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Specialized Training: Investigating Sexual Abuse and Sexual Harassment in Confinement Settings

Date: 
Wednesday, August 13, 2025 - 9:00am

This course will provide the attendee with the skills needed to conduct Sexual Abuse and Sexual Harassment investigations within a confinement setting. The course is designed to meet all aspects of PREA Standard, 115.34 Specialized Training: Investigations. The training includes techniques for interviewing sexual abuse victims, proper use of Miranda warnings, sexual abuse evidence collection in confinement settings, and the criteria and evidence required to substantiate a case for a prosecution referral. 

The primary audience for this training is law enforcement but open to all professionals working within implementing PREA and supporting incarcerated survivors. 

 

Course Objectives:

Upon completion of the course the attendee will: 

  • Understand the PREA Standards that apply to investigations of sexual abuse and sexual harassment in confinement settings. 
  • Have the skills to interact with traumatized victims during the investigation.
  • Be able to utilize the skills learned to interview victims, witnesses and suspects/offenders. 
  • Understand the process of investigating incidents/crimes, specifically sexually motivated crimes.
  • Understand the proper application of Miranda warnings and Garrity warnings.
  • Have the skills to identify and collect evidence in a confinement setting.
  • Understand the criteria and level of evidence needed to substantiate a criminal investigation. 
  • Understand the prosecutorial process and referral requirements of investigations. 
  • Have a working knowledge of the Pennsylvania Crimes Code sections that apply to sexual abuse and sexual harassment. 

 

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Date: 
Wednesday, August 13, 2025 - 9:00am to 12:00pm