Improve investigative techniques and prosecutorial efforts needed to successfully decipher unresolved and cold cases. Explore essential investigative, forensic and prosecution methodologies through the dissection of actual cases, best practice examples, interactive discussions, and contemporary resources. Learn proven strategies to avoid complications that are detrimental to the prosecution of cold cases. Discuss practices relevant to the establishment and maintenance of an efficient cold case unit.
Examine proven methodologies associated with the management and supervision of those responsible for the investigation of unresolved child homicides, identification of unidentified human remains and the location of long-term missing children. Explore the critical administrative and supervisory strategies necessary for the resolution of these cases. Demonstrate the importance of a multidisciplinary approach using innovative methodologies and current forensic capabilities to achieve resolution on cases.
Child sex trafficking (CST) is like no other crime. Victimization may happen hundreds of times and can be difficult to identify due to the victims being missing children coupled with the trafficker’s hold on victims. Dissect the crime of CST, its complex nature, and discover how to investigate this crime fully. Develop trauma-informed approaches to ensure your victim interview does not retraumatize and you gain critical information to identify corroborative evidence. Examine the trafficker’s profile and motivation, how they impact your suspect interview, and proven suspect interview strategies. Recognize common evidence available, legal hurdles, and common defenses of traffickers.
Examine effective strategies and best practices for the reinvestigation of cold and historical child homicides, unidentified human remains and long-term missing children investigations when there is no body. During this webinar, we will illustrate how children can be the perfect victim, and as such, how their cases can become historical and unresolved. You will be provided with investigative strategies for establishing that a crime has been committed, identifying those responsible for the crime, and for proving or disproving facts and circumstances in the original unresolved investigation. Learn how an MDT response can result in a successful resolution.
Explore the challenges involved with no body homicide investigations. Most start as missing persons cases; the suspect’s head start coupled with the absence of the victim’s body leaves gaping holes in the investigation. Join us to hear from experienced instructors as they provide the framework and tools to build a prosecutable circumstantial case—regardless of the age of the case—from proving the victim is dead using established practices such as victimology, interviews, documents/records/digital footprint to search strategies and best practices in documentation. This training will also provide established prosecution strategies that maximize the likelihood of success. During instruction, there will be an opportunity to share your case as a class participation case study exercise.
The ninth course in the Missing Child Investigations in Indian Country (MCI-IC) online training series is designed to expose law enforcement to the case management of an expanding missing child investigation in Indian Country. The mysterious disappearance of a child can quickly evolve into a major case resulting in the rapid depletion of police resources. Missing child investigations in Indian Country are complex and often require a task force of multiple tribal, state, and federal agencies. To manage the investigation effectively, resources are assigned to each process, which are broken down into smaller components based on investigative taskings or processes. Case management involves overseeing and coordinating the components and investigative processes. This course will provide an in-depth review of managing the components and coordinating the investigative processes.
Explore recent court cases examining the issue of over-broadness in electronic device search warrants, and how investigators can overcome and succeed in light of these guidelines. There will be a close examination of forensic data extraction and the importance this plays in sexual abuse prosecutions, establishing the nexus with what sexual abuse perpetrators search on devices to make their victimization possible. This browsing history can be used by prosecutors to create a persona of the offender to present stronger jury cases, as well as for post-trial classification under the Adam Walsh Protection Act.
The more we learn about child sexual abuse material (CSAM) offenders likely committing hands on offenses, the more important it is to interview children to whom the offender has access. These cases are different from typical child sex abuse cases and they require a planned approach. Suggestions on how to manage these interviews and the barriers to be addressed.
The eleventh course of the Missing Child Investigations in Indian Country (MCI-IC) online series explores the neighborhood investigation; a comprehensive, in-depth effort to locate the child and gather information about individuals present near key locations when the child went missing. Building on the preliminary canvass introduced in Course 5, this phase involves detailed interviews and exhaustive searches. Research consistently highlights its critical role in child abduction cases.
Review the basics of sex offender management and evidence-based techniques used to make considerations related to the application of supervision and treatment. Identify the role of the supervising officer and the value of engaging victim/survivors, offender’s families, effectively responding to violations and supporting strength-based practices to promote behavior change. Discuss how static and dynamic risk factors can help make informed decisions and identify contributing risk factors linked to sexual offending. Explore the relationship between typologies and the application of risk, need responsivity. Examine a victim/survivor-centered approach to supervision and treatment and understand how to balance this approach to support community safety.
