Our staff are available to provide customized training related to sexual violence, domestic and intimate partner violence, stalking, human trafficking, child abuse, elder abuse, and witness intimidation.
In this episode, Academy Award Nominee, Abigail Breslin, discusses her experience portraying Patricia “Trish” Weir, the victim, of serial rapist, Ernesto Miranda, whose story was recently told in the 2023 film Miranda’s Victim. In this film, Abbie portrays the victim’s experience of a sexual…
In this episode, Professor Deb Tuerkheimer, who is a law professor at Northwestern University’s Pritzker School of Law, describes the way in which her career as a prosecutor specialized in sexual assault and domestic violence crimes has informed her teaching and writing about the criminal law.As a…
In Episode 5, Nancy O’Malley describes her experience as the District Attorney of Alameda County, California and her work following her retirement to work on policy issues to improve the response to sexual violence, intimate partner violence, stalking, and human trafficking. She discusses how her…
In Episode 4, Dalia Racine describes her journey as a prosecutor handling special victims’ cases, an Attorney Advisor at AEquitas, providing training and expert assistance on sexual and gender-based violence, stalking, and violence against sexually exploited women, including forced criminality, as…
In Episode 3, Ron Eisenberg describes the impact of appellate prosecutors on educating the courts on the dynamics of sexual assault, intimate partner violence, stalking, and human trafficking through appellate litigation on various legal issues.As a result of this episode, listeners will be better…
In Episode 2, Jennifer Sommers describes the impact of her background in biology, chemistry, and toxicology on her ability to evaluate and litigate sexual and domestic violence cases, especially alcohol-facilitated sexual assaults. As a result of this episode, listeners will be better prepared…
In Episode 1, Kristen Gibbons Feden describes her role as a prosecutor handling domestic and sexual violence cases and describes the role of a prosecutor in amplifying victims’ voices and countering rape myths and unjust attacks, focusing on victim credibility.As a result of this episode, listeners…
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Human trafficking often morphs into witness intimidation once investigations and prosecutions are initiated. In collaboration with law enforcement and victim services, prosecutors can both support victim participation and identify evidence that can be used against traffickers to strengthen cases of…
The IACP and AEquitas, with support from the U.S. Department of Justice, Office for Victims of Crime, hosted a conversation between Jane Anderson, Senior Attorney Advisor with AEquitas and David Weiss, the Chief of the Human Trafficking Unit at Kings County (Brooklyn, New York) District Attorney’s…
Digital evidence is critical to investigations nowadays, but perpetrators can also misuse technology to harm others.
Utilize the doctrine of forfeiture by wrongdoing to combat witness intimidation in human trafficking prosecutions.