The Advanced Academy is offered on even years. The Advanced Academy should be attended by professionals working with crime victims such as law enforcement, victim witness coordinators, crime victim service providers, community-based advocates, criminal justice personnel, and allied professionals with five or more years experience working with crime victims in their field.

2008 Curriculum and Academic Faculty

Teen Dating Violence - Sherry Iverson, M.A., St. Luke’s Regional Medical Center

Secondary Victimization/Self-Care - LaDessa Foster, M.A.,WCA

Professionalization of the Discipline - Dr. Lisa Growette Bostaph, Department of Criminal Justice, Boise State University

Cultural Diversity and Victim Assistance - Dr. Linwood G. Vereen, Idaho State University

Hate & Bias Crime - Dr. Deidre Rogers, Department of Sociology, University of Idaho

Rural & Remote Victims - Karen S. Neill, Ph.D., R.N., SANE-A, School of Nursing
Professor of Nursing, Idaho State University

Campus Crime & Victimization - Melissa Wintrow, M.A. and Dr. Wanda Viento, Boise State University

Violence in the Workplace - Dr. Elizabeth Fredricksen, Boise State University

Organizational Leadership - Mark W. Neill, Ed.D., Graduate Department of Educational Leadership & Instructional Design, Idaho State University

Homicide and Traumatic Death – Vicki Gooch, M.A., Detective, Boise Police Department and Adjunct Faculty, Boise State University & Sandra Piotrowski, M.S.S.A., Victim Witness Coordinator, Idaho Office of the Attorney General

Ethical Conflicts Across Criminal Justice System Roles - Dr. Suzanne McCorkle, Boise State University & Jennifer Poole, former Director of Ada County Juvenile Victim-Offender Program