Identifying, Investigating, and Prosecuting STRANGULATION Cases-Rescheduled

This class is canceled and being rescheduled to a date not yet determined 

Shining Star Children's Advocacy 11th Annual MDT Strangulation Symposium

Sponsored by the Shining Star CAC and the Training Institute on Strangulation Prevention

Intended Audience: Police, prosecutors, medical professionals, advocates, trainers, policy makers and experts handling domestic violence and sexual assault cases.

COURSE CONTENT: This training will focus on child victim investigations

Strangulation has been identified as one of the most lethal forms of child abuse, domestic violence and sexual assault: unconsciousness may occur within seconds and death within minutes. When perpetrators choke (strangle) their victims, especially to the point of unconsciousness, it is not only a felony, but it may be an attempted homicide. Strangulation is an ultimate form of power and control that can have a devastating psychological effect on victims. The inability to breathe is one of the most terrifying events a person can endure.

Light Continental Breakfast and lunch provided

Dr. Cathy Baldwin-Johnson leading expert in the field of non-fatal strangulation and suffocation assaults in violence against children cases, will collectively share her expertise and cover the following:

• Findings from a study of 300 misdemeanor strangulation cases
• Understanding the lethality of strangulation
• Link to other crimes, police shootings and mass murders
• Identifying the signs and symptoms of strangulation cases
• Anatomy and medical aspects in surviving and non-surviving victims
• Investigating and documenting Child Abuse and Sexual Assault Strangulation cases
• Legal aspects of strangulation cases with surviving victims
• Developing and using experts in court
• Advocating for traumatized victims
• Resources and handouts developed by the Institute

Instructor

Dr. Cathy Baldwin-Johnson, MD is a family medicine specialist in Palmer, AK and has been practicing for 35 years. She is a leading expert in the field of non-fatal strangulation and suffocation assaults in violence against children cases She graduated from University Of Washington School Of Medicine in 1980 and specializes in family medicine.

 “For many years, we didn’t realize the seriousness of strangulation due to the lack of visible injuries and the lack of training.  We would see it in police reports and hear victims say over and over ‘he choked me’. But it wasn’t until the deaths of two teenagers in San Diego in 1995 that we started to put it all together.  Today we know that strangulation is one of the most accurate predictors for a subsequent homicide. If a victim is strangled even one time, he or she is 7x more likely to be killed by their abuser.  Even If the victim is lucky enough to service, he or she may have still suffered brain damage due to the lack of oxygen, other internal injuries, delayed or long-term consequences.”

Gael Strack, Esq., CEO & Casey Gwinn, Esq., President
Alliance for HOPE International & the Strangulation Training Institute on Strangulation Prevention

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