“REEL vs. REAL: Sextortion, a Public Health Crisis”
Tuesday, Feb. 17th 12noon - 1 pm @ Quinnipiac Law, North Haven
Led by a public health researcher with trafficking expertise, this interactive session explores sextortion and how youth—including boys—are targeted, groomed, and coerced online. Using media clips, role-play, and research to debunk popular portrayals and stereotypes, this session spotlights who is most at risk and how much research-based prevention and response matter.
PANEL: “Sentencing Reform for Crime Victims:
Does Connecticut Need a Survivors Justice Act?”
Wednesday, Feb. 18th 6 - 8 pm @ Quinnipiac Law, North Haven
This panel brings together human trafficking and criminal justice experts to debate whether our state needs its own Survivors Justice Act (SJA) for crime victims caught up in the criminal system. While versions of the SJA have passed in New York and other states, Connecticut legislators rejected various SJA proposals (SB-1502 & HB-7236) last session. Panelists will discuss: What role should victimization play in sentencing, and how should this be decided? To what extent does our system already take into account victimization? What is the SJA’s fiscal impact, and will it really open the floodgates? and more…. (2 CLE credits)
“Ripped from the Headlines:
Jeffrey Epstein, Sean Combs (‘Diddy’), & Andrew Tate”
Thursday, Feb. 19th 12noon - 1 pm @ Quinnipiac Law, North Haven
What do you really know about the high-profile sex trafficking in the news recently? For answers, please join two Quinnipiac-affiliated state prosecutors, as they discuss the cases of Jeffrey Epstein, Sean Combs (a/k/a “Diddy”), and Andrew Tate, and the special challenges such cases present, including: the legal standards that make these cases hard to win; balancing prosecutorial zeal with victim protections; navigating the media and public perceptions; and more…. (1 CLE credit)
To register or for more information, please go to the website of our co-sponsor, the Connecticut Bar Foundation:
https://www.ctbarfdn.org/fellows/programs/understanding-human-trafficking-series/overview.html.