurors in cases of child abuse. Particular emphasis will be placed on cases in which the outcome largely relies on the assessment of the child’s credibility versus the credibility of the accused.
Operation Guardian West: An Effective Sex Offender Round Up Operation
Michael Troyanski
Kristen Anderson
A multi-jurisdictional approach to sex offenders who have failed to register and/or maintain registration. This ongoing investigation was designed to operate as a multi -phased operation including current situational assessment for local/state/federal agencies, compliance investigations, securing prosecution, and maintaining the forward momentum.
USMS Press Release
Operation Fairplay - Lecture
Flint Waters
You will get techniques to dramatically improve your search warrant results. This block will identify advances in P2P undercover operations using software provided by investigators from throughout the country. Attendees will learn to use real-time queries to identify high volume traders in their own jurisdiction. This block will include discussion of search warrant challenges and defense tactics related to IP-based investigations. This is an advanced session. Attendees should have a solid background in IP investigations and a practical understanding of P2P technologies.
Paraphilias Other than Pedophilia in the Sexual Exploitation of Children
Kenneth Lanning
Pediatric Injuries: Are They Abusive or Not?
Demetra K. Soter
This workshop will attempt to teach normal childhood injuries and child development, and how this helps to evaluate injuries. This will help you determine when an injury is more than likely abuse, neglect, accidental, or cannot be determined.
Presenting and Explaining Computer Forensic Evidence to Juries
Jill Trumbull-Harris
This session is designed to help forensic examiners and prosecutors to better present and explain computer forensic evidence to juries. Examples of the types of computer forensic evidence that will be discussed range from basic functions of Microsoft Windows (such as the creation of Thumbs.db files when images are viewed as thumbnails), to the caching function of Internet Explorer and the operation of sophisticated peer-to-peer software programs such as BearShare. Case examples and demonstrative PowerPoint slides used in successful federal criminal prosecutions will be shown.
Presenting Behavioral Evidence in a Criminal Trial
Dan Powers
Michelle Voirin
The unique partnership of therapist and lawyer will discuss the difficulty of preparing a child abuse victim for the criminal trial. The workshop will discuss the unique challenges for DA’s in dealing with child abuse victims. We will discuss consistent and inconsistent victim behaviors and attendees will understand the importance of building a relationship with the child. We will also discuss trial strategies and utilization of expert and fact witnesses. The CAC model will be highlighted as a tool to minimize potential problems.
Prosecutors Forum
Felicia Olphant
Eren Price
Protecting Yourself and Your Family On The Internet
Jim Tanner
Join a Cyber Crime Analyst as he explains how the dark side of the Internet can hurt you and how to defend yourself from cyber attacks. In plain English, we'll cover purging personal information from data mines; establishing good security on your computer and home network; avoiding common problems like cross site scripting, trojans and worms; and emerging threats. If you own a computer, do yourself a favor and attend this session.
Psychology of the Offender: Pedophilia, Paraphilias & Online Offenders
Peter Collins
This workshop will discuss the relationship between pedophilia and the online offender. Current research, as well as cross associated sexual deviances will be discussed.
Recent Developments Relevent to Investigation and Prosecution of Child Abuse
John Myers
This workshop will address recent developments relevant to investigation and litigation of child abuse and neglect. Subjects covered include the most recent medical and psychological research that has an impact on testimony from children and medical evidence of maltreatment. The workshop will offer detailed treatment of the admissibility of hearsay in child abuse cases, with particular emphasis on the impact of Crawford v. Washington on the admissibility of hearsay.
Recent Research Affecting Child Abuse Investigation and Prosecution
Chris Newlin
The emergence of quality child abuse research over the past 20 years has vastly informed our practice. However, with the tremendous quantity of this research and the overwhelming demands of frontline professionals, a widening gap between the research and practice has developed. This presentation will introduce participants to recent research which impacts the frontline delivery of services and challenge them to incorporate this into their practice. This is a fast-paced, practical workshop for those who are committed to the highest quality of services for our most vulnerable children.
