Juvenile Law Update: Sex Offender Issues in Delinquency and D&N Cases
March 2008
Juvenile Law Update: Sex Offender Issues in Delinquency and D&N Cases
This full-day program features a big picture look at important sex offender issues which are relevant to interdisciplinary professional groups including juvenile law practitioners, GALs, defense attorneys, district attorneys, both dependency and neglect (D&N) and delinquency professionals, criminal practitioners, and those dealing with perpetrators and surviving victims. Don’t miss out on staying current in this important area of the law – register today!
Program Highlights
- Hypothetical cases
- Overlapping systems
- Probation
- Pre-trial services
- Plea bargaining
- SOMB
- Inter-family victimization
- and much more!
Agenda
8:30 – 9:00 a.m.
Registration
9:00 – 10:15 a.m.
Understanding the Issues and the Statutory Framework
- Overlapping systems: how to make sense of it all
- Long-term effects of guilty finding Some hypothetical cases
- What the requirements are under statute, including genetic testing
Presented by Rick Hernandez and Jill-Ellyn Straus
10:15 – 10:30 a.m.
Break
10:30 – 11:15 a.m.
Probation and Pre-Trial Services
- Overview of probation requirements
- Community, parents, and safety plans
- Pre-trial services and supervision
- Placement
- What informed supervision is
Presented by Kris Jensen and Jennifer Tillson
11:15 a.m. – 12:15 p.m.
Long-term Consequences
- Plea bargaining issues
- Limitations on activities and housing opportunities
- Kids trying to successfully complete SO probation
- Trying to successfully complete a probation petition todiscontinue sex-offender registration
Presented by Jamie Henderson
12:15 – 1:30 p.m.
Lunch Break (on your own)
1:30 – 2:45 p.m.
Sex Offender Management Board
- The SOMB standards
- What offense specifi c treatment is, what the cycle is
- Controversial issues including use of polygraphs with kids
- Evaluations of adolescent perpetrators
Presented by Glenda Bledsoe-Melaragno, Jason Walker, and Theresa Weiss
2:45 – 3:00 p.m.
Break
3:00 – 4:00 p.m.
Sex Offender Management Board (continued)
4:00 – 5:00 p.m.
Impacts on Families
- Inter-family victimization in both D&N and delinquency courts
- How human services comes into play
Presented by Fran Cosby and Laurie Knight
5:00 p.m.
Adjourn
Planning Committee
Linda Weinerman, Esq.
CBA Juvenile Law Section Chair
Deputy Director
Offi ce of the Child’s Representative
Denver, CO
Sheri M. Danz, Esq.
State Court Administrator’s Offi ce
Denver, CO
Bonnie E. Saltzman, Esq.
Law Offi ces of Bonnie E. Saltzman LLC
Denver, CO
Barbara Shaklee, Esq.
Assistant City Attorney
Denver City Attorney’s Offi ce
Denver, CO
Ranee L. Sharshel, Esq.
Law Firm Of Douglas Joffe
Denver, CO
Jill-Ellyn Straus Esq.
Adams County District Attorney’s Offi ce
Brighton, CO
Sue S. Thibault, Esq.
Clear Creek County Attorney’s Offi ce
Georgetown, CO
Faculty
Frances Cosby, LCSW
Denver, CO
Jamie Henderson, Esq.
Law Offi ces of James A. Henderson
Denver, CO
Richard A. Hernandez, Esq.
Arvada, CO
Kris Jensen
Probation Officer
18th Judicial District
Centennial, CO
Laurie Knight
SOMB Provider
Kempe Center Certifi ed Trainer
Parker, CO
Glenda Bledsoe-Melaragno
Unit Manager
Eagles Program
Lookout Mountain
Youth Services Center
Division of Youth Corrections
Colorado Department of Human Services
Golden, CO
Jill-Ellyn Straus, Esq.
Adams County
District Attorney’s Offi ce
Brighton, CO
Jennifer Tillson
Case Worker
Arapahoe County
Department of Human Services
Aurora, CO
Jason Walker
Chief Polygraph Examiner
Accountability Polygraph Service Inc.
Englewood, CO
Theresa Weiss
SOMB Listed Provider and Evaluator
Licensed Marriage Family Therapist
Denver, CO
Location Information
Law Offices of John Perrin
405 S. Cascade Ave.
Colorado Springs, CO 80903
Get directions
405 S. Cascade Ave.
Colorado Springs, CO 80903
Registration Fees
| $279.00 | |
| $239.00 | |
| $159.00 | |
| $159.00 | |
| JUV | $129.00 |
| $99.00 | |
| $99.00 |
- General Credits: 8.00
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