Advanced Cold Case and Long Term Missing Child Investigations (Part 1 & 2)
Brian Killacky
This workshop will discuss the investigative process of successfully revisiting cold cases that have been either suspended or long forgotten.  The requisite investigative techniques, including but not limited to, locating and interviewing witnesses, using informants, disproving alibis and utilizing DNA evidence will be among the topics examined in this presentation.

Advanced Interview Techniques for Child Sexual Exploitation Suspects
Jim Cole
Josh Findley
Empathy goes a long way, but is it enough to get the toughest of child sexual offenders, the pedophile, to confess?  In this workshop you will learn advanced interview methods and techniques for use with child sexual exploiters to obtain confessions.  The presenters will also discuss how to pull the deepest and darkest secrets from those that hurt children resulting in legally admissible confessions.

Age Progression and Regression: NCMEC Resources that Can Assist Law Enforcement
Joe Mullins
The Forensic Services Unit has 4 full time artists dedicated to assisting Law Enforcement with a variety of imaging services ranging from age progression to skull reconstruction. This presentation will show examples of successful images and illustrate how NCMEC can be a one-stop-shop for most Forensic Imaging needs.

Back to School: Why Educating Parents is Key to Keeping Kids Safe Online
Nathan Sawatzky
We all know it’s critical to teach children how to protect themselves online. The question is: Who’s educating parents about where their kids are going on the Internet and what they’re doing while they’re there? Active parental involvement, oversight and guidance are essential to protecting kids, but too many parents are still in the dark when it comes to online safety. In this session, Disney Online Studios Director of Community Support Nathan Sawatzky explores the importance of partnering with and educating parents in the quest to make the Internet safer for children.

(The) Behavioral Aspects of Child Sexual Victimization (Part 1 & 2)
Jim Clemente
This workshop will cover child sex offender typologies, grooming behavior, victims of child sex crimes, and interviewing offenders.

Behind the Net: Incorporating Technology into the MDT Investigation of Child Abuse
Justin Fitzsimmons
In the last decade there has been an explosion of technology-facilitated crimes against children.  While technology is used to exploit children, it is also a valuable source of evidence in child abuse cases. Many MDT’s do not consider or fail to recognize technology as an opportunity to corroborate a child’s disclosure of abuse. The goal of this workshop is to familiarize the MDT members with an essential understanding of how various types of technology can impact a child’s disclosure as well as provide corroborative evidence critical to the investigation and prosecution of these crimes.

Beyond the Image: The Analysis of Child Sexual Abuse Images and Videos
Jim Cole
This workshop will discuss and demonstrate the analysis of child sexual exploitation images and videos.  Attendees will learn how to see beyond the victim and identify the clues that can focus the investigation and lead to the rescue of child victims and the arrest of abusers or prove the abuse in the courtroom.  The presenter will discuss how to identify seemingly innocuous items that can turn out to be critical clues to solving the case. This presentation will use real cases to highlight the skill set including the image analysis conducted to help identify the victim of the “Vicky” series, one of the most prolific and highly traded series of child pornography on the Internet.  This workshop will use sanitized images of child sexual exploitation material.
*This workshop is restricted to law enforcement, prosecutors and computer forensic examiners.

Bumps & Bruises 101: Investigating and Documenting Seemingly Minor Physical Abuse
Susan Samuel
Garden-variety physical abuse, especially in small children, is sometimes the precursor to serious injury or even death.  It is imperative that CPS workers learn to accurately identify and document seemingly minor non-accidental injury in order to correctly assess risk to the child.  Often, in these types of cases, there is no coordination between CPS and law enforcement, because law enforcement has determined the degree of injury is not sufficient for a criminal charge.  This session explores the difficulties workers face as they attempt to sort out accidental from non-accidental injuries and accurately document what they observe.

Catch Him With His Encryption Down: Strategies and Techniques for Addressing Encryption Use by Offenders
Johnathan Bridbord
James Silver
This presentation will provide prosecutors, investigators, and forensic examiners with practical advice on what to do when an offender is using encryption.  Presenters will offer practical tips for handling encrypted data, key tactics and tools that can be employed to counter the use of encryption technologies by offenders, as well as an overview of recent cases involving encryption.

Child Abduction Response Plan
William Donaldson
This presentation will focus on the FBI’s Child Abduction Response Plan and the challenges law enforcement face during child abduction investigations to include possible false allegations.  Case examples will be used to promote discussion and interaction and the Child Abduction Response Plan will be given out to attendees.

Child Abuse Poisoning
Arne Graff
Evaluating child poisoning to determine accidental, non-accidental or other causes requires a working knowledge of which tests to use, their limits and what the multiple reasons are for exposure to the child. This presentation will help develop and approach to the evaluation of the drug/toxin-exposed child.

Child Development Concepts and Linguistic Issues in Child Abuse Investigations
Viola Vaughan-Eden
The interview is a critical tool in gathering information on child maltreatment.  Yet barriers created by language difficulties interfere with the ability to gain important information, and often lead to misunderstandings and misinformed decision making.  This training will address the stages of child development relevant to children’s ability to understand and respond to questioning by adults.  Guidelines and strategies for managing these linguistic considerations along with examples of age-appropriate questions will be discussed.  Participants will learn how to build rapport with children, minimize language barriers, and steer clear of common pitfalls in interviewing children.

Child Fatality Investigations and Forensic Evidence at the Scene
Arthur Bohanon
This course is designed to enhance the skills of professionals charged with conducting death investigations involving children. Topics covered include: pre-planning, identification of evidence, photography, child fingerprints, preservation and collection of evidence. The participant will “walk through” various scenes by photographs in a step-by-step process leaving nothing out.  Rate of decay from “The Body Farm” will be demonstrated so each person will have a better understanding of the overall scene. Tidbits of information learned during the past 48 years will be shared

Child Molesters: A Behavioral Analysis – The New 5th Edition
Ken Lanning
This comprehensive manual about child molesters was first published by the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children in 1986 with over 200,000 copies distributed.  The new 5th edition written by the presenter has been published in 2010.  This workshop will summarize the major changes in this new edition and present a "cliffs notes" version of the publication.

Child Porn 101: An FBI Investigative Framework
Peter Magnetto
Michael Sabric
This workshop will examine the FBI’s investigative approach to child pornography cases.  This class is designed to provide the novice investigator a basic understanding and baseline approach to investigating subjects in cases involving child pornography.  The presenters will discuss, and pull examples from, various investigations conducted by the FBI in New York to include the overall investigative process, techniques utilized in cases, available FBI resources for local law enforcement, and lessons learned.

Child Pornography “Collectors” Are Sex Offenders
Stephanie Smith
Too often cases involving “only” the possession of child pornography are viewed as “only” a possession of contraband.  This workshop will discuss why a broader view is necessary and what additional investigative approaches should be considered in such cases.  The discussion will include a literature review of studies on the offending patterns of collectors; the discussion will also consider why these individuals should be viewed as sex offenders even when there is no credible evidence of their own commission of a contact offense.

Child Sex Offenders’ Use of Technology and the Internet
Joe Sullivan
This presentation explores what offenders have to say about their use of the Internet to facilitate the sexual exploitation of children. Introducing the concept of 'manipulation styles' you will learn how to categorize offender engagements in a manner which facilitates easy analysis of the behavior. Come prepared to have your assumptions tested and you perspective broadened.

Child Sex Tourism Investigations
Deborah Crane
Steven Grocki
This workshop will provide an overview of applicable federal statutes, including venue considerations related to child sex tourism investigations.  The lecture will cover investigative techniques, recovering evidence, foreign law enforcement cooperation, obtaining the defendant from the foreign jurisdiction, and witness consideration.

Closing the Gaps: Sex Offender Tracking Resources and Operational Strategies for Law Enforcement
Kristen Anderson
Michal Troyanski
This presentation will provide an overview of sex offender tracking resources, from private sector analytical services to real time major case field support.  The National Center for Missing and Exploited Children’s (NCMEC) Sex Offender Tracking Team and their work with the National Sex Offender Targeting Center, locating and linking non-compliant offenders to historic cases, and additional analytical support from U.S. Marshal Service’s (USMS) analysts will be covered.  USMS non-compliant sex offender operations will be discussed, including operational development and execution. Topics will cover target identification, developing partnerships, verification methodology, and other aspects.  Additionally, topics addressing strategies for addressing local registered sex offender population and the use of technology in support of verification and non compliant offender investigations will be presented.

Collateral Damage…Effective Strategies in Dealing with the Secondary Victims of “The Predator Next Door”
Darlene Ellison
Betrayal is not about one perpetrator and one victim.  Betrayal is a high-intensity hurricane with an overwhelming aftermath.  It affects primary victims, secondary victims, all those who came into contact with the perpetrator and all those who came into contact with the victim.  This presentation is delivered with a “twist”—the collateral damage Darlene discusses is the family, friends and co-workers of the predator.  In this passionately-delivered session, Darlene uses her own story as an ex-wife of a child predator as the “case study” to learn how law enforcement, CPS, forensic interviewers and other “front line” individuals in child abuse cases can effectively communicate with and empower those individuals closest to the predator to maximize cooperation in the case, while effectively empowering those individuals in crisis to begin their healing process.

Conducting Forensic Interviews in Child Sex Tourism Cases
Alexandra Levi
Child Sex Tourism is a form of child exploitation that has recently been gaining media attention and yet is not very well understood in forensic interviewing circles.  ICE Forensic Interviewers are now becoming involved in these international cases and conducting forensic interviews both domestically and internationally.  This workshop will focus on providing attendees with a better understanding of Child Sex Tourism through: understanding the federal criminal code, how a forensic interview plays into the investigative process, and the challenges and consideration that must be met when conducting a forensic interview in a child sex tourism case, such as the location of the interview, the use of interpreters, understanding how other forms of child exploitation may play a role and working with foreign law enforcement.

Conducting Peer Review With an Eye Toward Corroborating Evidence
Mike Johnson
Victor Vieth
This workshop will instruct MDTs to use the peer review process to evaluate how well the forensic interview did in asking questions that will elicit details or investigative leads that can be corroborated. Peer review can also serve as a teaching tool for investigators as to whether or not investigative leads from the forensic interview were appropriately followed up on. Students will watch portions of a forensic interview and participate in a critique of the interview based solely on the issue of eliciting and following up on information from the child that will lead to corroborating evidence.

