Total Credits: 1.0 including 0.0 Ethics CLE, 1.0 CLE
Being a prosecutor is tough and prosecuting intimate partner violence is even tougher. Working day in and day out with victims of violent crime has an effect on you and we often fail to find a healthy way to process our experiences. Taking care of ourself begins with acknowledging that compassion fatigue is a real thing and continues with finding our own positive ways of dealing with it. In this webinar, Nancy Oglesby, a career IPV prosecutor, shares her experiences in dealing with the day to day stress of these cases and what has (and hasn’t) worked over the years.
| Addressing Burnout and Compassion Fatigue Materials (1.5 MB) | 12 Pages | Available after Purchase |
Nancy Oglesby has been a career prosecutor in the Commonwealth of Virginia for over 20 years. She is currently Virginia’s Domestic and Sexual Violence Resource Prosecutor. Nancy has handled thousands of domestic violence, child abuse and sexual assault cases. In addition, she has provided training on these issues to many professionals including prosecutors, law enforcement officers, advocates, medical professionals and forensic interviewers. She has been appointed by four Virginia Governors to statewide advisory boards, commissions and task forces devoted to combatting domestic and sexual violence. Nancy is a co-founder of Justice 3D, a company that offers training and consulting to allied professionals nationally on issues of child abuse, domestic violence and sexual assault.
Agencies
Services