Child Abuse

Unsafe Havens I
Prosecuting Technology-Facilitated Crimes Against Children
NCPCA
Course Dates: April 19–23, 2010
Location: Boca Raton, Florida

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childPROOF
Advanced Trial Advocacy for Child Abuse Prosecutors
Course Dates: April 25–30, 2010
Location: National Advocacy Center, Columbia, South Carolina

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Equal Justice for Children
Investigation and Prosecution of Child Abuse
NCPCA
May 17–21, 2010
Deadline: April 7, 2010
Location: Charleston, South Carolina

Equal Justice is a five-day course designed specifically to meet the needs of allied child abuse professionals: prosecutors; investigators; forensic interviewers; social service and child protection workers; child advocacy center staff; medical and mental health professionals; emergency response personnel; and, victim/witness advocates.

Professional topics to be addressed at this conference include: a multidisciplinary response to the investigation and prosecution of child sexual abuse, physical abuse and neglect cases; medical aspects of child abuse; special topics on forensic interviewing; technology-facilitated crimes against children; forensics; pre-trial and trial tactics; facilitating child testimony; cultural competency; human trafficking; methamphetamine and drug endangered children and cases involving vulnerable victims.

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ChildProtect
Trial Advocacy for Civil Child Protection Attorneys
NCPCA/NCPTC
July 19–23, 2010
Deadline: April 29, 2010
Location: National Child Protection Training Center, Winona, Minnesota

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Strategies for Justice
Advanced Investigation and Prosecution of Child Abuse and Exploitation
NCPCA
August 23-27, 2010
Location: National Harbor, Maryland

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Unsafe Havens II
Advanced Trial Advocacy Training for Prosecution of Technology-Facilitated Child Sexual Exploitation Cases
August 23–27, 2010
Deadline: June 25, 2010
Location: National Advocacy Center | Columbia, SC

This trial advocacy course focuses on the prosecution of technology-facilitated crimes against children. Unsafe Havens II will address opening statements through sentencing and the unique issues facing the prosecution of these complex cases. Training components include:

• Evidentiary Issues
• Presenting Expert Testimony
• Strategies for combating both technological and factual defenses
• Compliant Victim dynamics
• Presenting technological and graphic evidence
• Human Trafficking
• Cross-examining the defense expert

Modeled after childPROOF, this intense training incorporates lectures, case studies, trial advocacy exercises, and workshops. This course will emphasize the use of multidisciplinary teams in the prosecution of these cases. It will also teach prosecutors how to prepare and present evidence in the most effective method possible for a skeptical jury pool.

Who should apply:

• Prosecutors handling technology-facilitated crimes against children.

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Abusive Head Trauma: Trial Techniques for Prosecutors
September 15, 2010
Location: Atlanta, GA

Post-Conference
National District Attorneys Association
National Center for Prosecution of Child Abuse
Abusive Head Trauma: Trial Techniques for Prosecutors
Wednesday, September 15, 2010 8:30 AM – 5:00 PM

This one-day course will cover trial advocacy issues in the prosecution of abusive head trauma criminal cases. The course will focus on all aspects of presenting the case to a judge or a jury from pre-trial motions to voir dire through closing arguments. The course will also provide prosecutors with practical tips and techniques for cross-examining the defense witnesses in these types of cases. Participants will be shown a demonstration incorporating the presentation of digital evidence into the trial.

Attendance at this post-conference is restricted to members of the National District Attorneys Association, federal, state, and local prosecutors and allied child abuse prevention professionals. There is no registration fee. For questions regarding the course, please contact Dermot Garrett, dgarrett@ndaa.org, Staff Attorney for the National District Attorneys Association’s National Center for Prosecution of Child Abuse at 703.519.1697.

Please see the links below for a draft agenda and to register for the course. Members of the NDAA have secured a group rate of $150 for the Eleventh International Conference on Shaken Baby Syndrome/Abusive Head Trauma when they register for NDAA’s AHT post-conference. Please indicate this on your SBS/AHT Conference registration form.

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SafetyNet
Multidisciplinary Investigation and Prosecution of Technology-Facilitated Child Sexual Exploitation
NCPCA
September 27–October 1, 2010
Registration: Opening February 25, 2010
Location: Easton, Massachusetts

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