Tuesday, April 24, 2012
Monday Evening Registration 6:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m.
Tuesday Registration 7:30 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
8:30 a.m. - 10:00 a.m.
WELCOME & KEYNOTE
Ed Smart
Before dawn on June 5, 2002, Elizabeth Smart, age 14, was kidnapped from her bedroom. She was found alive nine months later on March 12, 2003 just a few miles from her home, with her captors, Brian David Mitchell and Wands Lleen Barzee. Her abduction and recovery were widely reported in North American media and internationally.
Ed Smart has become a nationally renowned spokesperson for child protection — advocating for legislation and non-profit organizations that focus on the prevention and recovery of missing children. Ed works with and serves on the board of several non-profit agencies — including the National Child ID program, sponsored by the AFCA (American Football Coaches Association); Radkids; and the I Keep Safe program from the Governors' Spouses Coalition for internet Safety. Ed is also a member of the State of Utah's Amber Alert committee and a frequent guest speaker for Law Enforcement and other agencies involved in protecting children from predators.
— Bio courtesy www.spcoalition.org
10:00 a.m. - 10:15 a.m.
BREAK
Visit Summit Store & Exhibits
10:15 a.m. - 12:15 p.m.
1A
Child Homicide Investigations (Part 1 of 3)
James Holler
This workshop will educate investigators and prosecutors on how to conduct an effective child-homicide investigation — highlighting beneficial ways of obtaining evidence that can be used in all child-death cases to help determine whether the child’s death was natural, accidental, suicidal, or homicidal. The training will focus on key investigative techniques to use when child abuse and/or neglect is the suspected cause of the death of a child, and will highlight the team investigative model comprising the detective, prosecutor, medical examiner/coroner and CPS working together as a team — thus providing a more complete and thorough investigation.
1B
The Toughest Teens: Medical Needs of Commercially Sexually Exploited Children (CSEC)
Leila Keltner and Carol Chervenak
Commercially sexually exploited children, like victims of other forms of child abuse, sustain injuries and illnesses that require medical evaluation and treatment. This presentation will review the specialized medical evaluation — including evidence collection and follow-up required for commercially sexually exploited children who often pose complex issues for the treating health-care provider.
1C
Disability Abuse, Interview Skills and Practice (Part 1 of 3)
Scott J. Modell, Ph.D.
Studies have long established that people with developmental or other disabilities are disproportionately criminally victimized. One study found that among adults with developmental disabilities, as many as 83% of females and 32% of males are the victims of sexual assault. Victimization rates for persons with disabilities are highest for sexual assault (more than 10 times as high) and robbery (more than 12 times as high). There are a number of factors related to individuals with disabilities' susceptibility to interactions with the criminal justice system — and many significant barriers exist, both real and perceived, that limit investigation and prosecution of these cases. Specific techniques must be developed to effectively interview victims with disabilities. The unique characteristics of intellectual disability, autism, cerebral palsy and other developmental disabilities warrant discussion on how best to treat, interview, and accommodate victims with these types of disabilities. The participants will gain experience through this training in developing their own skills in interviewing child victims with disabilities. Front-line child protective service personnel are often faced with children with disabilities who have been a victim of a crime. Without specific training on how to interview victims with disabilities, the interviewer may become frustrated and fall short in obtaining the necessary information to forward the case for prosecution. This training will emphasize advanced knowledge and practice skills, and is appropriate for child-welfare and social workers, investigators, managers, supervisors, therapists and other law-enforcement personnel.
Participants will: identify incidence of disability and the incidence of disability abuse and its impact; achieve a new attitude and perspective toward the disability culture; be able to identify the unique characteristics of individuals with disabilities that make them susceptible to abuse and use this information to assist in conducting effective interviews; and develop and practice specific interviewing skills to effectively interview victims with intellectual disabilities, autism, cerebral palsy and other developmental disabilities.
1D
What Do We Know About Children and Adolescents with Sexual Behavior Problems?
Barbara Bonner
This workshop will present an overview of the current research on children and adolescents with inappropriate or illegal sexual behavior — including definitions, incidence, prevalence, and information on males and females. The presentation will answer important questions for mental-health providers and juvenile justice staff: Can these children live in the community? Can they attend school? How long they need to be in treatment? Will they grow up to be adult sex offenders? The presentation will also address ethical issues, risk assessment and current controversies in the field — i.e., use of the polygraph with adolescents and court involvement.
