Prosecuting Alcohol-Facilitated Sexual Assault - National District ...

A BOUT THE A UTHOR
Teresa Scalzo is the former director of the National Center for the
Prosecution of Violence Against Women (NCPVAW) at the American
Prosecutors Research Institute (APRI). Ms. Scalzo has traveled across the
country lecturing to prosecutors, law enforcement officers, victim advocates
and other allied professionals on various issues related to violence against
women. She oversaw the creation of the National Institute on the Prosecution
of Domestic Violence and the National Institute on the Prosecution of Sexual
Violence. She designed the curricula for Evidence Based Prosecution and Sexual
Assault Trial Advocacy for the National Advocacy Center and the Sexual
Assault Prevention and Response Advanced Training for JAG Officers (FY 06-03)
for the Department of Defense Joint Task Force on Sexual Assault Response
and Prevention. She has also provided technical assistance and trial support
to criminal justice professionals throughout the nation and has served on a
number of national committees dealing with sexual assault and domestic
violence.
Ms. Scalzo served as a law clerk to the Honorable Jack A. Panella of the
Northampton County Court of Common Pleas in Easton, Pennsylvania
from 1993 to 1994. From 1994 until 1997, Ms. Scalzo served as an Assistant
Public Defender in Northampton County and maintained a private law
practice. From 1997 until October 2001, Ms. Scalzo was an Assistant District
Attorney in Northampton County, Pennsylvania where she held various
positions, including Chief of the Sexual Assault Unit and Coordinator of
Police Training.As Chief of the Sexual Assault Unit, she drafted a protocol
for investigating and prosecuting sexual assault cases and trained local police
officers in the protocol and handling of sexual assault matters. Most recently,
she served as the Policy Attorney for the National District Attorneys
Association in Alexandria,Virginia.
Ms. Scalzo was an adjunct professor at the Fogelsville Campus of Penn State
University where she taught in the paralegal program.Additionally, she was
an adjunct professor at Northampton County Community College in the
Criminal Justice Program.
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