Conducting Undercover Operations on GigaTribe
Daniel Evans
This presentation will provide an overview on the undercover investigation of child pornography offenses on GigaTribe, the types of forensic evidence that GigaTribe produces, and how that forensic evidence can be used to support the legal elements necessary for a successful prosecution of child pornography offenses.

(The) Connection between Child Maltreatment and Intimate Partner Violence: Lessons We are Learning
Angelo Giardino
This workshop will provide an in-depth review of the merging evidence surrounding the overlap between child maltreatment and intimate partner violence.

Corroborating Evidence in Child Abuse Cases
Angela Downes
How do you use corroborating evidence to help tell the victim's story while describing difficult and complex legal theories to your juries?  In this session, prosecutors and investigators will gain practical knowledge of how the use corroborating evidence in child abuse cases. The session will also explore defenses and practical applications to the case.

County and Prosecutors’ Forum
Eren Price
Carmen White
Meet you fellow prosecutors from around the country and bring your prosecutorial questions to a fun and informative question and answer forum.  Group led discussion will provide you with multiple options and solutions to resolve your most problematic issues.

(The) Cries That Went Unheeded:  Accomplice Liability in Child Abuse Cases
Kristina Korobov
This presentation will address accountability for those who assist child abusers.  Attendees will learn about different factual scenarios in which accomplices enable the abuser, and they will learn about different legal avenues for holding them accountable.  Finally, participants will learn investigative and trial strategies to help hold everyone accountable who had a hand in abusing a child.

Crime Victim Rights in Federal Child Pornography Cases
Alexandra Gelber
Kate Manning
This presentation will cover the accordance of rights under the Crime Victims Rights Act in federal cases charging the receipt and/or distribution of child pornography.  Topics will include the process for identifying and providing mandated notices to victims of these offenses, the collection and presentation of Victim Impact Statements, and victim restitution.

(A) Criminal Failure to Register; USMS Enforcement of the Walsh Act
Kevin Forder
The presentation analyzes the elements of the Walsh Act's federal criminal failure to
register charge and related legal and evidentiary issues; it describes USMS training, enforcement activities, and relationships with USAOs, as well as USMS resources and cooperative ventures with state and local law enforcement since the law's passage in July 2006.  

Cross-Examination of a Defense Expert in an Abusive Head Trauma Case
Mary-Ann Burkhart
This workshop offers concrete suggestions for preparing for and cross-examining a defense expert in a case of abusive head trauma in a case of child abuse. The workshop includes a discussion on gathering information about the expert, thoroughly analyzing their “credentials”, and otherwise preparing to refute the alternative explanation for a child’s injuries offered by these “experts.”

Cross-Examining the Defense Expert in Technology-Facilitated Child Sexual Exploitation Cases: Turning their Expert into Your Witness
Justin Fitzsimmons
This workshop will focus on effective methods of cross-examining the defense computer forensic expert. The presenter will show tangible examples of methods and areas ripe for cross-examination.  By the end of the session, students will be armed with practical tips when confronting the common technological defenses raised in these cases.

CSI – The Real Story: Corroboration with Biological Evidence
Kelly Robbins
Finding corroborating physical evidence in child sexual abuse cases starts with knowing what to look for and where to look. This workshop will explain how getting details from the child during the forensic interview can lead to obtaining search warrants that can be utilized to collect evidence.  The technology that is available today to locate and analyze evidence will be explored.

Current Challenges: Taint & Crawford
Ron Laney
Paul Tressler
This workshop will provide a current judicial perspective that will provide an overview to judges, prosecutors, law enforcement, child advocates, and child protective caseworkers of the two newest challenges arising in child abuse prosecutions. First a discussion of "Taint" involving the manner in which child victim's statement is taken and its impact on memory and recollection as either a pretrial or credibility issue at trial, and second, the impact of "Crawford v. Washington" on hearsay statements of child victims and ways to confront and lessen these problems.

Cyberullying
Sarah Migas
This lecture will comprehensively address the issue of cyberbullying.   Additionally, the results of an Illinois youth survey and the results of an Illinois youth focus group project will be discussed.

Cyberbullying, Texting and Sexting
Joseph Rampolla
Andrew Yeager
The use of technology is quickly becoming the primary means of bullying and harassment, particularly among adolescents.  Text and picture messaging through cell phones and instant messaging via the Internet have taken the place of the traditional schoolyard bully and have led to an explosion in bullying, harassment, and other exploitive behaviors on-line.  The immediacy and relative anonymity of the Internet creates an illusion of safety for the perpetrator and no safe haven for the victim, while increasing the overall likelihood of impulsive and inappropriate sharing of words and images.  This workshop will detail the current trends in cyber-bullying, harassment and victimization, particularly as they relate to developmental and psychosocial factors in childhood and adolescence.  Participants will explore how the blending of technology and adolescent development creates a potent and dangerous combination, leading to excessive risk-taking and the inability to control impulses and foresee consequences.  The role of peers, the prevalence of on-line harassment, and the “sexualizing” of on-line communication will also be explored.

Dallas' High Risk Victim Model: A Multidisciplinary Response (Part 1 & 2)
Cathy De La Paz
Byron Fassett
The Dallas High Risk Victims Model within the Dallas Police Department is a nationally recognized program, which has been featured in a National Geographic Documentary “Sex Worker or Victim” and a series in the New York Times 12/09.  This workshop/training will reinforce and enhance team interaction with CPS, law enforcement, prosecution and medical which is critical for a successful system response for the High Risk Victim.  This workshop will demonstrate the correlation between the chronic runaway and children victimized thru organized, pimp controlled prostitution.  Additionally this training will enhance and develop the multidisciplinary response for High Risk Victims through an understanding of the roles and responsibilities of stakeholders and team members from identifying and locating, victim recovery, recovery interview, placement and therapy, successful completion of the investigation and aggressive prosecution of any identified offenders. Case studies will be used to demonstrate the success of the model from identifying/locating thru placement and successful prosecution of pimps.

Dealing With the Devil: Working With Cooperators in Online Child Exploitation Cases
Keith Becker
Learn how one lead regarding one suspect’s distribution of child pornography can quickly turn into a multi-jurisdictional online child exploitation investigation in which multiple hands-on offenders are caught and successfully prosecuted.  This session will examine the challenges, practical aspects, and benefits of working with cooperating defendants in online child exploitation cases.  Case studies will be presented from two investigations centered in the District of Columbia that involved informally connected networks of persons involved with online child exploitation, including the successful prosecution of a former Duke University administrator, Frank Lombard, who was recently sentenced to over 27 years in prison for sexually exploiting one of his adopted children.

Defensive Tactics for Non-Law Enforcement Personnel (Part 1 & 2)
Tom Popken
This hands-on workshop will provide practical information and examples of defensive tactics that may be utilized in the event a situation is encountered that requires self-defense.  The attendees will learn how to protect themselves from various types of physical attacks.   Comfortable clothing is highly recommended.

Demystifying Technology in the Courtroom - The Perfect Triangle
Don Colcolough
Jeff Dort
Internet technology and computer forensic testimony in court can rescue or sink a prosecution.  Planning with your expert and case investigator and allowing them to explain how your defendant committed the crime will often result in the defendant pleading guilty.  Learn how fundamental preparation and using simple steps will lower your pre-trial stress and allow you to successfully prosecute these cases.  Easy to use demonstrative evidence Power Points will be used to explain wireless technology, malware and forensic evidence collection.  Calling a forensic computer expert to the stand may seem like jumping down a rabbit hole however the can all be avoided when you know what to ask, how to focus on the three primary defenses and turn defense experts into your expert.

Detecting Deception
Jim Tanner
Improve your interview skills. Learn how to tell when someone is editing something out of a verbal or written statement. This session will cover the basics of Discourse Analysis, a lexical and syntactical approach to analyzing statements. Using clear examples, Dr. Tanner will explain how a respondent’s shifts in words and grammar can point interviewers to “hot spots” in a statement that needs to be probed. You will never listen to a conversation or interview the same way again if you attend this session.

Detecting Deception in Written Statements: Linguistic Statement Analysis Technique (LSAT) (Part 1 & 2)
Bob Shaffer
This workshop will introduce the participants to a valuable investigative technique for detecting deception.  LSAT is a unique, advanced investigative discipline that is highly effective in detecting deception, truth, and hidden information in spoken and written statements from victims, suspects and witnesses in all crimes.  Participants will learn how to examine statements for word choice, structure, content, and various other linguistic signals that reveal with extraordinary dependability and accuracy, whether the statement was generated from a truthful or deceptive thought process.  It will be shown how the resulting analysis of the statement can then used to direct the investigation and to develop an interview strategy to bring the author to a confession.

Digital Evidence Triage
Amber Schroader
There are many pieces of evidence that are needed to close a case, but the digital pieces can not only be problematic, but they can force your inner geek to scream. This lab will go through a variety of collection options for digital evidence associated with chat, illicit images, and cell phones and how to quickly gather and extract the data in a triage situation.

Digital Information and Technology Unit  (DITU)
Charles Eckholdt
Stuart Reynolds
This workshop will examine emerging technology relevant to the work of the criminal investigator in the area of crimes against children.  The presenters will also discuss what investigative assistance the DITU can provide to investigators.

Direct and Cross Examination of Computer Forensic Experts
Jill Trumbull-Harris
This workshop is for computer forensic examiners and prosecutors who investigate and prosecute child pornography offenses.  Using a series of demonstrative slides and case examples, the speaker will teach effective techniques for presenting and explaining this complex evidence on direct examination, and for challenging and discrediting so–called “defenses” raised by defense experts through cross examination.

Disabled Child Victims
Elizabeth Page
Wanda Page
Autumn Ater
Statistics show that any disabled individual is at a much higher risk of becoming a crime victim and children with a disability are at a greater risk of sexual assault.  This workshop will present on children who become disabled as a result of a crime and those children who have already have a disability and are victimized.   The presenters will identify different types of disabilities, as well as the scope of the problem.  They will also address the long-term challenges disabled children and their families or care givers face and discuss their needs, and the programs that are available and the gaps in services.  In this workshop you will also follow one case and hear a mother’s story about the sexual abuse of her disabled son.  She will share her son’s victimization, the challenges that law enforcement, the District Attorney and the family faced in the investigation and the criminal justice system.  She will also discuss the emotional and psychological impact on their son. This session will identify the challenges and solutions when working with a child with a disability.

