Sexual Assault Investigations Training
Join us in Columbia, South Carolina, from August 23-26, 2025, for our comprehensive Sexual Assault Investigations Training course. The cost is $399 per person. Departments can contact us for invoicing.
This course is designed to equip investigators with a wide range of techniques for conducting compassionate and effective victim-centered investigationsinto both adult and child sexual assaults.
Through in-depth case studies, you’ll explore crucial topics such as:
- The dynamics of sexual assault
- Interviewing techniques
- Case organization and collaboration
- Critical thinking and decision-making
- Cognitive biases
- Digital evidence acquisition
- The vital role of physical evidence
The curriculum also addresses common investigative challenges, including cases involving incapacitation and consent issues, “stale” crime scenes or delayed reporting, same-sex sexual assault, and acquaintance or domestic relationships between victims and offenders.
Program Curriculum
- Multidisciplinary Team Approach to Sexual Assault Investigations and Victim Support
- Psychological and Behavioral Aspects of Sexual Assault Victimization
- Initial Response to Scenes and Contact with Victims
- Victim Interview Techniques and Cognitive Interviewing
- Forensic Interviews
- Target Interview Techniques
- Effects of Trauma on Recall and Memory
- Sexual Assault Investigations Involving Special Populations
- Preparing the Case for Grand Jury and Trial — Discovery Considerations
- Effects of Drugs and Alcohol on Victims
- Drug-Induced Sexual Assaults
- Sexual Assaults at Licensed Premises
- Crime Scene Management and the Role of Physical Evidence
- The Human Body as a Crime Scene — Specialized Unit Responses
Prerequisites & Materials
This course is exclusively for Law Enforcement Investigators/Officers. The material may be law enforcement sensitive, and credentials will be verified.
Students are required to bring their department-issued laptop for the training