Taking on the Challenge of Unsubmitted Sexual Assault Kits
Expert Chat Webinar
October 2014
When a jurisdiction reveals that it has large numbers of sexual assault kits that have never been submitted to the lab, they face a number of complex, sensitive, and interconnected challenges. To better understand the problem and possible solutions, NIJ funded multidisciplinary teams to investigate the issues in Detroit and Houston.
In this seminar, the teams will discuss the issues they grappled with: how to triage and process the testing of the kits, when and how to notify victims, and how to make policy and practice changes to both prevent future build-ups of kits and enhance the provision of justice for victims of sexual assault.
Moderator: Bethany Backes, Social Science Analyst, National Institute of Justice
Panelists:
- Rebecca Campbell, Ph.D., Michigan State University
- Noel Busch-Armendariz, Ph.D., University of Texas at Austin
- Bill Wells, Ph.D., Sam Houston State University
- Mary Lentschke, Assistant Chief, Houston Police Department
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Automated Victim Notification: The Landscape in the U.S
Expert Chat Webinar
January 2014
How well do automated victim notification systems work at keeping victims apprised of their offender's criminal justice status? Evaluators of the Statewide Automated Victim Information and Notification (SAVIN) program discuss their findings in a free webinar hosted by NIJ and the Harvard Kennedy School of Government.
Moderator: Kristina Rose, Office for Victims of Crime.
Panelists:
- Seri Irazola, Ph.D., of ICF international and lead researcher on the study.
- Erin Williamson of ICF International.
- Brent Myers, Director of Registration and Victim Services at the Indiana Department of Correction.
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Healthy Officers Are Safer Officers: The Nexus Between Performance &
Health
Expert Chat Webinar
September 2012
Moderator: Brett Chapman, Ph.D., NIJ Social Science Analyst.
Panelists:
- Bryan Vila, Professor, Washington State University, will discuss his work on officer fatigue.
- Karen Amendola, Chief Operating Officer, Police Foundation, will discuss advantages and disadvantages of 8-, 10- and 12-hour shifts.
- John Violanti, Research Professor, University at Buffalo, State University of New York, will discuss the long-term impact of police work, including suicide.
- Theron Bowman, Chief of Police, Arlington, Texas, will comment on how police leaders can incorporate these research findings into their management and day-to-day work.
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Innovative Research Partnerships Building a Risk Assessment Tool for the N.H. Bureau of Elderly and Adult Services
Expert Chat Webinar
January 2012
Moderator: Andy Mao, Senior Counsel for Health Care Fraud and Elder Justice, U.S. Department of Justice.
Panelists:
- Kristen Johnson, researcher with the National Council on Crime and Delinquency.
- Rachel Lakin, New Hampshire’s Bureau of Elderly and Adult Services.
- Kathleen Quinn, director of the National Adult Protective Services Association.
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Forensic Markers and Elder Abuse
Expert Chat Webinar
March 2011
Moderator: Andy Mao, Senior Counsel for Health Care Fraud and Elder Abuse, Department of Justice
Panelists:
- Lisa M. Gibbs, M.D., Associate Medical Director, Family Medicine, School of Medicine at University of California, Irvine
- Cherie Hill, Detective, Anaheim Police Department
- Richard Harruff, MD, Ph.D., Chief Medical Examiner, Seattle - King County, Washington
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Incidence and Prevalence of Elder Abuse
Expert Chat Webinar
January 2011
Moderator: Andy Mao, Senior Counsel for Health Care Fraud and Elder Abuse, Department of Justice
Panelists:
- Ron Acierno, Ph.D., Professor, Medical University of South Carolina; Principal Investigator, National Elder Mistreatment Study
- Georgia Anetzberger, Ph.D., ACSW, LISW, Lecturer, Health Care Administration Program, Cleveland State University; Adjunct Assistant Professor of Medicine, Case Western Reserve University
- Marie-Therese Connolly, Senior Scholar, Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars; Director, Life Long Justice (an elder justice initiative housed at Appleseed)
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Combating Teen Dating Violence: Promising Research in Prevention and Intervention for Youth at-Risk
Expert Chat Webinar
February 2010
Moderator: Carrie Mulford, Ph.D., Social Science Analyst, National Institute of Justice
Panelists:
- David A. Wolfe, Ph.D., RBC Chair in Children's Mental Health; Director, CAMH Centre for Prevention Science; Professor of Psychology and Psychiatry, University of Toronto
- Elizabeth Miller, MD, Ph.D., Assistant Professor in Pediatrics, UC Davis School of Medicine
- Pat Paluzzi, President/CEO, Healthy Teen Network
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Can You Predict Lethal Intimate Partner Violence?