Drug Endangered Child
Vanessa Sanford
Tommy Teniente
All children deserve to be loved, nurtured and provided for in a safe environment. The Texas Alliance for Drug Endandered Children strives to strengthen collaborative efforts among existing community resources. This is the best way to provide the necessary services and support for children exposed to volatile drug environments. The Alliance provides education and resources to multidisciplinary professionals to increase the effectiveness of comprehensive community responses to drug endangered children. Leveraging the full scope of their resources, communities can break the cycle of drug abuse.

Effective Supervision, Management and Leadership of Child Abuse/Child Sexual Exploitation Teams
Tom Sirkel
This workshop will present and discuss proven effective characteristics, traits, & skills for supervisors, managers, and leaders of these specific investigative units.  The material presented will come from selected law enforcement professionals from around the country who have a proven record of leadership success in these units and the results of a nationwide effective supervision survey of working Child Abuse/Child Sexual Exploitation detectives.

Effective Techniques for Dealing Adolescent/Compliant Victims (Part 1 & 2)
Allison Turkel
Professionals who handle traditional child sexual abuse cases have preconceived notions of the profile of a victim of child sexual abuse. With the onslaught of computer facilitated crimes against children, it has become apparent that teenagers are victimized by all types of perpetrators and that these victims are frequently mishandled by the criminal justice system due to their compliance in their victimization.  In this session we will discuss the unique developmental characteristics of adolescents that make them particularly vulnerable to those that seek to abuse them and how to effectively investigate and prosecute cases with adolescent compliant victims.

Escalating the Interview: Being Mindful of the Slippery Slope 
Julie Kenniston
This presentation will cover a variety of options for forensic interviewers when children do not narrate during attempted transitions to the topic of concern.  All techniques will be discussed in the context of child development and legal defensibility.

Ethics and the Child Advocate (Part 1 & 2)
Joel Muro
Using the ethical codes of a variety of organizations, Dr. Muro will help conference attendees have a better understanding of the ethical dilemmas that face each worker.  Ethical cases will be presented, giving attendees the opportunity to discuss and attempt to resolve ethical situations that are current, real world cases.

Ethical Considerations in Case Preparation, Charging and Analysis
Mary-Ann Burkhart
This workshop applies the ABA and NPS ethical codes to the work of child abuse prosecutors in various aspects of charging cases of child abuse and in the preparation of these cases for court.

Everything That You Needed to Know about Abusive Head Trauma in Infants and Children
Arne Graff
Rob Parrish
This presentation will cover a review of the legal approaches (investigation and prosecution) and the medical findings/evaluation for acute head trauma in infants/children.

Evidence-Based Assessment and Treatment of Sexually Abused Children (Part 1 & 2)
Jeffrey Wherry
This presentation will address trauma-focused assessment and treatment for sexually abused children, emphasizing the need for evidence-based practice.  A transactional model for understanding the impact of sexual abuse will be discussed and participants will be introduced to assessment measures and trauma-focused cognitive behavioral therapy.

Examination and Interpretation of Injuries:  Addressing Differences Between Clinicians and Pathologists
Reade Quinton
During the course of a child death investigation, the decedent is examined by multiple medical personnel including emergency responders, nurses, clinicians, and the forensic pathologist.  Each health care provider carries a unique perspective to the case, as well as certain limitations in their assessment.  Differences in identification and interpretation of injuries between these individuals can lead to confusion and potential difficulties during a trial if not addressed properly.  This presentation will focus on the most common areas of discordance between health care providers and pathologists concerning classification, timing, and significance of injuries.

Existing and Emerging Technologies and How Offenders Use Them
Matt Dunn
This workshop will provide an overview of the emerging Internet technologies and how child sexual offenders are using these technologies.  The lecture will focus on the differing types of Internet technologies and how these technologies are presenting unique challenges to law enforcement in identifying, investigating, and prosecuting offenders.

Facebook, MySpace and My Police Job
Christopher Livingston
This workshop should be attended by every law enforcement officer who uses social networking sites.  It will provide a brief overview of recent cases and laws concerning the use, and potential pitfalls, of social networking websites such as Facebook and MySpace; how plaintiff's lawyers and defense counsel are using the posted information; and finally, the potential impact on an officer's career.

Facebook: Working with Law Enforcement
Alex Vichinsky
Jeff Wu
In this workshop, the presenters will present the challenges Facebook faces in operating the world's largest social networking site.  They will discuss the latest safety and privacy controls available to prevent and reduce risks for users of the site.  Lastly they will detail how Facebook can assist law enforcement in ongoing investigations.

Fade to Black: Anonymizing Tools and Techniques Used by Offenders
Darien Drake
James Fottrell
Students will learn how to identify and overcome a variety of emerging tools and techniques child exploitation offenders use to mask their identities and hide their materials in the online environment including onion routing, virtual private networks, and Freenet.

Failure to Thrive: The Bare Bones
Matthew Cox
This talk will review the medical evaluation of underweight children and the possible causes for failure to thrive.   Emphasis will be on the routine underweight child reported to child welfare agencies.  Attendees will understand the broad range of causes and clinical case studies will be utilized to demonstrate the broad range of clinical features of this common medical diagnosis.   The talk will include a discussion on the most severe form of failure to thrive, starvation, and the needed medical care for this condition.

Family Abduction: A Crime Against Children
Liss Haviv
Judith Tucker
Family abduction is a crime against children, NOT a custody battle between parents.  Using data & insight from Take Root’s program work with hundreds of former abducted children, this workshop examines family abduction through the eyes of the abducted child.  Participants can expect to leave with insight into the real trauma experienced by child victims; an understanding of the myths that hinder law enforcement response; and knowledge of why the status-quo approach to recovering abducted children may be harmful to the child & detrimental to the criminal prosecution.  The workshop concludes by providing law enforcement with tools for recovering children that minimize the potential for creating new trauma while maximizing the opportunity to provide assistance from the moment of first contact

(A) Far Cry from CSI:  Can Drug Screening Make or Break Your Case?
Nancy S. Harper, MD
Urine drug screening is a quick and efficient screen, but fraught with limitations including false positives and false negatives.  Case scenarios will be utilized to illustrate techniques of toxicology screening and how results can be practically applied.  Scenarios include poisonings and ingestion in children as well as drug-facilitated sexual assault.

Federal Sentencing Advocacy in Project Safe Childhood Cases
Michael A. Sullivan
Sentencing remains one of the most hotly litigated aspects of federal child exploitation prosecutions, both at the district court level and on appeal.  This workshop will focus entirely on federal sentencing litigation, including discussions of the most recent trends, defenses, and suggested practices in federal sentencing advocacy. The goal of this workshop is to aid the federal prosecutor in maximizing the sentence at the district court level, while protecting the record to withstand an appellate review.

(The) First 24: Care of the Recovered Missing Child
Amy Barton
The recovered missing child requires more than just a ride home.  In this workshop the presenter will explore both the medical and psychological care that is necessary for the long-term well being of a recovered child.  Among the issues that will be discussed in this presentation will be the critical timing of this care and strategies that can be used to obtain this care even when confronted with a non-willing parent.

Forensic Anthropology and the Identification of the Child Victim
Donna Fontana
When skeletal remains are recovered, the Forensic Anthropologist can determine certain identifying information that can assist and lead investigators to a possible missing person.  This workshop will discuss how this information is used in the identification process and the importance of specific types of information that should be provided by the families of missing children.  The presentation will also discuss the tools and technology available to law enforcement in missing children investigations.  Relevant information, new technology, and accurate scientific documentation and comparison, can lead to a positive scientific identification.

Forensic Interviewers’ Forum
Irish Burch
Julie Kenniston
This interactive forum will provide an opportunity for forensic interviewers to meet and discuss the most pressing emerging issues facing them and impacting their practice today.  Among the issues that will be discussed will be the certification of forensic interviewers.  Attendees are encouraged to come prepared to raise and discuss the issues that are important to them.

Gangs and the Internet: Social Networking from a Criminal Perspective
Paul Mohler
This workshop will explore the connection between street gangs, as well as variations of such organized criminal groups, and the use of the Internet.  This training will examine the Internet as a criminal communications resource.  Participants will learn about the various crimes attracting youth online to include gang activity and recruitment.  The presenter uses a multimedia presentation to highlight the negative resources available to our youth online. Issues related to intelligence gathering and law enforcement internet searches will also be explored.

Generation Next: Outreach to Younger Crime Victims
Michelle Adams
Steve Siegel
This workshop will provide an overview of techniques used by the Victim Services Network in Denver to specifically target younger (teen and young adult) victims of crime.  Young people do not always respond to the traditional methods of delivering victim services or necessarily want to have face-to-face contact with a provider; instead they often prefer to communicate electronically.  This workshop with explore how to use various forms of technology to engage younger victims of crime.

Get Ready, He’s Coming Home: Reunification and the Juvenile Sex Offender
Terri Bauer
Dan Powers
Many juvenile sex offenders will return home after treatment. Reunification with their family poses many clinical issues for the offender, family and victim. Treatment providers for the offender and victim must work together to make this transition safe and successful. Reunification of the family, offender and victim should be approached with great caution. When the sex offender is a sibling the dynamic family issues are magnified.  This workshop will focus on family reunification when the victim is a family member.

Getting Your Community Volunteers to Combat Child Abuse
Carla Cline
Ginny Searcy
Children's advocacy centers (CAC) are important community programs in the fight against child abuse.  In this workshop you will learn how the Dallas Children's Advocacy Center League (DCACL) supports the efforts of the Dallas CAC, one of the most successful programs in the country, through its continual volunteer support, education and fundraising efforts.  The presenters will discuss the benefits to an advocacy center or a child abuse program in having a volunteer organization, such as the DCACL, support its efforts.  In this workshop, presented by League members, you will learn how to form a League as well as the role a League plays in the Center's various programs, including the Crimes against Children Conference.  Among the topics that will be discussed are fundraisers, board and committee positions, the League's role in a speaker’s bureau, medical school training and the Clothes Closet.  If you ever wanted to know one of the secrets of the Dallas Children's Advocacy Center's success, be sure to attend this workshop.

GoDaddy.com: Unlocking the Information Available through Registrars
Ben Butler
This workshop will provide a look at the information available to investigators through the world’s largest Domain Name Registrar and hosting provider; What to expect when dealing with Registrars; as well as an overview of recent child protection and online pharmacy legislation.

Google: Working with Law Enforcement
Marc Crandall
Shantal Rands Poovala
This workshop will be an information session with representatives from Google, attendees will be provided with an overview of Google products, how they might be used for investigative purposes, and tips for law enforcement agencies on how to work effectively with Google on child exploitation matters.

