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So often, forensic laboratories are fundamentally disconnected from investigators and prosecutors without little understanding of what happens as an item of evidence is submitted to a lab and is eventually transformed into a result in a laboratory report. This session will specifically examine both the layout and basic wokflow of a forensic biology laboratory as evidence ultimately progresses from submission
Based on the nationally-recognized ChildFirst® Forensic Interview Protocol, this training provides a purposeful and legally defensible process for conducting expanded forensic interviews with children who may not succeed in a standard, single interview due to trauma, developmental, special needs or other complicating issues, including polyvictimization. This training will teach the expanded interview process as well as research supporting multiple, non-duplicative
Recent research suggests that frontline professionals, such as prosecutors and judges, are not well versed in forensic science education, yet they regularly rely on these methods and subsequent results for case closure. As a result, cases may be mishandled and evidence misused or omitted that may be of forensic relevance due to the lack of education in this critical sector
Evidence collection is the foundation to acquiring optimal forensic laboratory results and ensuring that a case overall has the best chances for proper adjudication. Without a proper knowledge of best practices in evidence collection, items of extreme importance in child maltreatment cases can be damaged or contaminated in such a way that critical information will be rendered lost or unusable
The purpose of this presentation is to inform audience members about major advances in terms of evidence collection and processing as it relates to instances of child homicide, child sexual abuse, and other forms of child abuse and neglect. Discussions pertaining to advances in the field will be addressed, alongside criticisms of the field and concerns for the future landscape
This training aims to increase the understanding of potential multidisciplinary team considerations when assessing children’s statements for investigative and court purposes. Topics covered include corroborating or refuting children’s statements through medical evidence, behavioral and psychological indicators, evaluating disclosure patterns, perpetrator behavior and increasing the reliability and validity of children’s statements through advanced forensic interviewing techniques.
Forensic Entomology is a field rife with potential in homicide investigations. In this webinar, we will cover the history of the field, applicaations for deployment, and the scientific methds (traditional and innovative) being used to shed light on criminal matters.
It is incumbent on teams and interviewers to prepare our forensic interview process to meet the needs of the child sitting before us in the interview room. This training will discuss issues of accessibility in the forensic interview process with regard to language facilitation and the use of interpreters in the forensic interview.
Initial child abuse disclosures and children’s statements ascertained through the forensic interview are only one part of an entire investigation. Increasing the corroboratively relevant details in the interview will assist in other parts of the child abuse investigation. This training stresses the importance of corroboration and offers forensic interview techniques to increase forensically relevant corroborative details in the interview through
This training discusses the purposeful integration of courthouse facility dogs in the forensic interview process. Topics covered include an explanation of the role of courthouse facility dogs, the appropriate use of facility dogs and considerations and potential challenges surrounding the intersection of courthouse facility dogs and the forensic interview process.
ChildFirst® is the forensic interview training program of Zero Abuse Project. Students receive training on the ChildFirst® Forensic Interview Protocol, child development, memory and suggestibility, testifying in court, legal issues and preparing children for court. This training incorporates lecture and discussion, review of electronically recorded interviews, skill-building exercises and an interview practicum. ChildFirst® is an intensive five-day course in which
This lecture will provide students an understanding of the principles of language when interviewing children. Students will learn concrete solutions for interviewing young children.
Evidence collection is the foundation to acquiring optimal forensic laboratory results and ensuring that a case overall has the best chances for proper adjudication. Without a proper knowledge of best practices in evidence collection, items of extreme importance in child maltreatment cases can be damaged or contaminated in such a way that critical information will be rendered lost or unusable
Zero Abuse Project is a 501(c)(3) organization committed to the elimination of child sexual abuse. Our programs are designed to provide training and education to professionals and students, and to help transform institutions to effectively prevent, recognize, and respond to child sexual abuse.
