Friday, April 29, 2011
Friday Registration: 7:30 a.m. - 12:00 noon8:30 a.m. - 9:30 a.m.
KEYNOTELife Happens. Live It!
Jake French
"You're as happy as you choose to be," Jake often says. "Japanese koi fish grow and adapt to the size of their environment. Like these fish, people can become trapped by their circumstances. Never let the size of your environment, thoughts, or dreams limit the incredible potential which you possess." After obtaining a Bachelor of Science degree in Forest Products, Jake was on his way to fulfilling his lifelong goal of being a forester. Then a horrible accident with a childhood friend crushed his dream and changed his life forever.
Despite our obstacles, each of us can accomplish great things through personal choice. We must make the decision every day to do all we can to create a worthwhile, successful life. Happiness doesn't happen to you, you make it happen! Jake's uplifting presentation will reveal tools to weather the storms of life and transform those challenges into lasting happiness.
9:30 a.m. - 10:00 a.m.
BREAKVisit Summit Store & Exhibits
10:00 a.m. - 12:00 noon
10AMichael Devlin Case Study
Bill Carson
This workshop examines the life, history and psychological motives of Michael Devlin, one of the most notorious child kidnappers of the past decade. Following his convictions, Devlin was interviewed in-depth separately by Captain Carson and two FBI profilers. The presentation includes material learned from these interviews, with audio of Devlin discussing his childhood, his sexual attraction to young boys, his abduction fantasies, and the eventual kidnappings of Shawn Hornbeck in 2002 and Ben Ownby in 2007.
10B
Drug Testing 101
Sue Skinner and Christine Smith
Understanding the world of drug testing can be overwhelming: what drugs can be tested for, what is the best test to use, and what do the results mean? Upon completion of this workshop, attendees will better understand the “whole picture” when it comes to drugs of abuse and testing. We will review the use of both illicit and prescription drugs, as well as various testing methods, to include urine, blood, hair, meconium, and body fluids. Various clinical situations will be used to illustrate both the benefits and shortcomings of drug testing, including drug facilitated sexual assault, drug endangered children, newborns and child deaths.
10C
Aliens, Alligators, & Allegories: Bizarre and Fantastic Elements in Forensic Interviews
Julie Stauffer
Everson (1997) describes “bizarre and fantastic elements” as any strange, ill-fitting, or improbable claims made by children during sexual abuse disclosures. While fantastic elements may not be typical in child sexual abuse reports, they occur often enough to be recognized as an issue. In a 1996 study, Dalenberg found that fantastic elements were present at the highest rate within a group of cases that had been identified as those where abuse was both most certain and most severe. Historically, however, the appearance of improbable information has had a significantly negative impact on a child’s overall report. In 1989, Everson and Boat reported that improbable elements in a child’s disclosure were second only to recantation as the most common reason that child protection workers judged a child’s report of sexual abuse to be false. Yet it is important that interviewers keep an open mind when fantastic elements present in an interview, as there are numerous feasible explanations that could account for such reports. This presentation will address strategies and techniques that forensic interviewers can utilize when presented with bizarre and fantastic elements.
10E
Kick 'Em in the Bucholz!
Michael Slauson
Senior Assistant Attorney General Slauson of the Criminal Justice Division presents a primer session on sentencing in child exploitation cases involving sexually explicit images of children.
10F
Women Drowned by Their Partners
Andrea Zaferes
In this session, attendees will learn how to approach scenes that could involve homicidal drowning or other forms of homicides staged as accidental or suicidal drowning deaths. Attendees will work step by step through investigative procedures that can be used by law enforcement, crime scene technicians, death investigators, and prosecutors, with an emphasis on female victims of domestic violence related homicidal drowning. Lastly, they will use these steps to evaluate actual case histories.