Jon Wilson Curriculum Vitae
Training & Experience
in Victim/Survivor, Offender, & VOD Issues
Texas Department of Criminal Justice-Victim Services Division:
96-hour training in Victim Offender Mediation/Dialogue in Crimes of Severe Violence, with David Doerfler and TDCJ staff: February, 2000.
University of Minnesota Center for Restorative Justice & Peacemaking:
48-hour Advanced Training in Victim-Sensitive Mediation/Dialogue in Crimes of Severe Violence, with Mark Umbreit, Ph.D., Karin Ho, Ronette Burkes, Ed Mendoza, and Carolyn McLeod: June, 2001.
University of Texas School of Social Work (host):
40-hour Advanced Training/Colloquium, with David Gustafson and Sandra Bergen of Fraser Region Community Justice Initiatives (BC), David Doerfler of Concentric Journeys (TX), and Marilyn Peterson Armour, Ph.D., University of Texas School of Social Work: May, 2002.
Eastern Mennonite University, Summer Peacebuilding Institute:
46-hour Training, Working with Survivors of Capital Crimes, with Tammy Krause, MA, Howard Zehr, Ph.D., and Richard Burr, J.D.: June, 2002.
Alaska Department of Corrections:
30-hour Victim Offender Dialogue Training with Karin Ho, Victim Services Coordinator for the Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction: September, 2002.
Specialized Training Services, Inc.: 14-hour training on The Sexually Violent Offender, with Roy Hazelwood, M.S., FBI (ret): February, 2005.
Specialized Training Services, Inc.: 14-hour training on Sex Offenders and Victims, with Anna Salter, Ph.D., Wisconsin Department of Corrections consultant: February, 2005.
California State University, Fresno: 40-hour National Victim Assistance Academy: Foundations in Victim Services, with Steven Walker, Ph.D., Bernadette Muscat, Ph.D., Arthur Wint, J.D., Jill Weston, and Kevin “Kip” Lowe, Ph.D.: June, 2005.
Office for Victims of Crime (OVC): Two-day training on The Ultimate Trainer, with Christine Edmunds and Kevin “Kip” Lowe, Ph.D.: July, 2005.
The Academy Group, Inc.: Two-week training on Violent Crime Behavior, with retired FBI agents Robert R. (Roy) Hazelwood, M.S., Roger L. Depue, Ph.D., Kenneth V. Lanning, Michael R. Napier, Peter A. Smerick, M. Ed., Richard L. Ault, Jr., Ph.D., Janet I. Warren, D.S.W., and Larry E. McCann: October, 2005.
Circles of Support and Accountability (COSA): 12-hour training on the Canadian COSA model for working with sex offenders released into the community, with Robin Wilson, Ph.D. and Eileen Henderson: December, 2005.
Office for Victims of Crime (OVC): Two-day training on The Sexual Assault Advocate/Counselor, with Linda E. Ledray, RN, Ph.D., SANE-A: February, 2006.
VOD Facilitator Trainings for Victim Service Agencies
Various VOD Facilitator Trainings: Since 2002, we have conducted both agency and “open” trainings (in one-, two-, three-, and six-day variations) in Alabama, California, Kentucky, New Hampshire, New York, Scotland, Tennessee, Texas, Vermont, and Wisconsin. Our Victim-Centered VOD Facilitator Training opportunities are currently available for Corrections-based Victim Service and allied agencies only. For information on the availability of these VOD facilitator trainings, please Contact JUST Alternatives.
Corrections-Based Victim Service VOD Facilitation Work
Texas Department of Criminal Justice – Victim Services Division: Mediator in the Victim Offender Mediation/Dialogue program: 2000-2002.
Facilitated preparation and dialogue between the daughter of a victim of capital murder and the offender, who is serving a life sentence. (2000-2001)
Facilitated the preparation and “videotape dialogue” between a survivor of rape and the offender, an admitted serial rapist who would not admit to this assault – but who is serving a life sentence for it. (2001-2002)
Facilitated a “surrogate” dialogue between this victim/survivor and another admitted serial rapist serving a life sentence and willing to help her try to understand the mind of a rapist. (2002)
Maine Department of Corrections – Office of Victim Services: Victim Offender Dialogue Facilitator in Crimes of Severe Violence: 2000-present.