Graduate Child Victims: A Dilemma for Investigators and Prosecutors
Ken Lanning
This workshop will begin with the attendees viewing an episode of the TV program "Law and Order" and then follow with a discussion of the investigative difficulties confronted when a child victim assists the adult offender or offends against other children during the same general time frame as their own sexual victimization.

How is the Recession Effecting Child Abuse?
Celina Rocha
Kathleen McAuliff
Trina Tobey
Child deaths caused by neglect and abuse have increased in Texas since the start of the recession. This presentation will review a study conducted at the Dallas Children's Advocacy Center to examine the relationship between economic conditions and severity of symptoms for children abused during the recession. The study compares the symptoms of children whose primary caregivers were employed to those whose caregivers were not employed. Symptoms were measured by the Child Behavior Checklist, a parent-completed stardardized questionnaire. Implications of the study will be discussed including suggestions for child abuse prevention and treatment and directions for future research.

How Not To Help the Defense Attorney in Child Sexual Abuse Cases, Or
How to Make Friends with the Fox in the Hen House (When You Are The Hen) (Part 1 & 2)
Larry Braunstein, JD
This workshop, presented by a defense attorney, will acquaint law enforcement, prosecutors, medical practitioners, mental health practitioners, child protection caseworkers and victim assistance agency personnel with the intimate workings of the defense in child sexual abuse cases: the preparation of a defense case, investigative techniques, pretrial motion practice and discovery, examinations before trial, jury selection, defense trial strategy, demonstrative evidence, trial exhibits, cross examination techniques, and courtroom psychology.  By having a broad overview of both pretrial and trial procedures, and how the defense will approach its preparation during each phase of the litigation, the expert and lay (fact) witness will be better prepared in understanding its individual role in the proceedings, and better prepared to maximize its participation in the overall litigation. 

Human Trafficking and the Rule of Law: Real World Challenges and Solutions
Bill Livermore
Somaly Mam
Sexual slavery survivor – turned world-renowned anti-trafficking crusader – and New York City Human Trafficking Task Force member join forces for an in-depth and illuminating presentation on modern day slavery and the Rule of Law. The presentation and follow-up conversation will touch on a wide range of challenges and solutions to eradicating human trafficking. It takes a hard look at the realities that law enforcement faces in the U.S. and around the world in arresting and keeping pimps and brothel owners locked up. You’ll get an exclusive perspective on the lessons being learned from taking on human trafficking in New York City. The city is establishing a coordinated strategy to address all forms of labor and sex trafficking. From law enforcement to a landmark public awareness campaign and focus on survivor services, this effort is as much innovation as it is a hard lesson in coping with a diverse mix of community and implementation issues.

Impression Management in the Courtroom
Daniel Armagh
This presentation provides the police officer, CPS worker, medical services personnel and others who testify on behalf of the prosecution and face cross-examination by defense attorneys, techniques and strategies for effective testimony. It explores why state witnesses make critical mistakes that adversely affect jury verdicts and provides effective solutions to avoid trapdoors and pitfalls set by the defense attorney. This discussion analyzes classic defenses in crimes against children cases, how they are investigated and presented at trial, and suggests solutions for over-looked areas of testimonial competencies for the prosecution. Finally, it explores how juries reach verdicts and how those decisions may be impacted by managing the Courtroom effectively.

Inside the Mind of a Sex Offender
Jim Tanner
This session focuses professionals on elements of sex offender behavior that are commonly overlooked during investigation and supervision. The Internet has changed the sex offending experience. Attendees will leave this session with a fuller understanding of the 8 ways offenders access sex and potential victims on the web; how the Internet compliments and enhances grooming behavior; and how often the most important findings on a sex offender’s computer are not immediately related to sex. Public safety is advanced when investigators and probation/parole officers understand the full extent of the Internet and how it is changing sexual offending.

Inside the Mind of the Child Sex Offender
Joe Sullivan
This presentation will offer participants an uncensored and hard-hitting insight into the world of the perpetrators of child sexual abuse. Using video interviews with offenders, the presenter will seek to demonstrate that professionals who understand the nature of the behavior are more likely to engage offenders effectively and thereby enhance the protection of children.

Interdiction for the Protection of Children (IPC)
Cody Mitchell
Derek Prestridge
This workshop will educate law enforcement officers in the skill of using interdiction techniques while conducting traffic stops to identify abducted and exploited children or offenders that exploit children.  This session will make the students aware of the need for training, resources and some interdiction techniques that would allow them to make a confident decision to begin an investigation or begin collecting information for intelligence gathering.  It will also provide them the outlet to report their observations of their contact to centers designed and prepared to collect intelligence on potential offenders, for future investigations. There is also a full-length course on this issue that was designed through a combined effort involving the Texas Department of Public Safety; FBI Behavioral Analysis Unit-3 and the Texas Attorney General’s Office.

Interrelation Between Domestic Violence and Child Abuse
Angela Downes
Recent studies show that perpetrators of domestic violence also commit child abuse. This session examines how the exposure to domestic violence impacts children and legal trends that have been enacted to address the problem.

Investigating Childhood Fall Injuries - Accidental vs. Inflicted Injuries
Jim Holler
This workshop will focus on identifying accidental and non-accidental fall injuries of children and will emphasize the specific techniques that can be used by the investigator in the assessment, investigation, and reconstruction injuries sustained from a fall.

Investigating Child Fatalities (Part 1 & 2)
Brian Killacky
This workshop will provide information on the proper investigation of various types of child fatalities. The importance of investigative strategies and timelines that will help identify the person responsible for the child’s homicide will be discussed.

Investigating Physical Abuse and Neglect:  Reconstruction Techniques (Part 1 & 2)
Robert Farley
Ron Laney
This workshop will focus on non-accidental injuries on children and will emphasize the specific techniques that can be used by the investigator in the assessment, investigation and reconstruction of cases involving soft tissue injuries such as bruises, lacerations and burns. In addition, the various weapons utilized by the offender in child abuse situations will also be identified and discussed. The seminar will also address the circumstances and evaluation of deprived and neglected children. Lastly, the curriculum offers case illustrations that encourage hands on participation by the student.

(The) Investigation and Re-Creation of Suspicious Burn Injuries (Part 1 & 2)
Phylip Peltier
Students will learn degrees of burns, types of burns, wet vs. dry contact burns, accidental vs. non accidental, crime scene processing and preservation, interview and interrogation related to burn investigations, demonstrative evidence preparation and presentation, re-creation of burn injuries and more.  The class is taught experientially and the students will be expected to participate in numerous interactive learning activities.

Investigations in the Clouds
Jeff Dort
Mike Duffey
Mike Geraghty
Police and prosecutors use computer forensics to catch child predators. However, the digital information from the computer is only the first step.  Step two is to find and use the information available from the digital internet cloud.  This class will focus on what happens to that email or photo BEFORE it gets to a suspects computer and what happens AFTER it is sent from a suspect's computer.  Topics to include WiFi, networks, map searching, social sites, cloud applications and storage.

Is it Testimonial?  Crawford v. Washington and its Progeny, Where are We Now?
Rami Badawy
Crawford v. Washington changed the way child abuse cases are prosecuted.  This presentation will discuss the Crawford decision and its progeny as well as the current state of the law as it relates to the Confrontation Clause.  The lecture will pay special attention to Crawford’s affect on statements to medical providers.

Is Viewing Indecent Images of Children an Indicator of Risk?
Joe Sullivan
One of most commonly raised issues in relation to sex offenders convicted of downloading indecent images of children is whether they should be considered a risk to children. This presentation considers the reasons for viewing indecent images of children and explores whether risk should be assumed in these cases.

Jury Selection in Child Sexual Abuse Cases
Felicia W. Oliphant
This workshop will discuss various issues and hurdles facing the prosecutor in selecting a jury in these complex cases.  Topics such as the recanting child victim, the young child witness, and the lack of medical and physical evidence will be covered.

Knock and Talk Procedures
Todd Zerfoss
This workshop will take a look at the art of the Knock and Talk and how it is an esential tool for the child exploitation investigator.  A few of the issues to be discused will be, when is a knock and talk appropriate and the legality of a emmsion made during a knock and talk.

Law Enforcement Forum
Robert Farley
Brenda Nichols

Legal Issues Related to the CDT Case Ruling
Renee Green
Alessandra Serano
The decision by the U.S. Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals in United States of America v. Comprehensive Drug Testing, Inc., 579 F.3d 989 (9th Cir. 2009) (commonly referred to as CDT) brought sweeping changes to the seizure and analysis of digital evidence seized during the execution of search warrants in the Ninth Circuit.  While many law enforcement agencies within affected districts have been unable to obtain search warrants for digital evidence or hampered with time restrictions mandated by CDT, investigators and prosecutors in the Southern District of California are working with its judges in an attempt to keep moving forward with investigations using the framework of CDT.  This presentation will discuss the issues and concerns raised in CDT, how various district courts are interpreting the limits of CDT, the need for further consideration of the CDT case, as well as present a framework for search warrant drafting and execution that has been successful in the Southern District of California.

Lessons from the Battered: Issues in Interviewing Children about Domestic Violence
Julie Kenniston
Domestic Violence or Intimate Partner Violence (IPV) allegations can be difficult to handle due to the very nature of the offenses that occur.  Denial is often the response when child protection and/or law enforcement get involved.  Gathering credible data to make case decisions can be difficult.  Thus, it is important to understand the dynamics of IPV in order to maximize information from children and minimize the stress for the child.  This presentation will highlight some techniques that can be used in forensic interviews of children where IPV is the allegation.

Living With the Memories
Jim Tanner
People working crimes against women see and hear many things they would rather not. These memories can have a disturbing effect on professionals and their families. Based on his 38 years experience working in criminal justice, Dr. Tanner explains what's behind the secondary trauma of working these cases and provides simple but effective steps we can take to help us live with these stories and images once we have seen and heard them.  You owe it to yourself and your family to attend this session.

Making Home Visits - Social Worker Safety (Part 1 & 2)
Jim Holler
Each day in the United States, thousands of social workers make home visits.  Unfortunately, while conducting these visitations, their safety is potentially at risk at every residence.  This workshop will address safety issues for the worker, providing them with important safety related information that they can utilize each time they make a home visit. The topics will include how to identify potentially harmful conditions, how to defuse volatile situations when encountered, and how to defend themselves if necessary.   

(The) Making of a Child Abuse Detective
Brian Killacky
This workshop will discuss both the personal and professional traits that contribute to a law enforcement officer becoming a successful child abuse detective.  In addition to issues related to training, “street smarts”, and the relevance of other investigative experience, the presenter will address effective courtroom testimony and officer burn-out.

