Technology-Facilitated Intimate Partner Violence

The emergence and evolution of technology enable youth and adults to connect, research new topics, build social networks, and increase their communication skills. But although technology offers many positive opportunities, abusers can also exploit it to cause harm. Perpetrators of intimate partner violence (IPV) may use technology as an additional method of manipulation, coercion, intimidation, and abuse.

Do you have questions about how to identify the ways that abusers target victims of IPV through technology? Do you want to learn the foundational elements of an effective safety plan for survivors of IPV? If so, then please join us for this interactive Expert Q&A webinar!

This session is ideal for professionals working in victim services, including social workers, counselors, law enforcement officers, and prosecutors.

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Featured Hosts

Crystal Bennett, LMSW

Crystal Bennett, LMSW, serves as a senior manager at ICF. Her previous work experiences include work within the child welfare system, oversight of child and youth programs, crisis hotline response, delivery of community-based mental health services, and implementation of trauma-informed strategies and programs for school districts. Through these experiences, she has gained essential knowledge and skills related to individual, community, and collective trauma. Ms. Bennett has demonstrated a passion for sharing her personal and professional expertise to help individuals heal from their personal traumas and works at the micro, mezzo, and macro levels with survivors and service providers to co-create trauma-informed and person-centered spaces.

Cheryl Peace

Cheryl Peace has been working in victim services for more than 12 years. She is a training and technical assistance specialist for OVC TTAC. She began her career in direct services as a residential victim advocate, supporting victims of domestic violence and sexual assault in emergency shelter services. After completing her graduate degree, she served as a grant and database coordinator for a domestic violence nonprofit, managing federal and state grant reporting and data collection. There, she developed training for all shelter staff and new employees. She began teaching in 2017, developed a Victimology course at Winthrop University, and has served as an adjunct professor for the last 8 years. She also does yearly presentations for the university’s Department of Sociology & Criminology, educating students interested in careers in victim services and criminal justice. She has experience working for local government as a victim advocate, helping victims navigate the criminal justice system by preparing them for jury trials, preparing victim impact statements, and providing resources. She also has extensive expertise working as a program manager for a child advocacy center in Charlotte, North Carolina, overseeing all trauma-trained clinicians for children who have experienced child sexual abuse or trafficking, have been exposed to domestic violence, or have witnessed homicide. She is knowledgeable of trauma-informed practices for victim service organizations and evidence-based therapy modalities for survivors. Ms. Peace is regularly requested to give presentations on subjects ranging from mental health services for victims of crime to victimology lectures for multidisciplinary teams and conferences. She received her bachelor’s degree in Sociology with a concentration in Criminology from Winthrop University and a master’s degree in Criminal Justice from the University of North Carolina.