Assessing Lethality and Dangerousness in Sexual Misconduct

Description

Brought to you by the ASCA Sexual Misconduct and Title IX Community of Practice! When considering supportive measures, emergency removals, and sanctions for sexual misconduct, effectively assessing lethality and dangerousness is essential. Drawing on research including the National Domestic Violence Fatality Review Initiative, this webinar will provide information regarding risk assessment tools, assessing histories of violence, abuser's mental states, and characteristics of successful intervention.

Cost 
Members: $39
Non-Members: $59
Students: $20

Learning Outcomes 

Participants will: (a) identify opportunities to engage in effectively considering and assessing lethality and dangerousness; (b) increase their awareness of risk assessment tools, their benefits, and their limitations; (c) Access research to further their understanding; (d) learn how to appropriately consider key behavioral factors in assessing risk, and (e) identify characteristics of successful and unsuccessful intervention efforts.

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Presenters

Ms. Micaela Deming, Esq. (She/Hers)  
Micaela Deming, Esq (she/her) serves the DC Coalition Against Domestic Violence as Policy Director. Micaela is primarily responsible for leading the Coalitions’ policy and systems change strategy and team, working with member programs and allies to develop policy positions, and representing the Coalition with lawmakers and local leaders.

Before joining the Coalition team, Micaela worked extensively in direct service as a victim advocate and as a trial and appellate attorney for survivors. She also worked on systems change in Ohio and nationally as a technical assistance provider, trainer, and advisor to advance best practices in civil and criminal justice, child welfare, advocacy, and services for survivors.

Micaela is committed to using the law to improve the lives of survivors individually and collectively by imagining and implementing better systemic responses. She is a Baltimore native with a Juris Doctorate from The Ohio State University and a BA from Bucknell University.