Managing the Sexually Violent Predator
Felicia W. Oliphant
This workshop will discuss the evolution and development of the civil commitment process and further, will discuss the procedures for civil commitment and the challenges to successful prosecution for violations of civil commitment.

Medical Evaluation of Childhood Physical Abuse
Suzanne Dakil
This workshop will provide information about injuries, mechanism, and the medical evaluation needed for children with concerns about physical injury.  The presenter will discuss common accidental and abusive injuries seen and how to tell the difference.

Meeting Untrue Defenses in Child Abuse Cases
Kristina Korobov
This presentation will address common defenses that are raised in child abuse cases.  Participants will be provided with investigative suggestions and trial strategies that will identify defenses and help to successfully counter them.

Missing and Abducted Children: How Can NCMEC Help?
Robert Hoever
Robert Lowery
This workshop will discuss the many unique and valuable resources that the NCMEC Missing Children’s Division can provide when a child is reported missing in our jurisdiction.  This will include technical, analytical, case management, and work load support in both active and cold case response.

(The) Mobile CAC: An Innovative Approach for Taking Services to Rural Communities
David Fyler
Kelly Robbins
This workshop will discuss the establishment and use of a mobile children’s advocacy center.  The presenters will explain how building upon the premise, the only services that benefit children and families are the services they can access; to ensure access, services must be available in ones own community, the Western Kansas Child Advocacy Center (WKCAC) provides full CAC services to 29 counties in Western Kansas with just 5 staff members by using a 38 ft. motor home equipped with state of the art recording equipment, forensic interview room, observation room, child friendly waiting area, and rest room. The WKCAC has seen a 158% increase in children served since implementing the Mobile CAC.

Mobile Forensic Nuggets of Evidence
Amber Schroader
Mobile devices are the key to our lives and the key piece of evidence in a case. Learn where to look for data, and what you should find. See the value of looking into backups, and the phone memory for deleted data. No stone is left unturned when it comes to this small digital device. Devices covered are: cell phones, GPS, hybrids, and electronic readers.

Mock Trial of a Child Sexual Abuse Case
Rachel Clark
Reynie Tinajero
This workshop will present the complexities and practical aspects involved in a child sexual abuse jury trial.  Mock trial demonstrations will highlight the various witnesses and issues presented in a "typical" child abuse case.

Modern-Day Slavery in America – Commercial Sexual Exploitation and Trafficking of Children
Chasity A. Watson
Kelli B. Owen
Led by staff from Living Water for Girls in Georgia, this course will discuss the statistical trends and what is currently being done to address the issue of Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Children (CSEC) in the United States.  The instructors will address the recruitment and grooming tactics used to entice and lure victims of CSEC, and what signs and signals to watch for when identifying potential high-risk victims.  They will also discuss the common stumbling blocks for local and Federal lawmakers and decision makers including Prosecutors, Judges, Law Enforcement, Social Workers, and community leaders, and what your agency can do to address prosecution, treatment, community and family involvement.  And lastly, we will explore preventative methods to influence professional and personal communities through awareness campaigns using a variety or resources, case studies, social networks, etc.

MySpace: Working with Law Enforcement
Michael Lebovich
Jennifer Mardosz
This workshop will be an information session with representatives from MySpace, attendees will be provided with an overview of MySpace, how it might be used for investigative purposes, and tips for law enforcement agencies on how to work effectively with MySpace on child exploitation matters.

National Sex Offender Targeting Center (NSOTC)
Michael Bourke
John Feeney
Richard Kelly
Laurel Mills
Tania Tyler
The NSOTC is a multiagency effort involving analytical intelligence and investigative components. The mission of the NSOTC is to integrate various agencies, strategies, and operational responses directed at identifying, apprehending and prosecuting sex offenders.  This workshop will be an overview of the NSOTC resources available to law enforcement.

(The) Nature of Adolescent Risk
Andrew Yeager
Why do so many teens use drugs, drive drunk, get pregnant, engage in violence, and generally put themselves in high-risk situations?  Do teens really know the right thing to do?  Do they really think they are invulnerable?  Is peer pressure the key influence in adolescence?  What is the difference between anti-social behavior and “normal” adolescent behavior?   The ability to perceive and evaluate risk lies at the heart of all decision-making.   This workshop will focus on the psychological and social factors that guide our ability to accurately perceive and assess risk, and highlight the factors that undermine the ability to make safe and appropriate choices.  Intervention strategies to help reinforce healthier behaviors among adolescents will also be considered.

(A) Non-Confrontational Approach to Interviewing and Interrogating Child Abuse Suspects (Part 1 & 2)
Brett Ward
This presentation will teach and reinforce the fundamentals of the Wicklander-Zulawski Non-Confrontational Interview and Interrogation Method. Instruction, specific to child abuse investigations, will include proven techniques to overcome resistance, offer rationalizations, handle denials,  detect deception and evaluate truthfulness. Participants will learn to assess verbal and non-verbal behavior and become more effective at educing information and obtaining admissions. Using a structured non-confrontational approach an investigator is often able to obtain a confession without the suspect ever making a denial or protesting his innocence. In addition, the resulting confession often includes information not revealed during the investigation.

Non-Offending Caregivers
Viola Vaughan-Eden
Non-offending caregivers play a vital role in the investigation and well-being of their children.  However, these caregivers are often misunderstood, especially when allegations of sexual abuse are reported.  Research on caregivers and children’s perceptions of police and CPS interviews as well as other service providers indicate they are equally as frustrated with the system.  This workshop will discuss lessons learned that will aid in approaching caregivers from a more supportive and educational perspective.  We know that the greatest indicator of children’s ability to recover from sexual abuse is support from their non-offending caregivers, therefore participants will learn strategies for developing a more productive and efficient relationship with caregivers. 

Not Another Meeting! Rethinking the MDT Case Review Meetings (Part 1 & 2)
Catherine Bass
Ada McCloud
A key component for every CAC is Case Review. Unfortunately, what should be the heart and soul of coordinated investigations and intervention becomes a monotonous reporting in time that MDT members dread.  This workshop will help participants explore the intent of case review meetings and think outside of the traditional meeting styles so that team members will want to not only attend but also participate in this meeting. This workshop is ideal for team facilitators and CACs in all stages of their development. It is time for Case Review Meetings to be not another meeting.

Nutritional Neglect
Arne Graff
Nutritional neglect covers the range from obesity to failure to thrive and the evaluation is complex and usually requires multiple professionals.  This presentation will help develop a multidisciplinary approach to these children, with focus on what the medical professional can contribute.

Online Groups: Investigations, Forensics and Prosecutions (Part 1 & 2)
Matt Dunn
Steven Grocki
This workshop will provide an overview of investigations, forensics, and prosecutions of online groups.  Online groups present a unique challange to law enforcement in identifying members, capturing evidence, and making appropriate prosecutorial determinations.  The lecture will focus on several recent international investigations that have successfully identified and prosecuted numerous individuals involved in Internet forums and social networking groups that were dedicated to the advertisement and distribution of child pornography.

Opening Statements and Closing Arguments in Cases of Child Abuse
Victor Vieth
Students will learn the art of developing effective themes and theories to present to jurors in cases of child abuse. Particular emphasis will be placed on cases in which the outcome largely relies on the assessment of the child’s credibility versus the credibility of the accused.

Organized Groups of Child Sex Offenders
Joe Sullivan
The Internet has brought about many changes in the world of child sexual abuse. Among the most alarming is the dramatic increase of offenders linking with others of a similar mind to molest children. Using case examples on some of the most notorious offenders in the UK this presentation will outline how such groups function and how they seek to protect themselves from infiltration or detection. In addition the presentation explores the challenges involved in combating organized child sexual abuse.

Overview of the Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act (SORNA)
Linda Baldwin
This presentation will discuss the basic requirements of SORNA, the current status of implementation among registration jurisdictions, as well as the recurring issues that are impeding jurisdictions’ progress towards implementation.  A discussion of the National Sex Offender Public Website, community notification software.  SORNA was passed in 2006, and is designed to create a national set of baseline standards for sex offender registration and notification.  Its implementation is administered by the Office of Sex Offender Sentencing, Monitoring, Apprehending, Registering, and Tracking (SMART) in the Office of Justice Programs of the U.S. Department of Justice. Technologies required for capturing palm prints--among other issues--will also be included.

Pedohebephilic Disorder?: How Proposed Changes to the DSM-5 Diagnostic Criteria Might Affect Investigation and Prosecution
Ken Lanning
The revisions for the new Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-5) propose that the diagnosis of pedophilia (erotic preference for prepubescent children) be revised to include hebephilia (erotica preference for children in early puberty) and be named Pedohebephilic Disorder.  In this workshop these and other proposed changes and their possible impact on the criminal justice system and sexual victimization of children cases will be discussed.

Photography for Investigators in Child Abuse Investigations
Rodney Bergeron
Jim Sears
Proper photo-documentation is essential in making strong criminal cases. This workshop will provide information on the specific techniques as well as equipment needed for successfully documenting a child abuse crime.  Actual case examples as well as the presenters' successes and mistakes will be discussed.  This workshop is intended for anyone who investigates or prosecutes child abuse cases.

Plumbing the Depths of Desperation: a Fourth Amendment Game Show and Musical Review
Steve DeBrota
Tom Keith
Damon King
Michelle Morgan-Kelly
The presenters will use a competitive game show format with musical interludes to discuss search and seizure issues in child exploitation cases.  Topics will include the legal and tactical issue surrounding consent searches, staleness, investigative strategies, interviewing, Miranda rights, and other search issues.  The presenters are three senior ASUA’s, one of whom possesses musical talent.  The other two are guys.  The audience members will be forced to participate in the hope of winning “valuable” prizes.  This presentation is not for the faint of heart or those with no sense of humor.

Policing Child Abuse in Indigenous Communities - Breaking the Cycle
Gordon Fairman
Australian Aboriginal and Native American communities share many characteristics. The detection and investigation of child abuse within these communities is often hampered by complex social, medical, language and cultural issues as well as the many challenges presented by distance and isolation. This workshop outlines the experiences of police investigating abuse in the Australian outback and highlights the similarities with Native American experiences.  Participants in this workshop will discuss the Australian experience and be provided with comprehensive risk assessment and investigative frameworks and explore the process of holistic, multi- agency responses.

