2006 ASPA Conferece - Denver

Domestic Violence: the Domino Effect

Friday, March 31, 2006 from 1:00 pm to 3:00 pm

Conducted by:

  • Barbara Paradiso, Director, Center on Domestic Violence, Graduate School of Public Affairs, University of Colorado at Denver and Health Sciences Center

Panel Participants:
  • Dr. Janet Mickish,Ph. D., Mickish Consulting
  • Michael Lindsay,MA, Trainer Jefferson County Sherrif's Office
  • Dr. Louise Silvern, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Psychology Department, University of Colorado at Boulder

Michael Lindsey worked as a therapist for domestic violence offenders from 1979 until May of 1996 and has trained all elements of the coordinated community response throughout the United States.  In May he retired as a therapist and began working to change the manner in which communities identify and manage domestic violence cases.   Michael currently works for the Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office as a trainer.  Prior to this he worked for the City of Miami Police Department as a civilian Administrator of the Violent Crimes Intervention Unit (VCIU) that was housed in the investigations section of the department. He returned to Colorado in 2001 and worked for the Colorado Department of Corrections developing reentry programs for violent offenders.

  He has co-authored several books on the theory and practice of domestic violence intervention one of which has been translated into Chinese and was used as a beginning intervention guide for the Island of Taiwan.

Louise Silvern, Ph.D. is a licensed clinical psychologist on the faculty at the University of Colorado, Boulder.  Her research and teaching focuses on the effects of family violence on women and children, with a special emphasis on posttraumatic reactions. Her research also encompasses interventions for victims of violence, including effectiveness of community services for high risk, under-served populations, such as juvenile offenders and mentally ill criminal offenders.

  This workshop will explore the broad ramifications of domestic violence on the wellbeing of communities and the consequent public policy concerns it engenders. A panel of three individuals with nationally recognized expertise in the are of domestic violence will present. Topics will include: the financial costs of domestic violence to communities, e.g. policing, courts, lost productivity, health care; the impcat on men and men's role in addressing interpersonal violence; and, the effects on children. What part local governments, public and non profit service systems, as well as individuals can and do play in mitigating battering and its consequences will also be discussed.

         Endorsed by ASPA's Section for Women in Public Administration (SWPA)

On site registration begins on Thursday, March 30.