Beyond the Obvious: The Realities of Intimate Partner Violence

Lunch will be provided.

*MIR credits have been approved*

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Descriptions for each agenda topic are below-

Beyond the Obvious – Avoiding Dual Arrest, Dominant Aggressor Determination

This session will enable the participants to see the offender manipulation through the eyes of the victim, law enforcement, advocate and its impact. This session will enhance the participants’ understanding of the power, control and manipulation tactics used against the victim and the service provider as well as probable cause, interpretation of injuries, justifiable self-defense and determining dominant/primary aggressor.

First Line Supervisors (Sgt.) Response to Violence Against Women

Supervisors have the opportunity to greatly impact those they supervise and are responsible for creating and maintaining an environment that supports learning and growth for officers and treats victims with respect. This course will highlight effective ways to engage the first responder in order to address violence against women. Participants will be exposed to methods of empowering and strengthening

The Realities of Violence Against Women – Assessing Lethality and Threats

This session exposes the participants to the reality of violence committed against women and the dangers to those who provide services to the victim/survivor. The common characteristics of victim and offenders, missed crimes, the reasons these crimes are missed, and the impacts of missing these crimes will be outlined. Assessing the lethal risk to victims and the “threat” will be explored. The participants will be guided through the verbal threat; its impact on the victim and how to build a view of seriousness using pre-incident indicators to violence. A profile of domestic related homicide using actual case examples and the common denominators in these fatal cases will also be discussed.

Civil Liability in Domestic/Sexual Violence Incidents

This session will guide the participants through the legal authority and methods to managing liability using existing case law of "failure to protect" suits. At the conclusion of this session, the participants will have a detailed understanding of the dangerousness, complexity and liability risk of domestic/sexual violence.

Event Venue & Nearby Stays

Northern Va Criminal Justice Training Academy, 45299 Research Place, Ashburn, United States