Monday, July 18, 2011

Domestic Violence Conference Set

{West Virginia}...About 100 professionals from throughout West Virginia are expected to attend a conference on domestic violence, sexual assault and stalking crimes set for Monday at the Charleston Town Center Marriott. The conference is co-sponsored by the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of West Virginia, West Virginia Division of Justice and Community Services, West Virginia Coalition Against Domestic Violence and the West Virginia Regional Community Policing Institute. It is intended to strengthen the efforts of police, prosecutors, victim advocates and other criminal justice and mental health professionals involved in the investigation and prosecution of crimes involving violence against women.