Stop Child Abuse Now (SCAN) - 2158

Tonight's special guest is Roger A Canaff from New York City, an experienced child, adolescent, adult, and disabled victims legal expert. He has lectured to prosecutors, law enforcement, medical experts, advocates, and other allied professionals, as well as the public. During his time in the Office of the Commonwealth of Virginia's Attorney starting in 1997, Roger prosecuted many different types of crimes, with a specialty in child abuse, child sexual assault, and juvenile crime. From 2003-2005 (and later returning from 2012-2015), he joined the staff of the National Center for the Prosecution of Child Abuse at the American Prosecutors Research Institute in Alexandria, Virginia as a Senior Attorney. In 2005, Roger returned to active prosecution in Bronx County, New York in that office's Child Abuse and Sex Unit, prosecuting both adult and child sexual assault crimes. In 2007, he was hired by the New York State Office of the Attorney General as the Deputy Chief of the newly formed Sex Offender Management Unit. After serving for two years in this position, Roger was hired by the United States Army from 2009-2012 as a Highly Qualified Expert with the Trial Counsel Assistance Program, US Army Legal Services Agency. In 2017, Roger partnered officially and is currently associated with the law enforcement training group, Justice3D, which develops and executes training for prosecutors, investigators, and other allied professionals on investigation and prosecution of adult sexual assault, intimate partner violence, and child abuse. He continues to train and consult internationally and comments on cases for various media outlets.