Other Victims of Crime

12/15/2023: Meeting with Erica Hargis (Director, Probation and Parole, DOC), Kirk Gausepohl (Assistant Director, Probation and Parole, DOC) to discuss key takeaways from meetings with probation offices so far. (2 people representing 1 agency).Â

12/15/2023: CSG Justice Center staff attended the Interim Joint Judiciary Committee meeting made up of 26 Senators and Representatives to listen to presentation on the Safer Kentucky Act (26 people, representing 2 agencies).Â

12/13/2023: Meeting with Cassie Chambers Armstrong (State Senator (D) District 19) and Jennifer Tuvlin (Director, Development Department, School of Law, University of Louisville) to introduce Kentucky’s JRI project and learn more about the Senator’s research on legal outcomes of domestic violence survivors in rural vs urban settings. (2 people representing 1 agency).Â

12/13/2023: Focus group with 14 probation and parole officers in the Bowling Green office to better understand the trends they are seeing among their clients. (14 people representing 1 agency).Â

11/14/23: Focus group with Kevin Casey (Probation and Parole District 9, Officer), Lauren Jordan (Probation and Parole District 9, Officer), Brittany Brown (Probation and Parole District 9, Officer), Jessical Veil (Probation and Parole District 9, Officer), Lauren Morgan (Probation and Parole District 9, Officer), Brandon Summers (Probation and Parole District 9, Officer), Laiden Hutcheson (Probation and Parole District 9, Officer) in Lexington, KY to discuss how IPV and DV impact their work. Â

11/14/23: Focus group with Michael Caudill (Probation & Parole Eastern Region, Regional Manager); Michelle Blakeman (Probation & Parole District 9, Assistant Supervisor) in Lexington, KY to discuss how IPV and DV impact their work.Â

11/14/23: Focus group with Kim Bush (Probation & Parole District 5, officer), Angela Cooms (Probation & Parole District 5, officer), Paul Smith (Probation & Parole District 5, officer) in Elizabethtown, KY to discuss how DV and IPV effects their parole pre-sentencing investigation reporting.Â

11/13/23: Met with Leo Hobbs (Owner and Founder, New Beginnings Education and Counseling Center, Inc.) and Ruben Pavlov (Criminal Justice Professor, University of Louisville) to interview them about the landscape of BIP in Louisville. Â

11/13/23: Focus group with Anthony Hampton (Probation and Parole, Officer), Eliane Sizemore (Probation and Parole, Officer), Heather Young (Probation and Parole, Officer), Hunter Gibson (Probation and Parole, Officer), James Stanley (Probation and Parole, Officer), Bennet fuller (Probation and Parole, Officer), Jackie Pleasant (Probation and Parole, Officer), Dale Vlogger (Probation and Parole, Officer) to discuss how IPV and DV impact their work (Louisville, KY Probation and Parole Office Chestnut Centre Location)Â

11/13/23: Focus group with Dan Fountain (Probation and Parole Regional Manager, North), Heather Foster (Probation and Parole District Supervisor District 4), Greg Gatewood (Probation and Parole District 4 Assistant Supervisor), Tim Walker (Probation and Parole District 16 Supervisor), Alex Cundiff (Probation and Parole District 4 Assistant Supervisor) to discuss the impact of DV and IPV on their work (Louisville, KY Probation and Parole Office Chestnut Centre Location).Â