ALLISON L. TURKEL
Presentation: Introduction to Working with Child Victims
Friday, (5/18) at 10:30 am
As a Senior Attorney at the National Center for Prosecution of Child Abuse, Allison Turkel trains child abuse professionals across the country on the investigation and prosecution of child abuse, computer facilitated crimes against children and maltreatment cases. She also provides technical assistance to prosecutors, law enforcement, child protection workers, social workers and others engaged in the investigation and prosecution of these cases. She also researches and writes on a variety of issues. Ms. Turkel is also the Chief of Training for both centers.
Prior to coming to the National Center, she served as an Assistant District Attorney in the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office for nine and a half years. She handled a variety of felony cases including narcotics, child physical and sexual abuse cases, serious felonies and homicides. She then was an Assistant State’s Attorney in the McLean County, Illinois State’s Attorney’s Office for a year and a half, where she prosecuted felony domestic violence cases. In both positions she was involved in training of prosecutors, police officers, social service providers, et al. Ms. Turkel has also taught on the college level. Ms. Turkel graduated from Temple University School of Law in 1987. She is a member of the Pennsylvania, Illinois and New York Bar.
Prior to becoming an Assistant District Attorney, Ms. Turkel was a police officer for eight years. She served as the Lieutenant in charge of in-house training for five years. She was responsible for organizing and planning yearly in-service training, bi-annual firearms re-qualification and training, roll-call training and critical incident assessments as well as providing training on firearms, survival tactics and law.
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