1E
Working with Crimes Victims and Their Families
Ed Smart
In this workshop, attendees will learn how to improve their interaction and communication with victims of crime and their families. Mr. Smart will relate his personal experience in dealing with the criminal justice system, what was done right, and what should have been done differently. Ed’s daughter was abducted at age 14, and was recovered nine months later. He will also conduct a Q & A session at the end of the workshop.
1F
Beyond the Obvious: Understanding Power and Control
Mark Wynn
This session will guide the investigator/officer through the difficult cases of dual assault. It will provide a clear definition and understanding of probable cause, self-defense, interpretation of injuries and dominant/primary aggressor. The goal will be will to reduce the inappropriate dual arrests that frequently occur at the scene of domestic violence crimes.
1G
Augmented Reality Update: How it will Reshape Society
Joe Rampolla
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 digital worlds creates positive and negative opportunities for technology to shape our society. AR-capable smartphones are exploding at an incredible rate in the cell-phone market. Global Positioning and cell-tower coordinates have created a live social-networking phenomenon that is likely to thrive in our "must-have" broadband society. This presentation will review these cutting-edge applications, and demonstrate how the new trends of this technology create potential dangers in our society — highlighting the opportunities for stalkers, predators, and criminals to use the technology against their prey, with a focus on child victims. Social-service professionals, child advocates, law enforcement, and prosecutors will benefit from understanding the magnetism of the dark side of this changing digital landscape — and how miscreants can capitalize on this new high-tech playground.
1CL
Google and Firefox as Investigative Tools
Lauren Wagner and Elizabeth Tow of SEARCH
This computer lab will teach students how to effectively use Google and Mozilla Firefox as investigative tools. Students will complete hands-on exercises using Google Advanced Operators as well as Firefox add-ons.
1IL
The Recovery of Volatile Data
Christopher Armstrong and Timothy Lott of SEARCH
This lab and lecture will address the collection of “volatile data” in the form of a computer’s Random Access Memory, or RAM. Volatile data is information that law enforcement has historically overlooked. We will use the free FTK Imager software to conduct a RAM DUMP, then use a free demonstration version of FTK to open and view the contents of the RAM Dump.
12:15 p.m. - 1:30 p.m.
LUNCH
Visit Summit Store & Exhibits
1:30 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.
2A
Child Homicide Investigations (Part 2 of 3)
James Holler
See Session 1A for description.
2B
Recognizing and Understanding Abusive Head Trauma
Thomas Valvano
The session will focus on recognizing the features of abusive head trauma. We will discuss how to distinguish abusive head trauma from accidental head injuries.
2C
Disability Abuse, Interview Skills and Practice (Part 2 of 3)
Scott J. Modell, Ph.D.
See Session 1C for description.
2D
Assessment and Treatment of Children with Sexual Behavior Problems
Barbara Bonner
This workshop will present information on conducting a psychological assessment for children ages 6-12 with inappropriate sexual behavior. The presentation will describe an outpatient group treatment program for children and their parents/caregivers — including examples of specific exercises, the sexual behavior rules, apology letters, and graduation. Information will be provided on the issues addressed in the parents’ group and homework used in the program. Research on the program’s effectiveness will also be presented.
2E
Prosecution of Cases With Limited Evidence
Justin Fitzsimmons
In cases of child sexual and physical abuse, law enforcement and prosecutors often face the question: "Is this all the evidence we have?" This presentation will define what we mean by “limited evidence.” The presenter will discuss the importance of the medical examination and whether to call a medical expert. Participants will also be given possible themes to employ in these cases. Finally, the presenter will discuss methods to approach and overcoming obstacles in theses complicated cases.
2F
Finding and Helping the "Hidden Victims": Responding to Children at the Scene
Mark Wynn
One of the most overlooked and forgotten victims of domestic violence is the "hidden" victim: the child. This course provides the service provider (law enforcement, social services, etc.) with a deeper understanding of the obstacles, behaviors, investigation tips and safety plans needed for a successful interview and intervention with children.
