Alliance for Children Georgia Training Summit

Currently the senior trainer for CBI Consulting, Cory Jewell Jensen, M.S., spent the last 35 years providing evaluation and treatment services to adult sex offenders and their families in Portland, Oregon. In addition to her clinical work, Ms. Jensen has provided training and consultation services to The National Center for the Prosecution of Child Abuse, The Office of Special Investigations-Diplomatic Security Services Agency, The U.S. Marshall’s Office, The Canadian Security Intelligence Service, The American Association of Police Polygraph Examiners, The National Child Advocacy Center, The National Children’s Alliance, The United States Navy, The National Crime Victims Association, The National Boy Scouts Foundation, NYPD Special Victims’ Unit and a number of other law enforcement, child advocacy and faith based organizations. Ms. Jensen has served on a number of state and national boards and provided training for countless Multi-disciplinary Teams throughout the United States and Europe. Jensen has been the recipient of Oregon’s "Commercial Crime Prevention Award," the "Champions for Children Award," the OATSA "Significant Achievement Award," the Nunnenkamp "Award of Excellence," and the Jan Hindman Memorial Award. She has published a number of articles related to sex offender treatment, risk management and child abuse prevention, testified as an expert witness in local and federal courts and been a featured guest on radio talk shows and the Oprah Winfrey Show.

The presentation schedule for April 7, 2022 is as follows:

Part 1: 8:30am to 12:00pm

Sex Offenders: What Professionals Should Know

This presentation will highlight (via video taped interviews with varius sex offenders) some of the more common pathways to developing deviant sexual interest and criminal sexual behavior patterns. Also, the presenter will review various studies that examined the number of detected versus undetected offenders and sexual crimes occuring in our communities, the true rate of false allegations and the average degree of "cross-over" or "crime switching" behavior sex offenders engage in.

Lunch break from 12:00pm to 1:00pm

Lunch will be provided by Chick-Fil-A

Part 2: 1:00pm to 2:00pm

Sex Offenders: Continued

2:00-2:15: Break

Part 3: 2:15pm to 3:30pm

Creepy but Crucial Information:

Advanced Grooming as Described by Sex Offenders

The areas of focus includes offender descriptions of "grooming" tactics (how and why they targeted certain children, adults, families, and youth serving agencies, then seduced and manipulated each of these individuals/agencies, inhibited disclosure, detection, and reporting. This presentation is not for the faint of heart and provides crucial information related to trauma and the need to improve training and skill in forensic interviewing, investigation, and prosecution.

3:30pm to 3:45pm: Break

Part 3: 3:45pm to 4:00pm

Protecting our Children: Advice from Child Molesters"

A Child Safety and Crime Prevention Program

In this presentation, participants will have an opportunity to review Oregon's grassroots prevention project- "Protecting our Children: Advice from Child Molesters". Initially developed by two veteran sex offender treatment providers, "PYC" has grown into a multi-state, multidisciplinary child abuse prevention campaign. The project was designed to educate parents, youth service staff, educators, community voluteers, and the faith community about child sexual abuse, offender behavior, risk management and more effective prevention strategies. Workshops challenge public misperceptions about children's ability to protect themselves and promote the idea that all adults must be informed and take an active role in confronting offender behavior and promoting child safety. Potential project benefits such as jury education and early intervention with potential offenders are expected.

Part 4: 4:00pm to 5:00pm

"If They Knew What I Was Thinking"

What Sex Offenders Can Teach Us About Interviewing

This presentation will examine the relationship between confession rates and sex offender characteristics (i.e., offender age, relationship to victim, personality type, offense history, and prior experience with the criminal justice system). In addition, several studies that investigated the effectiveess of various interviewer styles will be reviewed. Lastly, the presenter will provide anecdotal comments (from 121 admitting adult, male, sex offenders) related to the thoughts and concerns they. had while they were initially being interviewed by detectives. Comments focus on the reason they declined to be interviewed, lied about their behavior, or confessed. Video clips will be used to illustrate some of the specific skills used by police to enable offenders to confess, along with recommendations for specific interview comment/questions from twenty six veteran child abuse detectives from ten law enforcement agencies in Oregon.

Continuing education credits will be available after completion of this Summit event. Please submit any questions regarding continuing education credits to alliance4childrensouthga@gmail.com.