Complex Trauma in Criminal Mitigation Defense

Courts will accept any relevant information for the purpose of criminal sentencing. Therefore, it is crucial that attorneys during these criminal mitigation proceedings seek to humanize defendants and induce empathy for their clients. Understanding and effectively presenting complex trauma suffered on behalf of their clients is one of the core tools an attorney has incriminal mitigation. This program will provide an in-depth look at complex trauma commonly suffered by criminal defendants. The course will cover complex trauma as it relates to criminal mitigation, psycho-social evaluations, adverse childhood experiences, abuse and neglect, and the psychiatric consequences of complex trauma.