If you step back to really think about it, how would you describe your relationship with yourself? Are you your own best friend, your own worst enemy, or does your relationship with yourself fluctuate daily? When you look in there mirror, who do you see? In this session, Sasha Joseph Neulinger will share his journey of self-discovery and self-love after surviving child sexual abuse, while offering insight into his process. Sasha will invite you to quiet your mind, while looking inward with compassion. The goal of this session is to remind each and every person that despite hardships, and even trauma, beauty, joy, and gratitude is still inherently accessible within each and every person. Come with an open mind, be ready to step outside of the box, and don’t take yourself to seriously. Laughter is some of the best homemade medicine on the planet, so get ready to imbibe. You deserve it.

The Office of Crime Victim Services (OCVS) grants team will provide guidance on what successful projects look like for OCVS Grant Programs (VOCA, VAWA, SAVS) and how to foster big-picture and innovative organizational practices (strategy planning, effective goals and objectives). Our continued work with organizations has proved that successful grant projects have these practices in place. In addition to walking through examples with step-by-step instruction, we will have facilitated discussion and real project examples to get people talking about future project planning and preparing for the VOCA 2019 Competitive Grant Announcement, as well as other upcoming OCVS grant opportunities.

A critical condition for developing a trauma-informed system (i.e., agencies and other care providing setting) is that all staff members, including professionals, support staff and administrators, have a comprehensive understanding of the effects and complexity of trauma, its potential behavioral manifestations and principles for addressing the needs of traumatized clients (Jennings, 2004). Training is essential in the process of transforming an agency to become trauma-informed. In this workshop, we will provide and discuss an overview of trauma, explore intergenerational trauma and the link between trauma and criminal behavior, and provide strategies on how to transfer knowledge to practice when interacting with traumatized clients.

What are their needs and how can we help? People with disabilities experience crime at rates significantly higher than people without disabilities. When a person with a disability experiences a crime, there are often disability specific supports that are needed. Disability Rights Wisconsin's Victim Advocacy Program will present on the work that they have been doing throughout the state of Wisconsin helping to address the needs of victims with disabilities to obtain and maintain safety and stability in their lives. Through case examples, the DRW advocates will provide information for advocates and law enforcement to better identify visible and hidden issues that exist to more effectively work with clients who have disabilities.

Drug endangered children are part of a very large, and growing population of children whose lives have been seriously and negatively impacted by dangerous drugs. If ignored and left unsupported these children continue to be victims caught in a cycle of drug abuse. The primary challenge with illegal substance abuse and drug endangered children is in aligning the agencies and systems responsible for preventing, intervening, and treating these issues to increase the chances of better outcomes. This workshop will discuss who these child victims are; how these victims are located; and what you can do to help these child victims. This session will also provide you with information on how to start and/or maintain a Drug Endangered Children “DEC” program in your community.

"Partnership Providing Care to Trauma Victims"; In May 2015, The Salvation Army of Milwaukee County, and the Milwaukee Police Department entered into a partnership to provide emotional and spiritual care to community members who have experienced trauma or violence. Since the implementation of the program, over 60 volunteer chaplains, with appropriate CISM training, from over 16 different denominations and representing a diversity of age, race, language, and background, have responded to critical incidents at the request of responding officers on scene. Homicides, suicide completions, drug overdoses, fatal accidents, fatal fires, infant deaths - our chaplains have responded to it all. Each instance, providing a listening ear, emotional and spiritual care, and helping connect families to community resources that can help them move forward. Join us as we take a look at the development of the program, both from the perspective of the Milwaukee Police Department, as well as from the commu

ATF is using National Integrated Ballistic Information Network (NIBIN) to identify shooters for investigation and prosecution to create safer communities and bring justice for victims of violent crime. The presentation will provide an overview of the ATF NIBIN Program and its ability to assist investigators in identifying the perpetrators of violent gun crime and bring justice to victims. The mission of the ATF's NIBIN Program is to reduce gun violence through evidence-based targeting, investigations, and prosecution of shooters and their sources of crime guns. NIBIN is a vital resource for ATF and its law enforcement partners in identifying trigger-pullers and removing violent offenders from America's streets. The NIBIN system is a collection of digital ballistic images of spent shell casings recovered from crime scenes and from crime gun test-fires. Through the examination and comparison of digital images in the system, firearm technicians and examiners are able to determine if shell

Wisconsin loses lives every year to domestic violence homicide incidents. An increasing number of domestic abuse agencies are interested in providing advocacy services on homicide cases within their own communities. This presentation is an opportunity to learn from agencies doing this work. Join our discussion about why this work is critical and considerations for agencies.

This session will cover the WI Sex Offender Registry and Community Notification Law at great length. Special laws associated with sex offender registrants and case studies will be featured. Best practices for Community Notification Meetings will be covered.

