It's been 7 years since producing a podcast was first suggested to Dave as a platform for getting the nuances of the neuroscience of trauma and memory, and the foundations and principles of trauma-informed interviewing out to victims and survivors of rape and sexual assault. But, finally, the time has arrived. Phrases like "psychophysiological evidence," "trauma memory," "rape culture," and "perpetrator mentality" were relatively new to sexual assault investigators back then, and even now the level of sexual assault and rape investigation education leaves much to be desired, based on frequent comments from victims and survivors of sex crimes about the way their reports of rape and sexual assault are handled. Things are starting to change...not nearly fast enough, but changes are coming. SASS is part of a growing trend in this country to be taruma-informed and victim and survivor sensative. We all need to do our part to reduce the prevalence of rape and sexual assault...because we all know someone who's life has been affected by rape or sexual assault.

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Release Date: 04/11/2022, 14:58:16