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.
Emphasize an offender-focused theme to hold perpetrators of sexual violence accountable at trial.
In this episode Jennifer discusses: how AEquitas has evolved since its founding in 2009; how AEquitas helps ensure effective prosecution of crimes against some of the most vulnerable members of society; how media verbiage can influence perception of sex crimes; the challenges and victories of…
Sexual Assault Nurse Examiners (SANEs) are invaluable collaborative partners in a prosecutor’s response to human trafficking. Victims of sex and labor trafficking are at risk of serious injury, as well as short- and long-term physical and psychological health consequences, and SANEs provide…
Examine ten effective strategies for prosecuting child sexual abuse perpetrated by a child’s family member.
Enhance the prosecution of sexual violence perpetrated by serial offenders.
Collaborate with Sexual Assault Nurse Examiners to enhance human trafficking investigations and prosecutions.
Utilize Extreme Risk Protective Orders to restrict firearm access for individuals exhibiting high-risk behaviors.
Image exploitation involves the nonconsensual creation, possession, or distribution of an image or images depicting victims nude, semi-nude, engaged in consensual sexual activity, or being sexually assaulted. It exposes victims to immeasurable trauma of essentially infinite duration, permanently…
Sexual violence cases are often mistakenly reduced to a contest of credibility between the victim’s disclosure and the offender’s denial. Even though jurisdictions do not require corroboration of the victim's testimony at trial, jurors may find it difficult to convict a defendant absent additional…
This webinar highlights the Center for Court Innovation’s (CCI) Child Witness Materials Development Project, an initiative funded by the Office for Victims of Crime (OVC) and a partner project of AEquitas. In 2021, OVC published a package of support materials for child victims and witnesses of…
While awareness of human trafficking is on the rise, there are still blind spots that prevent law enforcement from recognizing all forms of exploitation. Men, boys, and victims of labor trafficking through forced criminality are often overlooked because they do not fit the typical depiction of a…
Present the full scope of admissible evidence to corroborate victims’ testimony in sexual violence cases.