Recovering Child Victims of Prostitution and Prosecuting Pimps
Michael Glennon
Ed Price
Michael Langeman
John O’Brien
Christopher Johnson
The Southeast Michigan Crimes Against Children Task Force (SEMCAC) is proud to present the FBI's Innocence Lost National Initiative which focuses on the domestic sex trafficking of children. Celebrating its 5th Anniversary, Innocence Lost has led to the recovery of over 400 children with 37 being recovered through the efforts of the SEMCAC. The FBI and Michigan State Police will demonstrate how to set up a task force; evaluate intelligence on sites like MySpace, Craigslist, and Eros; conduct sting operations; and use the new Innocence Lost Database. If you are a small department hoping to identify your child prostitution crime problem or an established task force using sophisticated techniques, this is the block for you!
Resiliency 101: From Victim to Survivor
Julie Brand
Some victims of childhood abuse perpetuate the cycle; others grow to be safe, nurturing adults. How can we influence which path they will choose? This workshop identifies seven key steps to becoming a resilient survivor—steps that can help a victim to overcome trauma and to develop a “survivor’s perspective.” Attendees will learn how to use the “language of resiliency” to identify and reinforce victims’ strengths, positively impacting their self-perceptions. The presenter is both an experienced counselor and a resilient survivor of maternal sexual abuse.
Runaways and Child Abuse: A Renewed Perspective
Brenda Nichols
Appropriate for law enforcement, CPS, prosecutors and therapists. Attendees will gain broader understanding of why "runaways" react and respond in the manners in which they do. Will provide an understanding as to how jurors need to be educated when they are met with a non-compliant victim so they can develop understanding and compassion for a "delinquent" who is yet a victim. Through the use of examples from actual cases and visual media, attendees will have their perspectives renewed.
Sexual Assault Nurse Examiners Forum
Bonnie Cone
Jamie Ferrell
Sexual Exploitation of Children for Multidisciplinary Teams
Kenneth Lanning
This presentation is intended to make MDT workers and others more knowledgeable about the nature and manifestation of the sexual exploitation of children. The frequent confusion created by calling the same thing by different names and different things by the same name will be examined. Included will be basic discussions of topics such as child pornography, child sex rings, use of computers, paraphilias, and the grooming process. Cases that overlap common stereotypes will be discussed.
Shaken Baby Syndrome: Truths and Myths
Christopher Greeley
This talk will focus on the medical findings seen in victims of abusive head trauma. This talk will also address some of the areas of debate; specifically short falls, medical conditions, onset of symptoms and medical mimics. After the talk, attendees should be able to understand the medical findings seen in abusive head injury. The attendee will be able to understand how to sort through the potential alternative explanations for the findings as well as understand which explanations are unsupported by the medical literature.
Show Me the Money: A Guide to the Grant Application Process
Tiffany Richards
Attendees will learn the basics of applying for federal grants to assist with the development of programs related to sex offender management, child exploitation, Internet safety, and similar topics. Supplemental information will be provided on how to find state, corporate, and foundation grants. This presentation will cover all stages of the grant application process, from searching for funding opportunities to submitting a completed application. Search methodology, the use of keywords, and dos and don’ts will be discussed. Attendees will also receive a list of resources to help develop grant applications in the future.
Solving the Unsolvable Case and then Proving it in Court
Sabra Garibay
Patricia Hogue
Getting beyond “dead ends” in child homicide and injury investigations by effectively using stubbornness and creativity. This interactive workshop is intended to provide investigators and prosecutors with ideas and tools to jointly resolve cases that often end up “suspended”. Participants will engage in skill building and case review of some successful prosecutions of cases without confessions, clearly identifiable perpetrators of direct evidence of guilt.
