BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.2.3.1//EN TZID:America/Detroit X-WR-TIMEZONE:America/Detroit BEGIN:VEVENT UID:99@miatsa.org DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20210917T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20210917T123000 DTSTAMP:20210611T212219Z URL:https://miatsa.org/events/porns-place-in-sex-offender-supervision-trea tment/ SUMMARY:Porn's Place in Sex Offender Supervision & Treatment DESCRIPTION:Emma Bess\, L.M.S.W.\, Toni Crocilla\, Psy.D.\, and Karen Holt\ , Ph.D.\n\nDate: Friday September 17th\, 2021 \n\nTime: 8:00am -12:30pm v ia Zoom \n\nCost: $40\n\nCEUs: Currently pending for Psychology and Socia l Work\n\n \;\n\nTraining Description:\n\nThis comprehensive and inter active training will focus on three key areas in the consideration of the potential role of pornography in the supervision and treatment of those wh o have sexually offended. We will review the history of pornography\, type s and genres of pornography\, and the social\, moral\, and legal reactions to varying forms of sexually explicit materials. We then examine the empi rical research on the role of pornography in the commission of sexual offe nses as well as the risk factors associated with recidivism. We discuss th e treatment and policy implications of both the historical and empirical d ata and what this means for supervision practices.\n\n \;\n\nSpeaker B ios: \n\nEmma Bess holds a Masters of Social Work from the University of Michigan where she focused on Interpersonal Practice/Mental Health. Prior to receiving her master’s degree\, Emma studied Criminal Justice at Fer ris State University where she received her Bachelors of Criminal Justice with a focus on Corrections. Emma has experience ranging from working with survivors of sexual and domestic abuse to facilitating inpatient treatmen t groups with women who are incarcerated. Emma has been working as a Sex O ffender Therapist for Berghuis Psychological Services since March 2015 whe re she specializes in assessing and treating sexual offenders.\n\nDr. Toni Crocilla has a master’s in Forensic Psychology and a doctorate in Clini cal Psychology. She has worked within county and state level corrections a nd related agencies for 10 years in numerous roles\, including being a the rapist in a juvenile prison in Chicago\, two state prisons in Michigan\, a nd in Wayne County Jail’s Mental Health Unit. She founded and directs Wi se Mind PLLC\, a southeast Michigan assessment and psychotherapy group pra ctice providing mental health treatment to both private and court-ordered clients with a focus on trauma\, sexuality\, justice-impacted individuals\ , and those with sexual behavior problems. Wise Mind is a contracted vendo r with the State of Michigan to provide sex offender treatment services fo r those on parole and probation. Dr. Crocilla is a clinical member of the Association for the Treatment of Sexual Abusers (ATSA)\, a board member of the Michigan chapter (MI-ATSA)\, and the president of the Youth Justice F und (YJF).\n\nDr. Karen Holt is an Assistant Professor in the School of Cr iminal Justice at Michigan State University. She holds two masters degrees \, one in Criminal Justice and one in Forensic Psychology. She earned her doctoral degree in Criminal Justice from John Jay College of Criminal Just ice in New York City. Dr. Holt’s research focuses on sexual deviance\, s exual offending\, and the intersection of technology\, media\, and offendi ng. Her work has been published in scholarly journals such as Violence and Victims\, Sexual Abuse\, and The Journal of Behavioral Medicine. She has presented her research at both national and international criminology conf erences. She is a member of several professional associations\, including the American Society of Criminology\, The Latina Researchers Network\, The Center for Gender in Global Context\, The Research Consortium for Gender- Based Violence\, and The Association for the Treatment of Sexual Abusers. She is a board member of the Michigan chapter of ATSA and Small Talk\, a c hildren’s advocacy center in Lansing.  END:VEVENT BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Detroit X-LIC-LOCATION:America/Detroit BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20210314T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE END:VCALENDAR