Sep
1
Sexual Assault Exams in Deceased Patients
September 1, 2010 | Leave a Comment
IAFN‘s 4th webinar of the year will take place September 21st from 2-3pm ET: Sexual Assault Examinations in Deceased Patients. The always fantastic Tara Henry will be teaching this one, so I highly recommend registering. Cost of the session is $40 for members ($50 for non-members, and really, are you still not a member?), which [...]
Aug
4
Using DNA Evidence to Solve Missing Persons, Homicide, & Trafficking Cases
August 4, 2010 | Leave a Comment
Greetings from Seoul. My connection has indeed been sporadic, so I’m happy to finally get a post up for the week. Thanks for your patience. NCVC’s DNA Resource Center is hosting a free webinar August 11th at 3pm ET: Using DNA Evidence to Solve Missing Persons, Homicide, & Trafficking Cases. From the site: “This Webinar [...]
Jul
16
I’m back in the CLE for about a minute, before I head on to DC and then Portland (OR) for the week. Before I go, a couple things worth mentioning. First up is the newly released report on anti-LGBTQ hate violence, published by the National Coalition of Anti-Violence Programs (PDF). Click here for the short-attention [...]
Jul
7
Articles of Note: July Edition
July 7, 2010 | Leave a Comment
Time once again for Articles of Note. All of these are from the June/July issues and electronic previews. As always, please keep in mind this in no way a comprehensive list; simply items that have caught my attention from a selection of peer-reviewed journals. Links lead to PubMed abstracts; from there you can choose what’s [...]
Jun
14
Rape on the Reservation
June 14, 2010 | 2 Comments
Hat tip to the Oregon Attorney General’s Sexual Assault Task Force (who I am very excited to be doing some training for next month), for the link to this recent episode of Vanguard, Rape on the Reservation. “One in three Native American women will be raped in her lifetime. Correspondent Mariana van Zeller travels to [...]
Jun
11
Friday Wrap-Up and Safe Terminations
June 11, 2010 | Leave a Comment
So here’s the craziest thing: I am home all week next week. And I am home now. And I will be home until the 22nd–of course, then we get into some ridiculous summer travel, but that’s another post. So I am enjoying the site of my desk, though I can barely see a square inch [...]
Jun
11
Articles of Note: May/June Edition
June 11, 2010 | Leave a Comment
Time for May and June’s Articles of Note {so sorry to have not gotten one done last month!}. All of these are from the late April/May/June issues and electronic previews. As always, please keep in mind this in no way a comprehensive list; simply items that have caught my attention from a selection of peer-reviewed [...]
May
13
Assisting Families of Missing or Unidentified Persons
May 13, 2010 | 1 Comment
OVC has a web forum coming up next week that might be of interest to some of you: Assisting Families with Missing or Unidentified Persons. The web forum will be held on May 19th from 2-3pm, ET. At that time, questions will be answered in real time, online. However, the session will be fully archived [...]
May
4
Law, Order and Sensitivity
May 4, 2010 | 1 Comment
I love when my worlds coincide. When unexpectedly you find colleagues from disparate parts of your life sharing the same space. Such was the case Friday, when my local NPR station hosted a show on law enforcement sensitivity. Imagine my pleasant surprise to hear both Bertina King, a detective with the Akron Police Department (the [...]
Apr
15
Intimate Partner Homicides
April 15, 2010 | Leave a Comment
JWI‘s National Alliance to End Domestic Violence is hosting a webinar on intimate partner homicides and familicides, Wednesday, April 21st at 12pm ET. It’s $25 to attend (free, though if you’re a member). Featured speakers are Dr. Jacquelyn Campbell and Dr. David Adams.