Policing the Internet for Online Groomers
Mark Williams-Thomas
Jonathan Taylor
In this workshop you will get an insight into how the Internet is policed in the United Kingdom and how the future of policing the Internet has to be a pro-active approach. The presentation will show how online child sexual abuse is significantly under reported. Using case studies, they will explore the phenomenon of ‘virtual contact’ as the third and unique ‘modus operandi’ to commit sexual offences against children. Showing the links between non-contact and contact offences. In addition they will share skills and experiences and how they were both involved in a television first, when cameras, followed undercover officers over 18 months as they captured and arrested, interviewed and charged men who used the internet to groom and then meet up with 13 and 14 year-old girls for sex. The presentation will focus on practical experiences, legal constraints and advances in technology that make policing the Internet today easier than it has ever been before.  In addition the speakers will talk through the ethical issues of working with the media and how the program has had a significant impact not only in raising the profile of the significant issues of online grooming both in the media and UK Government, but more importantly driving a public awareness campaign about how children can be kept safe online.

Preparing a Child Witness for Court (Part 1 & 2)
Felicia W. Oliphant
Carmen P. White
The workshop focuses on the prosecutor's considerations in preparing children for court.  Discussion will include working with children who may be handicapped, very young, severely traumatized, and who possess behavioral or mental health issues.  Discussion also will include procedures and programs to prepare children for court--including a Kids In Court program--and how to effectively present a child's testimony in the courtroom.

Preparing Children to Testify in Court
Stephanie Smith
The demands of the legal process create special challenges for the children who must present testimony in court.  The discussion will consider these challenges from the child’s perspective and provide tips for practitioners on how to help anticipate the particular stressors in each case and what to do to help the child deal with these factors so that she/he can focus.  Attention will also be given to helping the child “debrief” after trial testimony and prepare for the sentencing hearing.

Presenting Evidence in the Investigative Victim Interview (Part 1 & 2)
Catherine Connell
This workshop will focus on presenting evidence in child/adolescent sexual exploitation investigative interviews. Nationally, law enforcement is seeing larger numbers of cases that involve victims of child exploitation where the evidence is discovered before a disclosure by the victim is made.  This presentation will explore developmentally appropriate techniques to introduce evidence to victims including recommendations on what type of evidence and how to present it, in the context of the forensic interview.

Preparing For and Testifying In Court – Learning to Love Being a Witness
Stephanie Smith
This workshop will cover the up-front preparation necessary to effectively testify in child maltreatment cases.  The discussion will include suggestions for establishing your expertise to a jury and how to respond to cross-examination.  Although intended for those with limited courtroom testimony experience, or those who are still very nervous about presenting testimony in court, tips on documentation of the witness’ experience will be helpful for all involved in testifying in these cases.

Project Safe Childhood Wellness Program
R. Gregg Dwyer
Ed Neunlist
This educational presentation is for law enforcement personnel, attorneys, and paralegals involved in working on cases of Internet crimes against children.  It is designed to serve as an “inoculation” in advance of engaging in such case work, but applies to those actively engaged in the field as well.  The topics include defining stress, recognizing stress reactions, identifying and employing stress management and prevention strategies, use of techniques to reduce the potential negative impact from viewing explicit evidence, and knowing when and how to seek additional services.  The development and implementation of the U.S. Department of Justice Executive Office of United States Attorneys Peer Support Team will be included.

Protecting Yourself and Your Family on the Internet
Jim Tanner
The Internet is a part of the modern world. For most of us, we know enough to get things done. But we all hear about the ‘dark side” of the web. Join a cyber crime analyst as he talks in plain English about the technical problems everyone faces each time they log into their computer. Regardless of your technical expertise (or lack thereof), you will walk away from this session understanding cyber-stalking, cross-site scripting, trojans, viruses, back-doors, and phishing/pharming. More importantly, you will know what to do to protect yourself from these criminal acts.

Proving Your Case and Meeting Common Defenses with Computer Forensics
Richard Kaplan
Damon King
In this workshop prosecutors, investigators, and computer forensics examiners will learn how to effectively use computer forensics in child pornography cases.  Forensic methodology and points of evidence in computer systems, as well as how to analyze this data and incorporate it as part of the overall case, will be covered. Students will also be taught how to use computer forensic techniques to meet most common defenses.

Resiliency and Risk Factors for Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Youth (Part 1 & 2)
Al Killen-Harvey
The primary goal of this workshop is to explore the high degree of risk of abuse faced by gay and lesbian adolescents.  Due to a lack of information and visibility this group of adolescents faces physical, sexual and emotional abuse at home, school and in society at large.  The discussion will include an overview of the stages of sexual identity development and identification of the physical and emotional stressors experienced by this population.  There will also be an exploration of the cultural and institutional dynamics that reinforce this abuse.

(The) Role of Behavior Analysis in Law Enforcement Investigations
Mike Bourke
Graham Hill
Joe Sullivan
This workshop will be a joint presentation of the Behavior Analysis Units of U.S. Marshals Service and CEOP.  Using case studies the presentation will provide an insight into the techniques used by Behavior Analysts to profile offenders and advise those investigating sexual crime against children.

Runaways and Child Abuse: A Renewed Perspective
Brenda Nichols

Satanic 'Ritual' Abuse Allegation: What Happened and Could it Happen Again (Part 1 & 2)
Ken Lanning
Donna M. Pence
A discussion of the dynamics and characteristics of SRA allegations made primarily from 1983-93 and the degree to which agencies are prepared to deal with similar such cases today.  SRA cases typically involved allegations of multiple offenders victimizing multiple children as part of some organized activity.  The first half of this workshop will discuss how such allegations evolved in the past and what we learned.  The second half of this workshop will discuss developing and organizing a better investigative response for the future and applying that knowledge.

Search and Seizure Issues Relevant to Child Abuse Cases
Ron Laney
Dave Perlman
This workshop will explore the 4th amendment search and seizure law and how it integrates with the investigation of child abuse cases.  It will feature recent Supreme Court cases governing both searches with a warrant and warrantless intrusions of homes, person, computers and vehicles.

Selection, Engagement and Seduction of Children and Adults by Child Molesters
Cory Jewel Jensen
Participants will examine (via video taped interviews with sex offenders) some of the specific strategies adult offenders use to target, seduce and exploit children and adults.   Information was collected from approximately 1,200 sex offenders who were involved in long term, court mandated sex offender treatment.  Topics include offender descriptions of “grooming” tactics, ie., how and why they target certain children, families and youth serving agencies, how they seduce child victims and adult caretakers and, how they inhibit disclosure and reporting.  Subjective comments from offenders about how, in their opinion, the detective’s interview style impacted their willingness to confess will also be reviewed. The speaker will also address the possible number of undetected offenders and crimes occurring, the “cross over” between types of sexual crimes, and the increasing trend in sexually deviant behavior associated with the Internet.  

Setting Course: A Proposal for a Multi-Tiered Credentialing Process for Forensic Interviewers
Victor Vieth
In the past five years, the American Professional Society on the Abuse of Children (APSAC), the National Association of Certified Forensic Interviewers (NACCFI), the National Child Protection Training Center (NCPTC), and other organizations have discussed the development of a credentialing process for forensic interviewers. This workshop presents a proposal for a multi-tiered credentialing process and details the potential benefits of credentialing to forensic interviewers, investigators, prosecutors and the children we serve.

Sexual Abuse & Play Therapy: Making a Difference One Technique at a Time (Part 1 & 2)
Sueann Kenney-Noziska
Learn to effectively use play therapy in clinical practice with victims of sexual abuse.  Using information derived from empirical findings and the clinical literature, innovative play therapy interventions to address clinical issues of sexually abused children & adolescents will be presented.  Attendees will receive a variety of practical, clinically-sound play therapy techniques.  Lecture, experiential activities, & case examples will provide participants with a comprehensive learning experience.  Attendees will leave with play therapy interventions, which can be used the next day.

Sexually Motivated Murders of Children
Graham Hill
Joe Sullivan
This presentation will explore the accounts of offenders who have attempted to or have sexually murdered children.  The presenters will address the question of whether such murders are accidental or premeditated.  During this presentation actual interviews of offenders speaking about their behavior will be shown.

Sexually Transmitted Infections in Children and Adolescents
Rebecca Girardet
This presentation will provide a comprehensive review of the clinical and forensic implications of sexually transmitted infections (STIs) in children and adolescents. We will review current guidelines for STI screening and treatment in this population. Emphasis will be placed on comparing various STI testing modalities. The presentation will also review what is currently known about modes of transmission of STIs.

Sexsomnia: Overcoming the Sleep Disorder Defense
Rami Badawy
Can a sleeping person involuntarily sexually assault a child?  Defendants are raising this new defense.  This presentation will explore the science of sleep; research surrounding sleep violence and related case studies.  Strategies for overcoming this defense including investigation and cross-examination tips will also be discussed.

SHIFT for Mental Health Professionals:  Supporting Heroes in Mental Health Foundation Training - Understanding the Law Enforcement Culture and Building a Relationship with Individuals Exposed to Disturbing Images
Mike Sullivan
Jane Stevenson
This workshop will consider ways in which the mental health professional can establish a supportive relationship with specialist groups of  law enforcement staff exposed to disturbing materials at work. A key theme to this seminar will be to debate the specific problems that can be encountered by mental health professionals working in this area, and to consider ways of responding to such problems.

SHIFT for Mental Health Professionals:  Supporting Heroes in Mental Health Foundation Training - A Workshop for Mental Health Professionals Working with Individuals Exposed to Child Sexual Abuse Images (Part 1 & 2)
Mike Sullivan
Jane Stevenson
This workshop team taught by a mental health professional and a law enforcement officer will offer mental health professionals insight into the challenges faced by professionals exposed to child pornography and other operations involving pedophiles.   The course will cover how to help these professionals avoid vicarious traumatization, burnout and compassion fatigue.  In addition, mental health professionals will learn how to gain the trust of criminal justice professionals, which techniques show promise in reducing the negative effects of exposure, and how they can help individuals build resiliency and balance in this very challenging field.   This course offers not just education, but also tools that the mental health provider can immediately implement to assist frontline heroes in maintaining positive mental health.

SHIFT for Individuals Exposed to Child Pornography:  Supporting Heroes in Mental Health Foundation Training - A Workshop for Professionals Exposed to Child Sexual Abuse Images and Pedophiles at Work (Part 1 & 2)
Mike Sullivan
Jane Stevenson
This workshop team taught by a mental health professional and a law enforcement officer will offer professionals who are exposed to child pornography and who may interact often with pedophiles (Law Enforcement Officers, Forensic Analysts, Prosecutors, etc.) the opportunity to learn about the causes and symptoms vicarious trauma that may occur as a result of their duties. Participants will learn how to develop effective coping strategies to deal with the negative effects of trauma. In addition the exposed individual will be given the tools to help facilitate a supportive work environment for themselves, effectively understand and utilize mental health support, and solicit support through and for their families and their peers. 