State-of-the-Art Child Interviewing: Changes, Best Practices, and Current Issues
Patti Toth
This workshop will examine changes over the last 25 years in what’s considered state-of-the-art child interviewing. Despite agreement about many basic principles, there are still some significant controversies. Among these are whether to routinely include interview instructions or ground rules whether to discuss and elicit a promise to tell the truth, whether and how to use body drawings and anatomical dolls, whether to engage in narrative practice at the beginning, and how to introduce the topic of suspected abuse. Discussion will spotlight the structure, elements, and evolution of some of the most well-known interview protocols and present several examples.
Strategies For Strengthening CAC Multidisciplinary Teams
Cathy Crabtree
At the core of the children's advocacy center (CAC) model is a complex multidisciplinary team approach to investigation, prosecution, protection and intervention of child maltreatment cases. Over the course of the past two decades, as the number of CACs in the nation has continued to grow, much has been learned about the inherent challenges this team approach presents as well as effective strategies for establishing and maintaining successful teams, despite the natural transitions CAC teams experience and the interdisciplinary conflict inherent in the model.
Surviving Sexual Molestation
John B. Warnick
For ten years John B. kept the biggest secret of his life. A secret that haunted him every day until he finally told someone. John B. was hiding the fact that he had been molested repeatedly by his trusted soccer coach when he was only ten years old. Surviving Sexual Molestation tells his amazing story of survival. John B. shares the effects of victimization on his life, what kept him from telling his secret, and what he has done to overcome the enormous obstacles such a crime places in the victim’s life.
Team Approach to Investigation and Prosecution of Child Sexual Abuse
Eren Price
Jeff Burge
Irish Burch
Therapists Forum
Cindy Alexander
Mental health professionals will engage in discussion of the challenges, trends, and promising practices in working with traumatized and abused children and their families. Participants will have the opportunity to network, problem solve, and brainstorm solutions to providing effective services.
Two Decades of Child Sexual Exploitation Investigations
Brian Killacky
Ron Laney
This block deals with historical and current issues centering on the sexual exploitation of children. Beginning with the first year of the CAC conference, this will illustrate issues centering around the sexual exploitation of children and how legislation, the mechanisms to molest and investigative strategies have changed in the past twenty years.
URL Histories: The Mother Lode of Information
Jim Tanner
When you surf the Internet, your browser records all the sites you visit. These Uniform Resource Locators (URL or URI – Uniform Resource Indicators) provide us with a detailed map of Internet use. Most examiners understand how to interpret these records. However, most examiners miss a wealth of information available through simple approaches to these records. This session will explain how to approach these records to gain a deeper understanding of cyber criminal behavior. While the session will focus on sex offenders, the tools and approach work equally well for any type of cyber crime.
(The) Use of Polygraph in Crimes Against Children Cases
Michael Leverock
James Lewis
For the past several years, the FBI Miami Crimes Against Children Squad has developed a successful formula to implement the polygraph in CAC/IINI investigations. Working closely with the Miami Division's polygraph examiners, this technique has resulted in numerous successful outcomes at both the federal and local levels. This course will explore different methods to convince suspects to submit to a polygraph, what questions to use during a polygraph and how to properly document the results which will stand up in court.
Victim Notification: Protecting Rights in Child Exploitation Cases
Christine Feller
Denielle Johnson
Alexandra Gelber
Child victims who were sexually exploited and photographed experience the additional trauma of knowing that their abuse has been permanently memorialized in images. Federal law clearly states that victim rights must be upheld while seeking to hold criminals accountable for their actions. A streamlined process exists between NCMEC, OVA & CEOS to ensure that federal investigators and prosecutors have the necessary resources to ensure victim notification in their child exploitation cases. Participants will learn the step-by-step process that begins at the time the victim is identified as well as what "victim notification" entails. The FBI's Office of Victim's Assistance (OVA) provides notification to these victims (or guardians) and NCMEC works as the conduit of information for investigators. Additionally, participants will hear how CEOS maintains victim impact statements that can be used to give a human voice to otherwise silent pictures.
