The Impact of Trauma: A Trauma‐Informed Lens and Response
Event ended June 8, 2021
The goal of this training is to enhance the capacity of law enforcement when responding to and investigating violence against women crimes.
Date
Tuesday, June 8, 2021
1 - 4 p.m.
1 - 4 p.m.
This training will describe how the neurobiology of trauma impacts victims’ memory, reactions, and behavior; describe how popular culture and media (social media, news, films, music, etc.) influence the way society thinks about sexual assault and violence against women; identify several ways in which gender bias may affect policing practices in sexual assault response; discuss how victims’ trauma affects the interview and investigative processes; and how to use trauma-informed interview questions to facilitate accurate information gathering and to build trust with the victim.