Expert Chat Webinar
November 2009
Moderator: Andy Klein, Ph.D., Senior Research Analyst with Advocates for Human Potential, Inc.
Panelists:
- Marci Van De Mark, LCSW-C, Assistant Director, Adult and Community Services Division, Baltimore County Department of Social Services
- Jacquelyn Campbell, Ph.D., RN, Researcher; Anna D. Wolf Chair and Professor, Department of Community Public Health, Johns Hopkins University School of Nursing
- Rene Renick, MA, LPC, EMBA, Director of Programs and Operations, National Network to End Domestic Violence
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Parole Violations and Revocations — Evidence-Based Responses to California in Crisis
Expert Chat Webinar
July 2009
Moderator: Jeremy Travis, President, John Jay College of Criminal Justice
Panelists:
- Joan Petersilia, Ph.D., Professor of Law, Stanford Law School, Stanford, Calif.
- Ryken Grattet, Ph.D., Professor of Sociology, University of California, Davis
- Thomas Hoffman, Director, Division of Adult Parole Operations, California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation
- Peggy Burke, Principal, Center for Effective Public Policy
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Expert Chat Webinar: DNA Evidence and Property Crimes
February 2009
Moderator: Katharine Browning, Ph.D., Senior Social Science Analyst, National Institute of Justice
Panelists:
- John Roman, Ph.D., Researcher, Urban Institute
- Mitch Morrissey, District Attorney, Denver, Colo.
- Greg Matheson, Director, Los Angeles Police Department Criminalistics Laboratory
- Philip Stanford, Detective, Denver Police Department
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Sexual Assault on College Campuses
Expert Chat Webinar
December 2008
Moderator: Marnie Shiels, Attorney Advisor for the Office on Violence Against Women
Panelists:
- Chris Krebs, Senior Research Social Scientist, RTI International
- David Lisak, Forensic Consulting, Associate Professor, University of Massachusetts
- Dorothy Edwards, Ph.D., Director, The Violence Intervention and Prevention Center, University of Kentucky
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Sexual Violence: An International Perspective
Expert Chat Webinar
September 2008
Moderator: Kris Rose, Senior Advisor to the Director, National Institute of Justice
Panelists:
- Cindy Dyer, Director, Office on Violence Against Women
- Gary Sheridan, Program Manager for Colombia, International Criminal Training Assistance Program, U.S. Department of Justice
- Rachel Jewkes, Director, South African Medical Research Council's Gender and Health Research Unit; Secretary, Sexual Violence Research Initiative
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Sexual Violence and Evidence Collection
Expert Chat Webinar
August 2008
Moderator: Sergeant Joanne Archambault, Executive Director for End Violence Against Women International
Panelists:
- Sergeant Jim Markey, Phoenix Police Department, Adult Sex Crimes Unit
- Jennifer Pierce-Weeks, Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner; President-Elect, International Association of Forensic Nurses
- Roger Canaff, Deputy Chief, Sex Offender Management Unit, New York State Attorney General's Office
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Sex Offender Residency Restrictions: Implementation and Impact
Expert Chat Webinar
June 2008
Moderator: Jill Levenson, Ph.D., Associate Professor and Human Services Department Chair, Lynn University
Panelists:
- Julie Wartell, Crime Analysis Administrator, Office of the District Attorney, San Diego County
- Timothy Hart, Director, Nevada's Center for the Analysis of Crime Statistics, University of Nevada, Las Vegas
- Kristen Zgoba, Supervisor of Research and Evaluation, New Jersey Department of Corrections in collaboration with Rutgers University
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Sexual Victimization in Prisons: Moving Toward Elimination
Expert Chat Webinar
