This course provides in-depth instruction in the proper ways to conduct and manage sexual assault investigations involving children.  

This course expands the topics of PSI’s Child Abuse Investigations course to illustrate the unique set of problems that exist in these kinds of cases.  With topics ranging from how to recognize pedophiles to determining if a charge is unfounded, this course will greatly aid law enforcement personnel involved with child sexual assault cases.  

Topics include:

• Department procedures involving children

  • Purpose
  • Definitions
  • Legal references
  • Procedure

• Profile of the pedophile

• Investigative techniques

  • Adult victim vs. child victim

• Interviewing techniques

• Unfounded allegations

• Criminal procedure law:  child witness

• Characteristics of abused children

• Characteristics of abusive parents

• Topology of pedophilia

• Incest assessment

• Munchausen Syndrome by Proxy

• Forensic considerations

• Prosecuting child sexual abuse