Where
Royal Plaza Hotel and Trade Center181 Boston Post Road West
Marlborough, MA 01752
Driving Directions
Contact
David AdamsEmerge: Counseling & Education to Stop Domestic Violence
617-547-9879
dadams9@aol.com
Domestic Violence Risk Assessment & Management:
A Conference on Promising Practices in Promoting Victim Safety and Abuser Accountability
May 19-20, 2014
Royal Plaza Hotel and Trade Center
Marlborough, MA
This two-day conference presents the latest findings about intimate partner homicides in Massachusetts as well as promising practices in risk assessment and management. The highly experienced presenters will represent each part of the response system, including police, prosecutors, probation, victim advocacy, child welfare, health care, abuser interventions, legal services, and high risk teams. Though this conference will include updates from the March 2013 Conference, it is primarily intended for those who could not attend that conference. This training is for those who work on domestic violence cases in Massachusetts only. (See separate registration information for trainings in other states.)
There is no tuition fee. Begin registration by clicking the registration tab below. (Please register each person separately.) Questions can be directed to David Adams of Emerge at dadams9@aol.com
Training Agenda
(Additional speakers to be identified)
May 19
8:15 Registration
8:45 Welcoming Remarks, Introduction to Conference - To Be Announced
9:00 Overview of Research Findings about Domestic Homicides and Killer Types
– David Adams (Emerge)
10:15 BREAK
10:30 Collaborating with Survivors to Assess Danger and Plan for Safety
– Kathleen Lydon and Maureen Flores (DOVE)
11:45 LUNCH (lunch buffet provided)
12:30 Stalking and Use of Technology by Stalkers
– Elaina Roberts (Stalking Resource Center)
2:00 BREAK
2:15 Break Out Sessions
1. Immigrant Victims - Mithra Merryman (Greater Boston Legal Services) and additional speaker TBA
2. Elder Victims and Offenders - Erin Miller (Newton Wellesley Hospital) and David Adams (Emerge)
3. Sex Workers and Trafficking - Maria Pizzimenti (REACH)
3:15 Prosecutor Responses to High Risk Cases
- Courtney Cahill (Bristol County DA's Office)
- Shawn MacMaster and Suzanne Kontz (Middlesex County DA's Office)
4:30 Adjourn
May 20
8:30 Police Responses to High Risk Cases
– Lieutenant Detective Patrick Glynn (Quincy Police Department)
9:45 Healthcare Responses to High Risk Cases/Recognizing Strangulation
– Annie Lewis O'Connor (Brigham & Women's Hospital),
– Joanne Timmons (Boston Medical Center)
11:00 BREAK
11:15 Batterer Intervention Assessment and Treatment of High Risk Offenders
– Doug Gaudette (Family Safety Project, Steward Health/Holy Family Health Care)
12:15 LUNCH (lunch buffet provided)
1:00 Probation Monitoring of High Risk Offenders
– Steven Bocko (MA Commissioner of Probation Office, Ret.)
-- Additional program officer TBA
2:15 BREAK
2:30 High Risk Teams
– Greater Newburyport High Risk Team
– Cambridge, Arlington and Belmont High Risk Team (CABHART)
– Hampshire and Franklin Counties High Risk Teams
4:30 Adjourn