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In recognition of Mental Health Awareness Month, we are highlighting the use and application of trauma-informed investigation techniques during internal investigations.
In recognition of Mental Health Awareness Month, we are
highlighting the use and application of trauma-informed
investigation techniques during internal investigations.
In this episode, Perkins Coie White Collar & Investigations
partners Gina LaMonica and Caryn Trombino are joined by Dr. Brenda
Ingram, EdD, LCSW, of the University of Southern California, to
discuss conducting trauma-informed investigations at higher
education institutions and the increasing use of these techniques
during internal investigations in corporate settings.
Dr. Ingram, who serves as the Director of Relationship and
Sexual Violence Prevention and Services at USC Student Health,
shares her experience in conducting survivor-centered investigations in cases of
sexual and racial trauma and other instances of power-based harm.
She also reflects on how corporate employers can deploy
trauma-informed investigative techniques and foster a work
environment that addresses power imbalances that can lead to
employee trauma.
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