A few weeks after Shaunna started as a Detective Sergeant in the Missing Persons Unit in the spring of 2011, she met for a few hours with a mother whose son had disappeared at the age of 20 with the case still unsolved to this day. That mom's voice had an impact on Shaunna as she moved through a variety of missing persons investigations over the course of the next six years including a number of high profile ones. This presentation will focus on a number of case studies and through those take a closer look at the needs of families of missing loved ones and how best to address their unique needs. These cases include a closer look at a few investigations which turned into homicides, one involving a serial killer. It will also include a look at an abduction case - one involving the accused and children located in hiding in Mexico in 2012. It will also delve into a look at a few unique families of missing victims who were dealt with along the way who had a tremendous impact.

On February 14, 2008 a lone gunman opened fire on students during a lecture in Cole Hall at Northern Illinois University (NIU) in DeKalb, Illinois. Using a shotgun and several handguns, the shooter killed five students and injured 17 others before killing himself. This presentation will include a first-hand account from the perspective of Dr. Joseph Peterson, the lecturer who was teaching when the shooting occurred. It will also include a review of the response, investigation and lessons learned following the shooting from the perspective of the FBI On-Scene Commander. The presentation will include discussion of the background of the shooter and how the response to active shooter and mass casualty events taxes the resources of affected communities. Using a case-based analysis, the presentation will illuminate the complementary – and sometimes competing – interests of community stakeholders in the active shooter response. Discussion of the roles and responsibilities of various response

Pryme Solutions is dedicated to advancing public interest and building collaborative communities. We envision a world with just and fair inclusion into society in which all can participate, prosper, and reach their full potential. Our objective is to establish Peace Keeping Centers focused on conflict transformation, sustainability, social justice, and community building. The Community Mediation and Peace Building Institute is a training program designed to equip trusted community organizations to recognize, transform and resolve conflict. Participants will learn essential skills from trained mediators who will increase their cultural and emotional intelligence, recognize the intersectional issues of community conflict and to find solutions that serve the entire community. Mediation is often used in pending court cases, but is a global skill that can be applied in local communities.

Our department developed a Domestic Violence Intervention (DVI) Program in February of 2010 after a domestic violence homicide. Through our trial and error, we learned how to access traumatic incidents and be the link between victims and local resources. Let us teach you how produce better domestic violence reports to improve prosecution, employ advanced approaches to victim follow up, and employ innovative strategies in engaging victims. We can give you the necessary tools from start to finish as you create your own victim assistance program.

In the workshop we will explore different components to help answer this question, including when respondents (a victim’s abuser) possess firearms, when respondents do not respect the law, and when the parties have children in common. We will also discuss what to do when a victim decides a Restraining Order is not the best choice for them due to their circumstances and safety concerns.

This workshop will examine the building blocks of successful partnerships working collaboratively to assist victims of sexual assault. Attendees will develop an understanding of trauma informed care, victimology, and the importance of developing a multidisciplinary team to respond to sexual assault cases. Presenters will discuss best practices and protocols currently implemented to ensure victims are supported through a criminal investigation.

Cultural Agility is necessary to advance change, support diverse communities and improve environmental conditions. This session will be an opportunity to reflect on how we serve, how we perceive and what we can do to improve our services and increase human dignity.

Since the year 2000, End Domestic Abuse Wisconsin (End Abuse) has chronicled deaths due to domestic violence that occur in our state. In the past 4 years, communities around Wisconsin have been capitalizing on research related to risk factors for experiencing lethal or near-lethal domestic violence. This session will explore findings from our homicide reports, risk factors for domestic violence homicide, and how professionals and others who encounter victims of domestic violence can play a role in mitigating lethality risk. The presenter will also go over how communities can receive training to implement the Lethality Assessment Program - Maryland Model (LAP).

Every community has people from historically marginalized groups, many of which are the most burdened by sexual violence and yet the least served by systems and providers. In this session, Wisconsin Coalition Against Sexual Assault will discuss how this disparity came to be; the unique barriers for victims/survivors of color when accessing services; and strategies for multidisciplinary teams (MDTs) such as Sexual Assault Response Teams and Coordinated Community Response Teams to take an intersectional approach to better serve all victims/survivors in their community. This session will specifically center women of color, although some strategies may also benefit other groups.

Participants will have the opportunity to learn more about the accumulation of previously unsubmitted sexual assault kits throughout Wisconsin and how local multidisciplinary teams are addressing issues such as protocol development, victim notification, and case review. A panel of statewide and local professionals, including WI DOJ’s Sexual Assault Kit Initiative (SAKI) Site Coordinator, community-based SAKI Advocates, local law enforcement, and criminal justice system officials will discuss successes and challenges, offer practice scenarios for collaboration, and facilitate a Q&A.

This presentation will cover an overview of the latest research on how teens are using and misusing technology, including cyberbullying, social networking problems, and other online challenges. The workshop will include examples of problematic behaviors and discuss the role of adults in preventing and responding to them. It will also describe many of the online environments popular among adolescents today and strategies to use to make sure they are used safely and responsibly.