Community Learning Series Special Presentation:
The Link Between Cruelty to Animals and Violence Towards Humans

Violence towards animals has long been recognized as an accurate predictor of future violent conduct. A significant number of notorious criminals have a documented history of deliberately harming animals. There is also a striking correlation between animal abuse and all forms of family violence. This session will discuss the historical perspective of this “link of violence" as well as the current trends in addressing the topic. Everyday citizens have the potential of combating violence and improving public safety by recognizing the significance of crimes involving animals, and by reporting suspected acts of cruelty and neglect. Note: no photographs depicting extreme graphic violence will be shown.

Wednesday, May 5, 2010
6:30 p.m. – 8:30 p.m.

VCA Alameda East Veterinary Hospital
9770 E. Alameda Ave.


This presentation is open to the community, feel free to forward to a friend.


Please register by May 3, 2010

Diane Balkin
Diane Balkin is a Chief Deputy District Attorney with the Denver District Attorney’s Office. She graduated from Tulane University, New Orleans, Louisiana, in 1973. She attended the University of Denver Law School and received her Juris Doctorate in 1977. She has worked as a trial attorney for the Office of the Denver District Attorney from 1979 to present, prosecuting felonies and as a liaison reviewing allegations of police misconduct with the Denver Police Department Internal Affairs Bureau. Diane has previously served as the director of the Economic Crime Unit, Juvenile Court Division and Family Violence Unit. She currently supervises a felony courtroom and carries a full caseload in addition to overseeing all investigations and prosecutions serious animal cruelty and neglect cases which occur in Denver. She has served on numerous task forces including overcrowding in juvenile detention facilities, protocols to assist victims of sexual assault, understanding and enforcing bias-motivated crimes, and drafting model animal cruelty legislation. She also served for eight years on the Colorado State Board of Veterinary Medicine.



By attending this seminar you also help needy animals in our community.
Admission to the class is a $10 donation to
Colorado's Helping Hands Foundation.


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