Facilitated preparation and dialogue between a survivor of domestic assault/attempted murder and the offender, who was approaching his release date. (2000-2001)
Facilitated preparation and dialogue between the adoptive father of a 26-year-old man who was shot to death and the offender convicted of the murder. (2003-2004)
Facilitated preparation and dialogue for a mother and daughter with the stepfather convicted of unlawful sexual contact and gross sexual assault. (2006)
Attempted to fulfill the request from the stepmother of a young man killed by a drunk driver to meet and talk with the offender incarcerated for OUI Manslaughter. Offender withdrew from the process. (2007-2008)
Currently facilitating preparation with the daughter of a woman killed by her husband to meet and talk with the stepfather convicted of manslaughter. (2008)
Massachusetts Department of Correction – Office of Victim Services: Victim Offender Dialogue Facilitator in Crimes of Severe Violence: 2004-present.
Attempted to fulfill a victim/survivor’s request to meet and talk with the offender convicted of killing her 15-year-old son in 1993. Offender does not accept full responsibility for the murder, so preparation process did not go forward.
Facilitated preparation and dialogue between the mother of a 19-year-old son killed in 2001, and one of the offenders convicted in that murder. (2005-2006)
Facilitated preparation and dialogue between this mother and another of the offenders convicted in the 2001 murder of her son. (2007)
Facilitated preparation and dialogue between the victim/survivor and the offender in a domestic relationship. Offender was convicted of assault and battery with a dangerous weapon (multiple stabbings), and scheduled for release in 2008. (2006)
Currently facilitating preparation with a victim/survivor and the offender convicted in the 1983 murder of the survivor’s brother. (2008)
Facilitated preparation and dialogue for the mother of young girl severely wounded in a neighborhood shooting and the offender convicted in this crime. (2008- 2009)
Vermont Department of Corrections – Office of Victim Services: Provisional Victim Offender Dialogue Facilitator in Crimes of Severe Violence
Attempted to fulfill a victim/survivor’s request to meet and talk with the offender convicted of sexually assaulting her in 1996. Offender’s position was inappropriate for VOD. (2004)
Currently facilitating preparation for a victim/survivor with the offender convicted of aggravated sexual assault. (2008)
Louisiana Department of Public Safety and Corrections – Crime Victim Services Bureau: Provisional Victim Offender Dialogue Facilitator in Crimes of Severe Violence
Facilitated preparation and dialogue between the mother of a young man shot and killed in 1999, and the former domestic partner of the mother, convicted of manslaughter. (2008-9)
Typical (non-VOD-related) Victim/Survivor Outreach/Listening/Support:
Listening and support for a woman who was sexually victimized as a girl by her father, who has refused to acknowledge his betrayal and violation of her.
Listening and support for a woman who was sexually exploited as a pre-teenage girl by a young neighborhood man, and whose own mother later tried to shoot her.
Listening and support for a man who was sexually exploited as a boy by a trusted adult male friend & mentor.
Listening and support for a woman who was sexually assaulted while traveling out of the country.
Listening and support for a woman whose adult daughter was shot and killed by her domestic partner.
Correctional Facilities List – Past/Current VOD Case Work
KENTUCKY
Lee Adjustment Center (Corrections Corp.of America), Beattyville, Kentucky
LOUISIANA
Louisiana State Penitentiary, Angola, Louisiana
MAINE
Bolduc Correctional Facility, Warren, Maine
Maine Correctional Center, South Windham, Maine
Maine State Prison, Warren, Maine
Womens Reentry Center, Bangor, Maine
MASSACHUSETTS
Massachusetts Correctional Institution-Shirley, Shirley, Massachusetts
Massachusetts Correctional Institution-Norfolk, Norfolk, Massachusetts
Old Colony Correctional Center, Bridgewater, Massachusetts
Pondville Correctional Center, Norfolk, Massachusetts
Souza-Baranowski Correctional Center, Shirley, Massachusetts
TEXAS
Ellis Unit, Huntsville, Texas
Wayne Scott Unit, Angleton, Texas
Justice and Corrections Affiliations
Maine State Prison: Co-facilitator in the Pre-Release Education Program (PREP): 2000-2004.
Maine State Prison Board of Visitors: Chairman (current); Member (2001-present).
A state prison oversight and advisory committee reporting to the Governor.
Appointed to the Board by Governor Angus S. King, Jr.
Maine Reentry Network Steering Committee: Member – appointed 2005.
Hancock County Community Reparations Board: Member – 2000-2004.
Founding member of Maine’s first community reparations board – a pilot program.
Massachusetts Department of Correction – Victim Services Council:
Member – appointed by Commissioner Kathleen M. Dennehy, December, 2004.
American Correctional Association: Member – 2000-present.
National Center for Victims of Crime: Member – 2005-present.
National Association of Victim Service Professionals in Corrections: Member – 2007-present
Crime Victims Report: for Criminal Justice Professionals and Providers of Support Services: Editorial Board of Advisors – 2004-2007.