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Striving for a Seat at the Table: Exploring the Incorporation of Probation and Parole into Gender-based Violence Prevention
SESSION INFO
Monday, March 2, 2026
4:00 PM - 5:30 PM
Session Type: Workshop
The Corrections field is not exempt in being impacted by both the subtle and overt ramifications of gender-based violence (GBV) which is a pervasive epidemic interwoven into the fabric of homes, workplaces, and community. Moreover, within Corrections, many systemic and societal gaps surrounding GBV exist. Ongoing challenges of compliance, monitoring, risk assessing, supervisory review, offender accountability, enduring relationships with offenders, and victim safety must be addressed with constant and consistent GBV education, training, and coordinated response. These challenges show up when victim concerns and needs are not successfully addressed and when the offenders’ abusive and manipulative tactics are overlooked, misinterpreted, or perceivably rewarded within the criminal justice system. The lengthy interaction with offenders on various levels provides a unique opportunity for Corrections officials to help prevent, intervene, or respond to GBV as it relates to both victims and offenders as well as their families.
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SESSION PRESENTERS
Shawn Guy
Director of CCAW Programs & Operations, Conference On Crimes Against Women
Shawn Guy, M.A. is the Director of Programs and Operations for the Conference on Crimes Against Women (CCAW) which functions as a platform for first responders, law enforcement, advocates, and other professionals to gather, share knowledge, and collaborate on strategies to prevent and respond to gender-based violence. In her role as Director, Ms. Guy is responsible for researching and identifying topics, securing speakers, creating the conference training schedule, and overseeing operations. Ms. Guy graduated with a Master of Arts in Criminology & Criminal Justice from the University of Texas at Arlington (UTA) and is also a Certified Victim Advocate. During her matriculation at UTA, she served in the Relationship Violence and Sexual Assault Prevention program and published two articles for the peer-reviewed Texas Probation Journal. Ms. Guy is also responsible for programming for Podcast on Crimes Against Women and the CCAW Summit: Beyond the Bounds. Additionally, she chairs the CCAW National Advisory Council, serves on the Dallas Domestic Violence Fatality Review Team (DVFRT) Committee, the Dallas DVFRT Healthcare Subcommittee, the Ujima DVFRT Steering Committee, and the North Texas Crime Commission’s Law Enforcement Training Committee (LETC), and is a recent graduate of the FBI Citizen’s Academy (Nov 2024).
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