Understanding sexual violence:
Prosecuting adult rape and sexual assault cases
Participant's binder
Sponsored by the Sponsoring Agency’s Name and the National Judicial Education Program (A Project of NOW Legal Defense and Education Fund) and The American Prosecutors Research Institute
Development of this manual and program was made possible by a grant from the U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Justice Programs, Violence Against Women Office to the National Judicial Education Program to Promote Equality for Women and Men in the Courts, a project of NOW Legal Defense and Education Fund in cooperation with the National Association of Women Judges. Points of view expressed herein are those of the authors and do not necessarily represent the official position or policies of the U.S. Department of Justice.
Ó National Judicial Education Program to Promote Equality for Women and Men in the Courts, a project of NOW Legal Defense and Education Fund, April 2001
Program and Materials Developed by the National Judicial Education Program (A Project of NOW Legal Defense and Education Fund) in cooperation with The American Prosecutors Research Institute.
Program Presented by Sponsoring Agency’s Name , The American Prosecutors Research Institute, and the National Judicial Education Program
Funded by the Department of Justice, Office of Justice Programs, Violence Against Women Office and Sponsoring Agency’s Name
Request for permission to reprint or adapt contents of the manual - .html version, word version
Tab 1: Program agenda - .html version, word version
Tab 2: Roster and biographies - .html version, word version
Tab 3: State V. Michael Cates: Case evaluation and ethical considerations - .html version, word version
Tab 4: Rape victims and victim impact - .html version, word version
Tab 5: Neurobiology of trauma - .html version, word version
Tab 6: Working with the victim/building trust - .html version, word version
Tab 7: Witness preparation and direct examination - .html version, word version
Tab 8: Expert witnesses and state-specific law - .html version, word version
Tab 9: Sex offenders - .html version, word version
Tab 10: Pleas and sentencing - .html version, word version
Tab 11: Voir Dire - .html version, word version
Tab 12: DNA - .html version, word version
Tab 13: Drug-facilitated rape - .html version, word version
Tab 14: Improving your agency - .html version, word version
Tab 15: Resources - .html version, word version
National Judicial Education Program, Staff and Interns
Lynn Hecht Schafran, Esq., Director
Roberta Maria Baldini, Esq., Project Attorney
Claudia J. Bayliff, Esq., Project Attorney
Alison L. Stankus, Program Assistant
Marta Brodsky, Aimee Fitzpatrick, and Zabrina Rodriguez, Legal Interns
Kimberly Bachechi, Soni Midha, Sarah Spencer, and Andy Shie Kee Wong, Interns
With additional support provided by:
Robin C. Mathiesen, Danielle Di Novelli-Lang, Dalia Moss, Amarah K. Sedreddine, and Amita Y. Swadhin
Funding
This program was developed with funding from the Department of Justice, Office of Justice Programs, Violence Against Women Office. Funding for the interns was provided by the Everett Foundation and the Helena Rubenstein Foundation.
American Prosecutors Research Institute
Newman Flanagan, President
Steve Dillingham, Chief Administrator
George Ross, Director, Grants Management
Debra Whitcomb, Director, Grant Programs & Development
APRI's Violence Against Women Unit
Lisa Kreeger, Program Manager
Tracy Bahm, Senior Attorney
Susan Kennedy, Senior Attorney
Millicent Shaw, Staff Attorney
Tamara Kitchen, Administrative Assistant
Funding
APRI is most grateful to the Department of Justice, Office of Justice Programs' Violence Against Women Office for their financial support of the project.
Curriculum Advisory Committee
| Gail Abarbanel, L.C.S.W., Director, Rape Treatment Center Santa Monica-UCLA Medical Center Santa Monica, California |
The Honorable Leslie Lewis Third Judicial District Court of Utah Salt Lake City, Utah |
| Sam Braverman, Esq. Criminal Defense Attorney Englewood, New Jersey |
Dr. David Lisak Department of Psychology University of Massachusetts – Boston Director, Men's Trauma Research Project |
| Linda Fairstein, Esq. Chief of Sex Crimes Prosecution Unit New York Co. District Attorney’s Office New York, New York |
Capt. Susan Morley New York Police Department New York, New York |
| Marjory Diane Fisher, Esq. Assistant District Attorney, Chief Sex Crimes/Special Victims Bureau Queens, New York |
Robert Nichols, Esq. Former Assistant State Attorney, Sex Crimes Unit Broward County State Attorney's Office Fort Lauderdale, Florida |
| The Honorable Mel Flanagan Milwaukee County Circuit Court Milwaukee, Wisconsin |
Patti Powers, Esq. Deputy Prosecuting Attorney Prosecuting Attorney's Office Yakima County, Washington
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| Jane Foley Co-Director-Counseling Unit Milwaukee Co. District Attorney’s Office Milwaukee, Wisconsin |
Diana M. Riveira, Esq. American Prosecutors Research Institute Alexandria, Virginia |
| Professor Ruth Jones McGeorge School of Law University of the Pacific Sacramento, California |
Dr. Veronica Reed Ryback, D.S.W. Director, Rape Crisis Center Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital Boston, Massachusetts |
| The Honorable Jeffrey A. Kremers Milwaukee County Circuit Court Milwaukee, Wisconsin |
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