Sexual Assault by Law Enforcement (Webinar)

Topics:
  • Family/DV

CONTENT

Attorney Ritchie will share her research on sexual violence by police officers. She introduced the field to her work at the White House Summit, “The United State of Women: The Movement,”  in June.  Through research conducted as a Soros Justice Fellow, Ritchie determined that 52 percent of 35 police departments surveyed in the U.S. do not have a policy addressing or preventing sexual violence by police officers, despite the issuance of a 2011 guidance on the subject by the International Association of Chiefs of Police. Even policies that do exist are limited in scope and application - some consist of a single line noting that on-duty sexual misconduct is prohibited, but fail to define misconduct or the administrative or legal consequences thereof.  Ritchie, Franklin and Liger will discuss the needs of survivors of police sexual violence, service provider response to this particular form of violence, and policy, program, legal and legislative responses.

PRESENTERS

Andrea Ritchie, 2014 Soros Justice Fellow and police misconduct attorney and organizer

Grace Franklin and Candace Liger, founders of Oklahoma City Artists for Justice

This webinar is hosted by the National Center on Protection Orders and Full Faith & Credit.

MORE INFORMATION

Click here