Events

Bestiality

Presented by Dr. Renée Sorrentino, Dr. Susan Hatters Friedman, and John Allgire

Friday, October 13, 2023 from 8:45am – 11am.

This training will be held virtually via Zoom.

This training with cover:

• Overview of bestiality, comorbidity, and treatment considerations
• Ethical considerations
• Legal Approaches and Cases

Presenter Bios:

Dr. Renée Sorrentino, MD, is the medical director at the Institute for Sexual Wellness and Assistant Professor at Harvard Medical School. Dr. Sorrentino is a Board Certified Forensic Psychiatrist with expertise in the evaluation and treatment of individuals with paraphilias. Dr. Sorrentino received her medical degree from Boston University School of Medicine and completed a residency in adult psychiatry at Massachusetts General Hospital and McLean Hospital. Following her residency, Dr. Sorrentino completed a forensic psychiatry fellowship at Case Western Reserve University. Dr. Sorrentino’s practice is devoted to the treatment and evaluation of paraphilias and sexual offenders as well as the hormonal treatment of paraphilias.

Dr. Susan Hatters Friedman, MD is both a forensic psychiatrist and a reproductive psychiatrist. Dr. Friedman currently serves as the inaugural Phillip J. Resnick Professor of Forensic Psychiatry at Case Western Reserve University, where she also has appointments in the departments of Pediatrics, and Reproductive Biology (Obstetrics/ Gynecology), and at the School of Law. She serves as the Deputy Editor for the Journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law. Her academic work tends to focus the intersection of forensic psychiatry and reproductive psychiatry. Susan is the immediate past president of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law, and has served as Chair of the Law and Psychiatry committee at the Group for Advancement of Psychiatry (GAP). She has received the AAPL award for the Best Teacher in a Forensic Psychiatry Fellowship, the Red AAPL award for outstanding service to organized forensic psychiatry, the Manfred Guttmacher Award for editing the book Family Murder: Pathologies of Love and Hate with GAP, and the Association of Women Psychiatrists’ Marian Butterfield early career psychiatrist award for her contributions to women’s mental health. Dr. Friedman previously worked as for seven years in New Zealand, where she also continues to serve as honorary faculty at the University of Auckland.

John Allgire worked in the Whatcom County Sheriff’s Office from 2001 to 2022.  Prior to being promoted to detectives he worked in uniform patrol and in Crime Scene Investigation (CSI). In the detectives division he worked in the Sex Kidnap Offender Registration (SKOR) program, and in the major crimes division. Detective Allgire was a polygraph examiner and has been trained in computer and mobile forensics.  He received his BA in Psychology from Western Washington University prior to working in law enforcement.   John is currently employed with the Whatcom County Prosecuting Attorney’s Office as their Investigative Supervisor.  In this role he assists in major investigations, trial preparations, and training for Law Enforcement.

REGISTRATION FEES:

Individual Member – FREE

Agency Member – FREE

(Agency Members include: Probation, Parole, Monmouth Co. Pros. Office, Ranch Hope, CJAP/Arc)

Non-member – $5

Registration closes Thursday 10/12/2023 at 5pm.  Zoom link to be emailed after close of registration.

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