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Conducting and Defending a Pandemic-Era Forensic Interview

May 4, 2020

As the COVID-19 pandemic produces quarantines, school closures, and limited interactions between children and mandated reporters, prosecutors and other members of a multi-disciplinary team (MDT) will likely be confronted with two challenges.

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Responding to Child Abuse During a Pandemic: 25 Tips for MDTs

April 6, 2020

Many child protection professionals believe child abuse is likely to increase during the COVID-19 pandemic because most abusers are parents or siblings who now have more complete access to the child victim.

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Unto the Third Generation

June 19, 2017

I believe we can end child abuse in the United States within three generations. If we start the clock ticking from this moment, this gives us 120 years to get the job done.

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When Faith Hurts: The Spiritual Impact of Child Abuse

June 15, 2017

The little girl was weeping as she recounted to the police officer her history of sexual abuse at the hands of her father.

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Anatomical Dolls and Diagrams

April 30, 2017

A position paper from Gundersen NCPTC and the ChildFirst®/Finding Words forensic interview training programs

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USA Swimming Report

February 22, 2017

In late August, 2013, USA Swimming contracted with the National Child Protection Training Center, a program of Gundersen Health System, to conduct an independent assessment of USA Swimming’s Safe Sport program.

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When an Athlete is a Child: USA Swimming Report

February 20, 2017

In late August, 2013, USA Swimming contracted with the National Child Protection Training Center, a program of Gundersen Health System, to conduct an independent assessment of USA Swimming’s Safe Sport program

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Volume 2, Issue 2: Setting Course: The Case for the Credentialing of Forensic Interviewers

February 24, 2010

In the past five years, a number of child protection leaders and organizations have held discussions or even offered proposals for the credentialing or certification of forensic interviewers

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Volume 2, Issue 7: Setting Course: The Case for the Credentialing of Forensic Interviewers

February 24, 2010

In the past decade, a number of child protection leaders and organizations have held discussions or even offered proposals for the credentialing or certification of forensic interviewers

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Volume 2, Issue 12: When a Child Abuser Has a Bible: Investigating Child Maltreatment Sanctioned or Condoned by a Religious Leader

February 23, 2010

In many cases of child sexual and physical abuse, perpetrators use religious or spiritual themes to justify their abuse of a child.

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Fall 2009 Issue: Therapy Animals Helping Traumatized Children

October 22, 2009

Like most pet owners, I have experienced how therapeutic a pet’s unconditional love can be during times of stress. It has not surprised me, therefore, to see many organizations, counselors and health care professionals formally recognize this.

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Spring 2009 Issue: A Forensic Interviewer’s Perspective on Digital Recording of Children

March 23, 2009

Many articles have been written about police interrogations of suspects and recording technology for custodial interviews. However, little has been written about the utilization of recording technology for child forensic interviews.

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Volume 1, Issue 4: American Humane Launches Pets and Women’s Shelters (PAWS)™ Program

February 26, 2009

In the mid-1990s, as a new assistant prosecutor in Michigan assigned to District Court, much of my misdemeanor criminal trial docket was filled with domestic violence cases.

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Volume 1, Issue 5: Picture This: Photographing a Child Sexual Abuse Crime Scene

February 26, 2009

In everycase of child sexual abuse, thereis a crime scene that needs to beinspected and photographed.

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Volume 1, Issue 6: Assessing Children’s Statements for Investigative and Court Purposes

February 26, 2009

As empirical research continues to both support and challenge the credibility of children’s statements regarding alleged sexual victimization, child abuse investigators, legal professionals and judicial officers seek reliable methods of determining the trustworthiness of the reports children provide

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Volume 1, Issue 7: Creating a Constructive Practice: Family and Professional Partnership in High-risk Child Protection Case Conferences

February 26, 2009

Olmsted County Child & Family Services in Rochester, Minnesota, developed a family case conferencing approach in the juvenile court system involving children determined to be a thigh risk of maltreatment

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Volume 1, Issue 9: The Investigative Windows of Opportunity: The Vital Link to Corroboration in Child Sexual Abuse Cases

February 26, 2009

The single most important advantage a multidisciplinary team or lone investigator has in any type of child abuse investigation is the “Investigative Window of Opportunity(IWOP).”

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Volume 1, Issue 10: In the Shadow of Defense Counsel: Conducting Peer Review of Forensic Interview in an Age of Discovery

February 26, 2009

Simply put, whatever the MDT does or does not do as part of the forensic interviewing process, including peer review, will be attacked by defense counsel.

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Volume 1, Issue 11: We’re Just Going to Talk: Presenting Your Case in Opening Statement

February 24, 2009

The importance of the prosecutor’s opening statement in a case of child abuse cannot be overstated.At the close of voire dire, which can be a lengthy process,jurors are anxious to see what the case is really about and many jurors will develop a bias in favor of or opposed to the government’s case based on the prosecutor’s opening statement. Although an opening statement is not an argument for finding a defendant guilty, it can be equally persuasive

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Volume 1, Issue 12: The Moment of Truth: Making the Case in Closing Argument

February 24, 2009

In the previous issue of Center Piece, I discussed a number of factors that prosecutors must keep in mind when presenting an opening statement

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Volume 2, Issue 1: Finding Equilibrium:Greene vs. Camreta

February 24, 2009

The importance of the prosecutor’s opening statement in a case of child abuse cannot be overstated

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Volume 1, Issue 1: Using the Forfeiture by Wrongdoing Confrontation Clause Exception in Child and Domestic Abuse after Giles v. California

February 26, 2008

In Giles v.California,2008 U.S. Lexis 5264, 1 (U. S. June 25, 2008), the United States Supreme Court, in a deeply fractured opinion, held that the forfeiture by wrongdoing exception to confrontation could only be used to admit testimonial out-of-court statements when the prosecutor could show the defendant acted intentionally with the purpose of causing the witness to be unavailable to testify at trial.

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Volume 1, Issue 2: A Children’s Courtroom Bill of Rights: Seven Pre-Trial Motions Prosecutors Should Routinely File in Cases of Child Maltreatment

February 26, 2008

Testifying in court is often stressful for children. Numerous studies document that children have very little, if any, understanding of legal processes

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Volume 1, Issue 8: Electronic Recordings of Investigative Child Abuse Interviews

February 26, 2008

Interviews of alleged child abuse victims and witnesses are often the primary source of information on possible criminal activities

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