Episode six of the third season of the Podcast on Crimes Against Women welcomes neuroscientist, clinical psychologist, founder of Viva Excellence, and the CEO of the Trauma Counseling Center, Dr. Kate Truitt. Dr. Truitt's research focuses on brain health during the recovery process, treatment outcomes, and psychophysiology. Her clinical practices and scientific studies have led Dr. Truitt to specialize in the treatment of traumatic stress and PTSD.

In this episode, Dr. Truitt takes a deep dive into the concepts of silence, shame and ostracism, and how these directly impact victims of abuse and crime. Dr. Truitt delves into how human beings are hard-wired to experience feeling shame and the science behind this, how offenders can use shame/silence/ostracism to further harm or manipulate their victims, and how the “silent treatment” is something that is employed by both abused and non-abused individuals as a form of either purposeful or unintentional control.

Episode five of the third season of the Podcast on Crimes Against Women welcomes Peter Qualliotine, leader in the anti-exploitation movement, Co-Founder of the Sexual Exploitation Education Project, Co-Founder of the Organization for Prostitution Survivors (OPS), and the current Coordinator for Modeling Equality. Peter joins us to examine why men buy sex, what drives this compulsion, and why some men act on this impulse while others don’t.

In this episode, Peter delves into the concept of men paying for sex and the true scope of this problem. Peter discusses who exactly is paying for sex in this country, how often this is occurring, and the reported, and often underreported, increase/decrease in these numbers over time. Peter then helps us take a deeper look into why are men compelled to buy sex, what causes these urges, and explains how sexual exploitation is, in fact, a practice of gender-based violence. Finally, Peter shares what drove him to spend his life advocating for men’s accountability in sexual exploitation, how we can end the demand for purchasing sex, and what actions we, as listeners, can take in order to end sexual exploitation.

Episode four of the third season of the Podcast on Crimes Against Women closes out our multi-episode series delving into the criminology of offenders. The fourth episode in this series welcomes seasoned attorney, Elaina Roberts. Elaina has served as the former Assistant District Attorney of Albuquerque, New Mexico, the former Legal Director of the Stalking Resource Center, and is the current Technology Safety Legal Manager for the National Network to End Domestic Violence (NNEDV)'s Safety Net Project. Elaina has also worked as a subject matter expert to policy makers, has over a decade of experience working in the field of ceasing violence against women, and has prosecuted hundreds of domestic violence cases, many of which involved stalking behaviors. 

In this episode, Elaina helps us take a deep dive into the intersection of stalking and technology. Elaina explores how abusers manipulate everyday technology into items of torture, what stops can be put into place to prevent abusers from using tech to their advantage, and answers the question, "Does artificial intelligence exacerbate stalking?" Finally, Elaina discusses her work with NNEDV, and shares how tech companies are currrently working with NNEDV, and similar agencies, to combat the issue of tech stalking.

Episode three of the third season of the Podcast on Crimes Against Women continues our multi-episode series delving into the criminology of offenders. The third episode in this series welcomes public speaker, victim advocate, trafficking survivor, consultant for the National Criminal Justice Training Center, and Executive Director of Valiant Hearts, Rebekah "Bekah" Charleston. At the age of 17, Bekah became a victim of sex trafficking when she ran away from home. She remained a victim for more than 10 years with multiple traffickers. She was able to escape, and eventually received a full pardon from President Trump in 2020 for the crimes she was forced to commit during her victimization.

In this episode, Bekah helps us take a deeper look into the world of human trafficking and the role of the bottom girl. Bekah explores what a bottom girl is and what her duties generally consist of, the criteria for becoming a bottom girl, and the "benefits" of holding the title of bottom girl. Bekah then delves into Stockholm syndrome in human trafficking victims, the future of decriminalization of bottom girl activity, and how bottom girls are currently treated in the criminal justice system. 

Episode two of the third season of the Podcast on Crimes Against Women continues our multi-episode series delving into the criminology of offenders. The second episode in this series welcomes author, investigator, psychologist, and president and founder of the LJS Training and Consulting Group, Dr. Lawrence Simon. For over a decade, Dr. Simon has interviewed and conducted research on hundreds of cold-blooded killers and violent sex offenders within the Federal Bureau of Prisons, and both the Alabama and Florida Department of Corrections. His most recent research endeavor has involved investigating psychological motivations of serial sexual homicide. 

On this episode, Dr. Simon explores the mind of the sexual deviant killer. Dr. Simon goes on to break down the differences between sexual deviant killers vs. other criminals and the importance of this distinction, visits the factors that drive their crimes to be sexually motivated, and answers the question: "Can sexual deviant killers be rehabilitated?" Dr. Simon then goes on to discuss nature vs. nurture in sexual deviant killers, shares examples of infamous sexual deviant killers throughout recent history, and examines his own findings while interviewing inmates on Florida's death row for his books Murder by Numbers and Mortal Desire.

Episode one of the third season of the Podcast on Crimes Against Women kicks off a multi-episode series delving into the criminology of offenders. The first episode in this series welcomes New York Times best-selling author, storyteller, performer, adoption advocate, and much more, Jillian Lauren.  

On this episode, Jillian discusses how she became the only journalist to interview Samuel Little, the most prolific serial killer in American history, who confessed to murdering 93 people (most of whom were women). Jillian then examines the psyche of this man turned monster, shares the process of how she extracted confessions from Samuel, and describes what interactions with Samuel were like. Finally, Jillian opens up about being featured in the Starz network docuseries on the Samuel Little case, titled Confronting a Killer, and her book on the same subject, titled Behold the Monster.