February 2008
Moderator: A.T. Wall, Director, Department of Corrections, Rhode Island
Panelists:
- Barbara Owen, Professor of Criminology, California State University, Fresno
- Brenda Smith, Professor of Law, American University; Commissioner, National Prison Rape Elimination Commission
- Allen Beck, Deputy Director, Bureau of Justice Statistics
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What XML Can Do For You: A Better Way to Share Criminal Justice Data
Expert Chat Webinar
October 2007
Moderator: Deborah Daniels, former Assistant Attorney General for the Office of Justice Programs
Panelists:
- Paul Embley, CIO, National Center for State Courts; Chair, Global XML Structure Task Force
- Paul Wormeli, Executive Director, Integrated Justice Information Systems Institute
- Col. Bart Johnson, Deputy Superintendent, New York State Police; Vice-Chair, Global Advisory Committee
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Fingerprint Identification: The Role of Research in Fortifying the Forensic Sciences
Expert Chat Webinar
May 2007
Moderator: John Morgan, Deputy Director for Science and Technology, National Institute of Justice
Panelists:
- Michael Campbell, Training Coordinator, Ron Smith & Associates, Inc.; (Retired) Captain, Milwaukee Police Department and Commanding Officer of Identification Division
- Peter Komarinski, Chair, Automated Fingerprint Identification System Committee, International Association for Identification
- Carol Henderson, Director, National Clearinghouse for Science, Technology and the Law, Stetson University College of Law
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Eyewitness Identification: Unfinished Discussion and Directions for Future Research
Expert Chat Webinar
February 2007
Moderator: Philip J. Cline, Superintendent of the Chicago Police Department
Panelists:
- Roy S. Malpass, Ph.D., Professor of Psychology, University of Texas, El Paso
- Nancy Steblay, Ph.D., Professor of Psychology, Augsburg College
- James Doyle, Center for Modern Forensic Practice, John Jay College of Criminal Justice
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Drug Courts Reexamined
Expert Chat Webinar
November 2006
Moderator: Tom Charron, President of the American Prosecutors Research Institute
Panelists:
- Mike Rempel, Center for Court Innovation
- Peter Luongo, Ph.D., Maryland Alcohol and Drug Abuse Administration
- Judge Terry D. Terrell, Florida's First Judicial Circuit Court
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Sex Trafficking in the United States
Expert Chat Webinar
June 2006
Moderator: Swanee Hunt, Director of the Women and Public Policy Program, John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University
Panelists:
- Ambassador John Miller, U.S. State Department
- Mark Montigny, Massachusetts State Senator
- Norma Hotaling, Founder of the SAGE (Standing Against Global Exploitation) Project
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Prisoner Reentry: Facing the Challenges of Returning Home
Expert Chat Webinar
November 2005
Moderator: Stephen Goldsmith, John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University
Panelists:
- Jeremy Travis, President, John Jay College of Criminal Justice
- Terry Donahue, Associate Director, Community Capacity Development Office, U.S. Department of Justice
- Georgia Lerner, Associate Executive Director for Program Operations, Women's Prison Association
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DNA in 'Minor' Crimes Yields Major Benefits in Public Safety
Expert Chat Webinar
May 2005
Moderator: Katharine Browning, Ph.D., Senior Social Science Analyst, National Institute of Justice
Panelists:
- Cecelia Crouse, Ph.D., DNA Technical Leader and Supervisor, Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office Crime Lab
- Peter Pizzola, Ph.D., Director, New York City Police Department Crime Lab
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