2012 Annual TCSAAC Conference

Partnering with the Tarrant County Council on Family Violence

September 27-28, 2012

Norris Conference Center

Downtown Fort Worth, TX

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Keynote Speaker: Michael Bourke, PhD.: Chief Psychologist for the U. S. Marshals Behavioral Science Unit. He will be speaking on the behavioral and psychological aspects of sexual offenders.

Dr. Michael Bourke is the Chief Psychologist for the United States Marshals Service and serves as the head of the USMS Behavioral Analysis Unit. He has been a federal law enforcement officer since 2000 and was deputized by the USMS in 2008. Prior to joining the Marshals Service he worked as a clinical psychologist for the federal prison system; from 2000 to 2006 he was assigned to the Sex Offender Treatment Program (SOTP) and Hypersexuality Management Program (HMP) at the Federal Correctional Institution in Butner, North Carolina, and from July 2006 to September 2008 he worked within the Commitment and Treatment Program for Sexually Dangerous Persons (CTP) at the same institution. Dr. Bourke is a graduate of the Department of Defense Polygraph Institute, and he has conducted several hundred polygraph examinations of sex offenders. He is a regular consultant to federal, state, and local law enforcement agencies on matters pertaining to sexual criminality and interviewing/interrogation techniques. He is an adjunct faculty member at Nova Southeastern University, Walter Reed Army Medical Center, and the Defense Intelligence Agency. In 2008 he received a Special Recognition Award from the United Kingdom’s Child Exploitation and Online Protection Centre (CEOP), and in October 2009 he was awarded the Pro-Humanitate Literary Award by the North American Resource Center for Child Welfare. He and his work have been profiled in the Monitor of the American Psychological Association and the leading textbook in forensic psychology as well as the New York Times, the Washington Post, and NBC's Dateline. An active researcher, Dr. Bourke serves on several editorial boards professional journals is a reviewer for several other professional journals. His clinical and research interests include the assessment of sexual offenders, the art of interviewing and interrogation, the detection of deception, secondary stress among law enforcement personnel, and investigative profiling.

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THURSDAY WORKSHOPS
CRIMINAL JUSTICE TRACK	DOMESTIC VIOLENCE TRACK	SEXUAL ASSSAULT TRACK	MISCELLANEOUS TRACK
In Her Shoes. Amy Dossett, MS. 3 Hour Interactive Workshop
The Juvenile Process & Legislative Update. Riley Shaw & Christy Brown Dunn	The Continuum Between Family Violence, Child Abuse, Runaways, & Human Trafficking. Audra Kirkendall, MPH & Michaela Beracchio	Breaking the Silence: Case Study of the Prosecution of an SMU Athlete. Brandon Birmingham	Suicide Prevention & Awareness & LOSS Team: Lessons Learned in Our First Year. Lezlie D. Culver, BA & Teresa Linn, MS, LPC
DNA CODIS System. Constance Patton	How to Not Help the Defense in a Family Violence Case. Erin Hendricks, JD	Sexually Reactive Children: A Psychoeducational Perspective. Becka Meier, M.Ed., NCC, LPC & Heather Shahan, LPC, LMFT, LSOTP	Sensory Processing Disorder. Kim Slavich, LPC-Intern

FRIDAY WORKSHOPS
CRIMINAL JUSTICE TRACK	DOMESTIC VIOLENCE TRACK	SEXUAL ASSSAULT TRACK	MISCELLANEOUS TRACK
Case Study: Philippe Padieu: I Love You to Death. Curtis Howard, JD & Lisa Milasky King, JD	Boys will be Boys: Images of Masculinity. Julie Bassett.	We Are All On the Same Side of the Fence: How Treatment Can Impact Community Safety. Lawrin Dean, LPC, LSOTP & Kelly Greggerson, LPC, ASOTP	Ethics: Accountability in the Workplace. Part 1 of 2. Stacia Alexander, LPC
Case Study: Parker County Torture Case: Jeff Swain, JD & Kathleen Catania, JD	Overcoming Obstables Law Enforcement Faces with Domestic Violence Cases. Sean Colston & Honorable Jamie Cummings	Polygraph Testing on Sex Offenders. Clayton Wood, Polygraph Examiner	Ethics: Accountability in the Workplace. Part 2 of 2. Stacia Alexander, LPC
Case Study: Jeremiah Sexton: A Parent's Worst Nightmare. Det. Margey Almy & Sgt. Ricardo Lucero	Urban African-American Teens and Dating Violence. Debra Mitchell-Ibe, MSSW & Theresa Little	So She Said it Didn't Happen. Now What? Alana Minton, JD & Carrie Paschall	When the Intersections of Cultural Identity and Victimology Collide. Jose Juan Lara Jr., MA, MS
Moving Toward an Equitable System of Justice. Dr. Jaya Davis, Ph.D. University of Texas at Arlington.	Protective Orders. Tarrant County District Attorney Protective Order Unit	DNA & Human Trafficking. Det. Manuel Reyes	Walking a Line: A Balance Between Caring and Burnout. Dr. Ellen J. Elliston

Mitch Poe Award Winners - Each year, TCSAAC honors a professional who distinguishes himself/herself as a passionate defender of victims of sexual abuse. Previous recipients include:
   2008: Mitch Poe - Tarrant County District Attorney for whom this award was named after. Mr. Poe was instrumental in advocating for victims' rights.
   2009: Bubba Schafer - In 2002, he was credited for apprehending a serial rapist, Manuel Salamanca, Jr. The police in Arlington, Cleburne, Burleson, and Benbrook had been looking for the rapist for six years after being linked to nine rapes. Salamanca Jr. was then convicted and sentenced to two life sentences. Bubba has since dedicated his life to helping victims of abuse.
   2010: Rona Stratton-Smith and Lisa Gabbert - Stemming from the murder of Rona’s sister and Lisa’s rape, the two have managed to turn tragedy into a movement for change and triumph – not only in their own case but in the state and nation. Their journey, self admittedly, only has an end when there are no more sexually violent predators. This is a journey they willingly make through agencies, courts, and legislative sessions. They made the declared shift from victim to more than merely survivors – to forces to be reckoned with in Texas.
   2011: David Montague - Former prosecutor for the Tarrant County District Attorney's Office.
   2012: TO BE ANNOUNCED AT THIS YEAR'S CONFERENCE