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.
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…
Victims’ needs and experiences should be placed at the center of intimate partner violence prosecutions. Often times, victims of intimate partner violence are intimidated or manipulated by perpetrators, which may discourage them from participating in prosecutions. When victims do testify, they may…
Survivor advocate Rafael Bautista joins us to explain how survivors are often mislabeled as “ghosting” services when, in fact, systems fail them first. This leaves victims more susceptible to the very vulnerabilities traffickers exploit. Rafael highlights how trauma responses are misinterpreted as…
Explore our archive of completed trainings on sexual violence, intimate partner violence, stalking, human trafficking, and related offenses. These multidisciplinary sessions, developed with our partners, include both recorded and non-recorded events. Many can be adapted or repeated on request—all…
AEquitas Senior Attorney Advisor Jane Anderson joined the podcast Strictly Stalking to speak about how stalking cases are frequently minimized within systems that were not built to recognize patterns of coercive behavior. She explained how prosecutors and first responders often lack the tools,…
AEquitas Senior Attorney Advisor Jane Anderson highlights the growing reliance on digital evidence, particularly crucial in cases of domestic violence or sexual assault lacking eyewitnesses. However, she cautions that technology is not always safe because it can also be a tool used by perpetrators…