Snakes in His Belly: Interviewing Children who Have Witnessed Violent Death
Donna Pence
Techniques for interviewing children who are believed to be victims of abuse can, in some respects, be directly applied to interviewing children who have witnessed abuse.  There are some important additional considerations for investigators faced with interviewing a child whose trauma may come from witnessing, rather than being a victim of, abuse.  This presentation will explore child interviewing from two separate, but fundamentally related, perspectives.  The first will be examining how children experience and deal with death and grieving, while the second will be an overlaying of that information onto the appropriate child interview process.  Suggestions for modifications in the usual child interview approaches will be made.

Social Networking Investigations and Forensics
James Kilpatrick
James Podboy
This workshop will provide an overview of the various social networks used by offenders and the forensic methods and tools used to recover and analyze the evidence.

Solving Sexual Assaults Using DNA
Stacy McDonald
The goal of this workshop is to provide a basic understanding of the use of DNA technology for the purposes of criminal investigation and prosecution of sexual assaults.  The attendee will gain an understanding of current forensic DNA technologies, population statistics, and the Combined DNA Index System (CODIS).  The presenter will also discuss cases in which DNA analysis was essential to the investigative process.
    
Spinal Cord Injuries in Child Abuse Cases
David Sacco
The goal of this workshop will be to provide an understanding of traumatic brain injuries and spinal cord injuries that can occur due to physical abuse. The attendee will gain an understanding of current neurosurgical management and diagnosis of these types of injuries. The presenter will also discuss long term outcomes from these injuries.

Sticks, Stones, and Broken Bones
Nancy Harper
When do you need to look beyond the injury history and type of fracture in a child abuse case?  Metabolic bone disorders and other mimickers of trauma can initially present as concerning for child abuse.   Determining the presence of a medical disorder requires a detailed look into the history, physical examination, and laboratory testing.   Medical disorders are relatively rare, but important mimickers of trauma.

Strategies for Making Your Recording Technology Work for You
Rita Johnson
This presentation will discuss best practices for recording child interviews and strategies for making your recording technology work for you.  Discussion on what works best, how to set up your child interview rooms, policies and procedures for handling the DVDs, challenges for MDTs and how to utilize recording technology for more than just your child interviews.

Strategies for Videotaping Suspect Interrogations
Neil Nelson
This workshop addresses the increasing use of electronic recordings of interviews/interrogations and the benefits of electronic recording during an investigation. It identifies interviewing strategies appropriate for electronically recorded interviews, along with an interviewing technique developed in response to the 1994 State of Minnesota v. Scales decision mandating the recording of custodial interrogations in a place of detention. The lessons learned in this workshop will benefit all law enforcement officers regardless of the state in which they work.

Surviving Sexual Molestation
Ron Laney
John Warnick
For ten years John B. kept the biggest secret of his life.  A secret that haunted him every day until he finally told someone.  John B. was hiding the fact that he had been molested repeatedly by his trusted soccer coach when he was only ten years old.  Surviving Sexual Molestation tells his amazing story of survival.  John B. shares the effects of victimization on his life, what kept him from telling his secret, and what he has done to overcome the enormous obstacles such a crime places in the victim’s life.

(A) Team Approach to Prosecuting and Investigating Child Sexual Abuse    (Part 1 & 2)
Irish Burch
Jeff Burge
Eren Price
This workshop will include an analysis of the difficulties faced by prosecutors, forensic interviewers, and law enforcement when handling child sexual abuse cases.  The presentation, from both the prosecution and law enforcement perspectives, will highlight both trial and investigative techniques to improve the likelihood of success in court.

(A) Technological Approach to Apprehending Sex Offenders in a Digital Age
Paul Aleman
Paul Mohler
This session will discuss programs utilized by the Office of the Attorney General (OAG) that aid in protecting Texas Children.  Specifically, this presentation will examine the types of cases investigated by both the Cyber Crime and Fugitive Units.  Cyber Cases to be discussed will include those involving child predators who commit sex crimes against children using technology and the internet.  The Fugitive Unit will introduce Operation Missing Predator, an OAG initiative to identify, locate and arrest convicted sex offenders who have failed to comply with mandated sex offender registration requirements.  This portion of the presentation will also address the investigative approach to pro-actively identify registered sex offenders utilizing social networking sites in violation of their court ordered sex offender registration.

Technology and Trends in the Online Victimization of Children
Lindsey Olson
This session will discuss the current trends of online sexual exploitation of children, as seen through data from the Exploited Children Division. Specific case examples will be used to highlight the vulnerabilities of children using online gaming, cellular devices, virtual communities and social networking.  In addition, this session will explore the difficult issue of “self-exploitation” that is increasing in prevalence across the country. Various industry efforts to reduce online child victimization will be presented.

Technology Facilitated Prostitution/Trafficking of Children Investigations (Part 1 & 2)
Cathy De La Paz
Byron Fassett
This workshop will provide law enforcement officers and services providers with information on how technology (cells phones, phone chat lines, social networking sites, Internet ads) are used to seduce, lure, and control child victims of prostitution/trafficking.   Information will be provided on how to develop successful investigative techniques to proactively identify and locate child victims of prostitution/trafficking, interview recovered victims and corroborate the technology facilitated commercial sexual exploitation investigation.  Case studies will be used to facilitate the discussion. Pitfall and challenges to these investigations will also be discussed.

Texas Forensic Assessment Center Network (FACN): Case Discussion
Matthew Cox
Rebecca Girardet
This session will illustrate the purpose of the Texas FACN program as administered by the Texas Department of Family and Protective Services in conjunction with the University of Texas System Medical Schools.   Case examples will be presented to the audience and attendees are welcome to bring cases for discussion.   It is requested that attendees interested in discussing a particular case contact Tanya Gibson, UT Southwestern's FACN coordinator at 214-456-5759 before August 1, 2010.

They’re Just Not That Into You: How to Connect with and Interview Hard to Reach Children
Irish Burch
At times, it can be very challenging to connect with children that have been victims of abuse. They may exhibit signs of being guarded, withdrawn, or angry. This workshop will present participants with practical solutions for identifying the potential barriers they may face and tips on how to overcome them.

Tools and Tactics for Child Abductions: Lessons Learned from the FBI’s Child Abduction Rapid Deployment (CARD) Team Deployments (Part 1 & 2)
Michael Conrad
The FBI’s Child Abduction Rapid Deployment (CARD) Team is a national quick-reaction unit that responds to missing and abducted child investigations, working in partnership with local law enforcement agencies throughout the United States.  This workshop will provide you with the lessons learned from those deployments, including both immediate priorities for first responders, as well as long term investigative, analytical, and case management strategies. Through case studies, you will see how those best practices have resulted in arrests, convictions, resolutions, and recoveries, and you will learn how to “beat the clock” and become proactive in a reactive crisis response.

Trial Practice for Forensic Interviewers: It’s Not What You Say, It’s How You Say It
Larry Braunstein
Successful child sexual abuse prosecutions depend in large part on the quality of the forensic interview of the child. This presentation will focus on the various protocols used during the interview process, disclosure as a process or event, forensic linguistics, videotaping of forensic interviews, and how to best present your testimony in the courtroom.

Trial Practice for Medical Professionals:  When "WNL" Really Stands For "We Never Looked" and Other Impending Disasters in the Courtroom
Larry Braunstein
This workshop, presented by a defense attorney, is designed for the medical professional and addresses each aspect of the forensic medical examination (e.g. history taking, charting, photo documentation, diagnosis, protocol utilized, the medical literature) and how each aspect can be "twisted" in the courtroom by a skilled attorney.  The goal of the program is to "re-educate" the medical professional to understand and consider how what they do in the clinic/hospital etc. will "play out" in the courtroom.

Trial Practice for Mental Health Professionals:  The Lawyers’ Art of Driving You Crazy in the Courtroom
Larry Braunstein
Mental health professionals are increasingly utilized in the investigation and evaluation of children suspected to have been sexually abused. They are then called upon to testify in court regarding their professional involvement, including the protocols they utilized, their education and training, their experience (both personal and professional), and the professional literature regarding assessment of allegations of child sexual abuse.  This workshop, presented by a defense attorney, will focus on issues which arise in the context of child sexual abuse litigation including Parental Alienation “Syndrome”, the suggestibility of children, allegations of child sexual abuse in the context of divorce/custody proceedings, proper forensic interviewing, the professional ethics of mental health professionals, maintaining proper records, and other issues.

Trial Practice for Law Enforcement: How to Avoid Getting Handcuffed by the Defense Attorney
Larry Braunstein, JD
Testifying in court is usually not an endeavor which law enforcement officers look forward to. This class, presented by a defense attorney, will deal with issues and topics that arise during trial such as interrogation (interview) techniques, Miranda, and one party consent telephone calls. What to say and how to say it during direct and cross examination will be discussed as well.

Trial Practice in Child Exploitation Prosecutions: Litigation, Methods and Strategies
John O’Brien
“We’re headed to trial.”  The many facets of complete trial preparation in a child exploitation case require time that we often don’t have as a luxury. This lecture will focus on pre-trial/in-limine motions, jury selection, opening and closing argument techniques, evidence presentation, witness and victim issues, and testimony presentation of law enforcement officers, victims and forensic computer experts in child exploitation trials.   The presentation will contain specific examples from recent child pornography and traveler trials.

Understanding the Impact of Child Pornography on Its Victims
Sharon Girling
Stephanie Lister
Chris Peale
The victims depicted in images of child pornography are normally difficult to identify and locate. Once they are located they live the remainder of their lives in the knowledge that the images of them being sexually abused remains in the public domain. This workshop is intended to understand the impact the distribution of those images on the Internet has on those victims and what, if anything, law enforcement and society can do to eradicate that material from the world wide web. Additionally, this workshop will discuss best practices and the impact of dealing with victims and family members in child pornography cases.

Understanding the Law enforcement Culture, and Building  a Relationship with Individuals Exposed to Disturbing Images
Jane Stevenson
Mike Sullivan
This workshop will present ways in which the mental health professional can establish a supportive relationship with specialist groups of  law enforcement staff exposed to disturbing materials at work. A key theme to this presentation will be to debate the specific problems that can be encountered by mental health professionals working in this area, and to consider ways of responding to such problems.