Violent Criminal Apprehension Program
Michael Harrigan
Participants will learn about a program designed to assist law enforcement in the identification and matching of similar cases based upon case and crime scene characteristics, modus operandi, and other related investigative information. The ViCAP database serves as the nation's most comprehsnive collection of information related to both solved and unsolved criminal activity related to homicide, attempted homicide, missing persons, kidnapping, child abduction, unidentified persons, and sexual assaults (child and adult. Case entry into the database is made via the FD-676, Crime Analysis Report. ViCAP Crime Analysts examine case submissions along with crime data and patterns to identify potential similarities among crimes, create investigative matrices, develop timelines, identify homicide and sexual assault trends and patterns, and match missing person records to unidentified person records. More than 1,200 state and local law enforcement agencies actively participate in the program and regularly submit cases to ViCAP.
(The) Virtual Global Task Force: An International Law Enforcement Perspective to Child Exploitation Crimes
Rob Abrams
Claude Davenport
Participants will be made aware of International law enforcement efforts against child exploitation. Participants will be provided with a method to forward internatioal leads. Provide participants with examples of sucessful cooperation efforts.
Web Wise Kids
Kim Mercer
What Makes You Think That? Assessing Subjectivity and Bias in Professional Judgments About Abuse
Mark Everson
Professionals viewing the same evidence often arrive at very different conclusions about the validity of child sexual abuse allegations. When discrepant opinions between evaluators cannot be explained by variations in training or experience, the most common explanation involves the likely intrusion of subjective factors, including personal bias, in the decision making process. This workshop will examine the issue of subjectivity in professional judgments about abuse. New research will be presented that identifies and quantifies specific subjective factors that influence forensic decisions in child sexual abuse assessments. The implications of these findings for training and forensic practice will also be discussed.
What's That Dog Doing in My Playroom? Using Animal Assisted Therapy in a CAC
Vanessa Sanford
Andrea Schultz
Sarah Torres
This session provides an overview of using Animal Assisted Therapy in a CAC setting. Topics will include how to propose, develop, and implement an AAT program. Enlisting the support of the multidisciplinary team and general liability issues will also be discussed. Therapeutic activities and techniques will be presented and case examples will be used to demonstrate how animals are incorporated into both individual and group therapy sessions. The process of how to train and register a therapy dog will be discussed.
When a Child Freezes on the Witness Stand
Tom Harbinson
When a Child "Freezes" on the Witness Stand This workshop shows how professionals can best prepare the child before trial so the child will not "freeze" or become unable to communicate in the defendant's prsence during trial. The workshop will also address how to enable the child to testify if the child "freezes" during the trial in spite of your best efforts to assist the child in testifying successfully. A specific step by step approach will be taught on how to assist the child while the child is in the courtroom.
(The) Witch Hunt, the Backlash, and Professionalism
Kenneth Lanning
This presentation will operationally define the terms "witch-hunt" and "backlash." Although thought by most to be polar opposites, the many characteristics these extremes have in common will be discussed. This presentation will advocate that the best way to counteract the influence of the so-called "backlash" and "witch-hunt" is not to become defensive or to imitate their tactics, but rather to recognize the existence of both while simply doing one's job in a professional manner.
Witness Tampering of Children in Family Violence Cases
Sarah Buel
Although witness tampering of children is prolific in family abuse cases, it is a rarely charged, prosecuted, or sentenced offense. By examining practices, statutes, and cases involving child victims of witness tampering, we will discuss important next steps. Although the Crawford and Davis cases make it even more difficult to hold the perpetrators responsible, there are a number of strategies that can be implemented to better protect children.
Working with Crime Victims Compensation In Texas
Bonnie Cone
Karen Martin
Working with Yahoo! in Online Child Protection Investigations
Elizabeth Banker
This workshop will provide Internet Crimes Against Children and other law enforcement investigators with information about how they may work with Yahoo! in their investigations. The topics covered will include an overview of Yahoo! services, data available in investigations and the legal framework for requesting data, Yahoo!'s child pornography reporting process, and an overview of Yahoo!'s online child safety efforts.
