Podcast on Crimes Against Women
The Conference on Crimes Against Women (CCAW) is thrilled the announce the Podcast on Crimes Against Women (PCAW). Continuing with our fourth season, the PCAW releases new episodes every Monday. The PCAW serves as an extension of the information and topics presented at the annual Conference, providing in-depth dialogue, fresh perspectives, and relevant updates by experts in the fields of victim advocacy, criminal justice, medicine, and more. This podcast’s format hopes to create a space for topical conversations aimed to engage and educate community members on the issue of violence against women, how it impacts our daily lives, and how we can work together to create lasting cultural and systemic change.
Podcast on Crimes Against Women
True Justice Will Be Unique: Working Toward Justice in the Ever-Changing World of Human Trafficking
Episode seven of the second season of the Podcast on Crimes Against Women continues our human trafficking series with Kirsta Melton, Chief Executive Officer of the Institute to Combat Trafficking and the Deputy Criminal Chief of the Human Trafficking and Transnational Organized Crime Section of the Attorney General of Texas. In this episode, Kirsta explores the evolution of human trafficking and its scope worldwide, how technology has both helped and hindered efforts to stop human trafficking, her involvement in the takedown of Backpage.com, and how the Institute to Combat Trafficking is working to decrease human trafficking through on-location programs, trainings, and investigation and prosecution assistance.