(The) Unintended Consequences of Technology
John Penn
In this workshop a veteran of industry looks at the technological advances in the computer industry and the sometimes-unpredicted consequences of the astounding amount of innovation that has occurred. This session will look back at a number of innovations and the positive and negative effect they have had on the public, society and law enforcement. It will also look ahead to upcoming technologies and the challenges that law enforcement will face in the future.

Use of the MDT in the Investigation, Assessment and Intervention of Juvenile Sex Offenders
Dan Powers
Juvenile sex offenders pose an interesting challenge to the multi-disciplinary team. This workshop will explore the dynamics and challenges juvenile sex offenders bring to your caseload. We will review types of juvenile sex offenders and will suggest a consistent approach in dealing with them from investigation through on-going treatment.  It will emphasize the multi-disciplinary team approach as solution to solving the unique problems these cases bring to the system.

(The) Virtual Global Task Force
VGT Members
This workshop will discuss the Virtual Global Taskforce (VGT) which is an international collaboration of law enforcement agencies that are actively combating and investigating the online sexual exploitation of children.  Attendees will learn how the the VGT can support their investigative efforts.

Web 3.0: Augmented Reality and Virtual Worlds (Part 1 & 2)
Joseph Rampolla
Andrew Yeager
Augmented Reality (AR) is a groundbreaking high-tech science that is on the verge of creating a technological explosion. The blending of Augmented Reality and Virtual Worlds creates positive and negative opportunities for technology to shape our society.  The explosion of iPhone applications is already utilizing Augmented Reality technology. Global Positioning and cell towers’ coordinates have created a live social networking phenomenon that is likely to thrive in our “must-have” broadband society. This presentation will examine the dangers of this new technology—Web 3.0. In the first part of this workshop Police Lieutenant Rampolla will review these cutting-edge applications, and demonstrate how the use of this new technology creates potential dangers in our society, highlighting the opportunities for sexual predators and other criminals to exploit others—particularly our children.  In the second part of this workshop school psychologist Andrew Yeager will highlight both the allure and dangers of this technology for the youth in our society.  He will show how the developing teenage brain and psychosocial factors magnify the risks associated with this new technology, especially in relation to excessive risk-taking and the inability to foresee consequences.  Law enforcement, educators, social workers, and child advocates would benefit from understanding the magnetism of the dark side for adolescents and how predators and other criminals can capitalize on this new high-tech playground.

Wellness/Survival and the MDT Approach to Child Abuse
Dan Powers
This motivational talk is meant to provide you with the insight and knowledge to help survive in a job no ones else really understands. Others “outside the business” don’t want to hear about this stuff! You can clear a restaurant with a discussion of what you did that day. We see and hear things on a daily basis our mom and dad never told you existed in this world.Participants will learn how dynamic determination and working as a member of THE TEAM will help you survive in “our world”.  Participants will be encouraged to look at themselves, why they do “this” for a living and most of all learn to laugh at it all.

What Are We Up Against?  Measuring Sex Offender Entrenchment
Jim Tanner
Sex offenders are adept at hiding their entrenchment in deviant ideation.  This session covers methods which allow us to measure this entrenchment. Using the SSOTR (developed by Dr. Tanner and Dr. Brake and available free on their websites), the session walks participants through a structured process of assessing entrenchment.  The session also provides detailed information on how to interpret an offender’s computer use to help identify interests and obsessions not reflected in presenting charges.  Law Enforcement, Prosecutors, Probation/Parole Officers, and Treatment Professionals will find the session advances their ability to do their jobs.

What Child Abuse Personnel Must Know About Domestic Violence
Jan Langbein
A growing body of research points to a definite link between adult domestic violence and child abuse.  These are not isolated crimes. Whether the child is the unintended victim, the accidental victim or the deliberate target, the severity and manner of child abuse bears a strong resemblance to the type of maltreatment experienced by their mothers. The two populations share several similarities as well as some important differences. Understanding the impact of domestic violence on children can increase appropriate response and decrease the risk of child victims of abuse to experience and perpetrate abuse in adulthood.  By knowing the dynamics and effects of family violence, law enforcement/CPS intervention and prevention can reduce crimes of tomorrow as they make children safer today.

What Good Folks Should Know About Bad Guys: A CPS Investigator’s Perspective
Susan Samuel
The FBI asserts that "human behavior is consistent...” and that premise can drive child sexual abuse investigations.  Knowing how child sex offenders think, particularly about responsibility for their acts and the impact of their behavior on their victims, can assist investigators in developing tactics that will more likely lead to improved protection and prosecution. In this workshop, four child sex offenders will validate the FBI's assertion. Their words, captured in a written confession and on audio and video recordings, will serve as the foundation for participants to formulate successful investigation strategies.

What Investigators Need to Know about Confessions- a Close look a the 5th and 6th Amendment
Ron Laney
Dave Perlman
This workshop will examine the legal considerations in both custodial interrogations and noncustodial interviews of suspects in child abuse cases.  It will include a review of recent US Supreme Court cases that have significantly changed some important Miranda concepts. It will review relevant 5th and 6th amendment concepts as well as video and audio recording mandates that are important for child abuse investigators to understand.

What Would You Do?   Interesting and Unusual Genital Injuries and Problems
Matt Cox

When Danger Remains…the Civil Commitment of a Child Sex Offender
Matthew Vilcek
The Supreme Court recently ruled that Congress has the authority under the Constitution to allow the continued civil commitment of sex offenders after they have completed their criminal sentences. This presentation will highlight the FBI’s investigation of one such offender (Thomas Matherly) and examine his challenge to the law resulting in the controversial Supreme Court decision. 

When Faith Hurts: Overcoming Spirituality Based Blocks and Problems Before, During and After the Forensic Interview
Victor Vieth
Students will receive an overview of research documenting the impact of child abuse, particularly child sexual abuse, on a child’s sense of spirituality. Students will learn of the various blocks to disclosure this may cause. Students will receive concrete suggestions for addressing these blocks before, during and after a forensic interview.

When the Smoke Clears: Cross-Examining the Defense Expert’s Attack on a Forensic Interview
Victor Vieth
This workshop explores emerging attacks from defense “experts” called to critique a forensic interview. More importantly, this workshop offers concrete tips for prosecutors or child protection attorneys who must cross-examine these “experts.” The information will also assist forensic interviewers in responding to defense challenges to their interviews.

Who Are The Children? Victims of Child Pornography
Jennifer Lee
This session will focus on child victims and the offenders who produce child pornography. Based on data from NCMEC’s Exploited Children Division, information including the relationship of child to abuser, gender and age will be discussed, as well as trends and current challenges with certain types of cases.   This session will also illustrate various ways children seen in sexually exploitative images and videos have been identified and rescued. Actual case examples will demonstrate how every professional investigating child pornography crimes can play a key role in locating children.   Participants will learn about the many prosecutorial and investigative resources of NCMEC’s Child Victim Identification Program.

Winning on Day One: Case Studies in Rescuing Child Victims with Fast On-Scene Forensic Triage
A. Brant Cook
Michael Johnson
John Pirics
In this presentation, two recent cases from the Southern District of Indiana will be explored in which multiple victims of child sexual abuse were discovered and rescued upon law enforcement’s first contact with the offenders due to a fast, on-scene computer forensic triage. One case study (U.S.A. v. Mark Armstrong) will focus on how the execution of forensic triage during the course of a search warrant uncovered two victims of sexual abuse and netted a confession from the offender, resulting in his immediate arrest and rescue of the children. The other case study (U.S.A. v. Andrew McGrath) will demonstrate that a fast forensic triage can also work well in the less formal realm of a “knock-and-talk,” where law enforcement officers armed only with laptops and a write-blocker discovered four victims of sexual abuse during an on-scene forensic triage, leading to the offender’s arrest that same day.

Women That Molest Children
Bill Carson
This workshop describes the findings that were learned from in depth interviews with eighteen women that had been convicted of molesting children. The course compares and contrasts some of these findings with other recently published material on this subject, and introduces a new set of typologies for female child molesters.

Working with Adolescent Compliant Victims (Part 1 & 2)
Allison Turkel
Professionals who handle traditional child sexual abuse cases have preconceived notions of the profile of a victim of child sexual abuse. With the onslaught of computer facilitated crimes against children, it has become apparent that teenagers are victimized by all types of perpetrators and that these victims are frequently mishandled by the criminal justice system due to their compliance in their victimization.  In this session we will discuss the unique developmental characteristics of adolescents that make them particularly vulnerable to those that seek to abuse them and how to effectively investigate and prosecute cases with adolescent compliant victims.

Working with Yahoo! on Child Exploitation Investigations
Jon Berroya
This workshop will provide law enforcement agents with a detailed explanation of Yahoo!’s policies and procedures for detecting and deterring online child sexual exploitation, including what data we report to the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC).  We will cover Yahoo!’s most popular services and describe our data retention policies for subscriber information and content on our network.  Finally, we will provide a primer on the Stored Communications Act and how that Act influences the types of data we can and will disclose in response to varying types of legal process.

(A) Workshop for Mental Health Professionals Working with Individuals Exposed to Child Sexual Abuse Images (Part 1 & 2)
Jane Stevenson
Mike Sullivan
This workshop team taught by a mental health professional and a law enforcement officer will offer mental health professionals insight into the challenges faced by professionals exposed to child pornography and other operations involving child sex offenders.   The course will cover how to help these professionals avoid vicarious traumatization, burnout and compassion fatigue.  In addition, mental health professionals will learn how to gain the trust of criminal justice professionals, which techniques show promise in reducing the negative effects of exposure, and how they can help individuals build resiliency and balance in this very challenging field.   This course offers not just education, but also tools that the mental health provider can immediately implement to assist frontline heroes in maintaining positive mental health.

(A) Workshop for Professionals Exposed to Child Sexual Abuse Images and Child Sex Offenders at Work
Jane Stevenson
Mike Sullivan
This workshop team taught by a mental health professional and a law enforcement officer will offer professionals who are exposed to child pornography and who may interact often with pedophiles (Law Enforcement Officers, Forensic Analysts, Prosecutors, etc.) the opportunity to learn about the causes and symptoms vicarious trauma that may occur as a result of their duties. Participants will learn how to develop effective coping strategies to deal with the negative effects of trauma. In addition the exposed individual will be given the tools to help facilitate a supportive work environment for themselves, effectively understand and utilize mental health support, and solicit support through and for their families and their peers.