2G
Emerging Technologies & Stalking
Joe Rampolla
Technology advances, social-networking profiles and the harnessing of data have created the perfect storm to track users. Facial Recognition, Geotagging, and Social Networking "check-ins" (just to name a few) have created potential victims for stalkers and nefarious characters. This presentation will discuss how new technologies can be used to invade your privacy — and how victims can protect themselves. We will talk about social-networking sites like Foursquare, Wikitude, and Twitter and how to minimize risk. This presentation will focus on protecting potential DV victims and to understand how abusers can digitally harass and leave digital traces of their presence.
2CL
Introduction to Social Networking Site Investigations (Part 1 of 2)
Lauren Wagner and Elizabeth Tow of SEARCH
This workshop will provide students with an overview of social-networking websites and how these websites can be useful to investigations. Students will also learn how to set up an investigative social-networking account to search for information. This workshop will teach participants how to effectively search social-networking websites (predominately Facebook, MySpace, and Twitter) using Google Advanced Operators. This workshop will also cover techniques on capturing profiles for evidentiary purposes, as well as mapping tools for friend networks in both MySpace and Facebook. This workshop is designed for beginners.
2IL
Introduction to Wireless Network Investigation (Part 1 of 2)
Christopher Armstrong and Timothy Lott of SEARCH
This lecture and lab will introduce wireless technology and teach the attendee how to gather pre-search-warrant evidence and evidence from the network at the scene. A portion of this topic will be a hands-on lab, setting up wireless routers — along with collecting evidence in the form of data from the router.
3:00 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.
BREAK
Visit Summit Store & Exhibits
3:30 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.
3A
Child Homicide Investigations (Part 3 of 3)
James Holler
See session 1A for description.
3B
Medical Neglect
Dan Leonhardt and Sarah Power
Medical neglect usually takes one of two forms: failure of a caregiver to respond to obvious signs of serious illness in a child or failure to follow a physician's instructions once medical advice has been sought. This form of neglect often poses many challenges for medical providers as well as child-welfare and law-enforcement personnel. The purpose of this presentation is to define medical neglect and the contributing factors for medical neglect using case presentations and the American Academy of Pediatrics position statement on medical neglect as a framework for discussion.
3C
Disability Abuse, Interview Skills and Practice (Part 3 of 3)
Scott J. Modell, Ph.D.
See Session 1C for description.
3D
Outpatient Treatment for Adolescents with Illegal Sexual Behavior
Barbara Bonner
This workshop will present a description of an outpatient group treatment for boys age 12-18 who are adjudicated for illegal sexual behavior. The presentation will describe the format, funding sources, criteria for admission and graduation, specific exercises, and the use of concurrent individual or family therapy. The program utilizes a parents’ group that meets weekly to provide information and support to the adults. A 10-year follow-up of boys showed a recidivism rate of 3% for those who completed the program.
3E
Cross-Examination of the Defense Expert
Justin Fitzsimmons
One of the most daunting challenges a prosecutor faces is the cross-examination of a defense expert in a child abuse case. Defense experts come in all shapes and sizes and with varying degrees of expertise in a multitude of subject areas. This presentation will explain the various phases of preparing for a defense expert; the development of an appropriate cross-examination strategy; and finally, delivering an effective cross-examination in a courtroom. Participants will be given tangible, useful examples of areas to cross-examine defense experts.
3F
Domestic Violence and the Elderly
Mark Wynn
The focus of this instruction is to discuss the investigative techniques of identifying domestic elder abuse. Instruction on how to identify the abuser, victim assistance for the elderly, interview techniques, and the law enforcement-elder abuse advocate partnership will be covered.
3G
Beyond Smart(phone) Cyber-Bullying
Joe Rampolla
The use of technology has become an increasingly more widespread form of harassment, particularly among adolescents. Text and picture messaging through cell phones and instant messaging via the Internet have led to an explosion in bullying, harassment and other exploitative behaviors online. 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 session will detail the current trends in cyber-bullying, harassment and victimization, particularly as they relate to adolescent development. It will also 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. Finally, Rampolla will discuss intervention strategies for law enforcement, school officials, social workers, parents, and students.
3CL
Introduction to Social Networking Site Investigations (Part 2 of 2)
Lauren Wagner and Elizabeth Tow of SEARCH
See Session 2CL for description.
3IL
Introduction to Wireless Network Investigation (Part 2 of 2)
Christopher Armstrong and Timothy Lott of SEARCH
See session 2IL for description.