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Specialized Training: Investigating Sexual Abuse in Confinement Settings

The curriculum Specialized Training: Investigating Sexual Abuse in Confinement Settings is designed to address the requirements outlined in PREA Standard 115.34 requiring specialized training for individuals tasked with investigating alleged incidents of sexual abuse in confinement settings. Additionally, this curriculum contains the information fundamental to understanding the concepts required by PREA Standard 115.34 and best practice in investigating incidents of sexual abuse. Agencies with investigators who have extensive experience in investigating these and other types of allegations—such as law enforcement agencies—may want to review the curriculum for redundancy with other trainings.

Intended Audience: The curriculum is designed specifically for an audience of correctional investigators, although there is content within the curriculum that also would be beneficial to those who oversee investigations and those who act as first responders.

Curriculum Modules and Training Length: The curriculum contains nine modules and includes content on PREA standards relating to investigations; case law demonstrating legal liability issues for agencies, facilities, and investigators to consider when working to eliminate sexual abuse and sexual harassment in confinement settings; proper use of Miranda and Garrity warnings; trauma and victim response; processes of a forensic medical exam; first-response best practices; evidence-collection best practices in a confinement setting; techniques for interviewing male, female, and juvenile alleged victims of sexual abuse and sexual harassment; report writing techniques; and information on what prosecutors consider when determining whether to prosecute sexual abuse cases.

The nine modules and suggested training lengths are as follows.

Module 1

Module 2

Module 3

Module 4

Module 5

Module 6

Module 7

Module 8:

Module 9

 

Authors
The Moss Group
Type
Tool
Toolsets
Training
Standards
115.34
Facility
Community Confinement
Juvenile Facility
Lockup Facility
Prisons and Jails
Terms
Investigation
Specialized training
Administrative investigations
Internal investigations
Criminal investigations
Sexual abuse
Sexual harassment
Best practice
Evidence
First responder
Forensic medical examination
Curricula
Library