About this Event
The Family Justice Center of Alamance County is hosting the National Family Justice Center Alliance Institute on Strangulation Prevention for a 2-day training on March 31st-April 1st 2026 from 8am-5pm both days. Training is limited to Alamance County partners.
This is a great training opportunity for all first responders: law enforcement, EMS, social workers, victim advocates as well as professionals in the courts system and the medical field.
Agenda includes:
- Strangulation in the Context of Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault
- Understanding the Lethality of Strangulation
- Medical Science of Strangulation
- Forensic Documentation
- Working with Traumatized Victims
- Police Investigations
- Prosecution of Non-Fatal Strangulation Cases
- Use of Experts to Help Judges and Jurors Understand Victim Behavior & the Lethality of Non-Fatal Strangulation
- The Science of HOPE
- Best Practices & Developing a Coordinated Plan for Alamance County
This project was supported by Grant No. 15JOVW-24-GG-01633-ICJR awarded by the Office on Violence Against Women, U.S. Department of Justice. The opinions, findings, conclusions, and recommendations expressed in this publication/program/exhibition are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the U.S. Department of Justice.
Event Venue & Nearby Stays
ACC Public Safety Training Center, 2659 Sandy Cross Road, Burlington, United States
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