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Program: 08H3401

Investigating Allegations of Staff Sexual Misconduct With Offenders

This 36-hour training program helps participants develop sound practices for investigating allegations of sexual misconduct between staff and offenders.

 It provides state-of the art information, skills, and knowledge on such topics as the investigator's relationship with medical and mental health staff, the technique of questioning alleged victims who are likely to have histories of abuse, streamlining multiple interviews, and the legal issues related to investigations. This is a training program for high-level investigative and sanctioning decisionmakers. This is not a training program on how to conduct an investigation.

Objectives

The program provides state-of-the-art information, skills, and knowledge on such topics as the investigator’s relationship with medical and mental health staff, the technique of questioning alleged victims who are likely to have histories of abuse, streamlining multiple interviews, and the legal issues related to investigations.

Audience

This program is only appropriate for four-person, senior-level management teams whose members are considered to be heads of investigations from state prisons, jails, and community corrections agencies and who have the ability to design and implement departmental policy changes. Appropriate selections include senior administrators of both the agency and of internal affairs, human resource managers, legal department members, and state or county prosecutors.

Note: Each four-person team must include either a prosecutor or an attorney responsible for criminal prosecutions.
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