Casey Gwinn was an American lawyer who served as the City Attorney elected San Diego, Calif., from 1996 to 2004. He is credited as the pioneer of the concept of the Family Justice Center, where many agencies work together. under one roof to provide services to victims of domestic violence and sexual harassment.
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Early life and education
Gwinn grew up on the campus of Mt. Hermon Christian Conference Center, a facility in the Santa Cruz Mountains of Northern California; his father, a minister of the Congregation, was the director of the center. Gwinn graduated from San Lorenzo Valley High School in 1978. She later obtained a political science degree from Stanford University and a law degree from UCLA.
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Careers
Casey Gwinn works in the San Diego City Attorney office right after law school. He founded the Child Abuse/Domestic Violence Unit in the City in August 1986. Beginning in 1985 he headed the Domestic Violence Unit at the City Prosecutor's office. He is known as a hardline prosecutor of domestic violence cases, winning 19 of his first 21 cases and eventually sue over 10,000 such cases. Gwinn pioneered the approach to domestic violence prosecution known as "evidence-based prosecution", promoting investigation and prosecution even if the victim is unable or unwilling to participate with the claimant. His approach was adopted by jurisdiction throughout the United States and he became a frequent lecturer for the National District Prosecutors Association.
In 1989, Gwinn created the San Diego Task Force Against Domestic Violence with Ashley Walker, founder of Covert Woman Service at YWCA San Diego County. The task force created the first regional protocol in San Diego on investigation and prosecution of domestic violence cases, embracing Gwinn's pro-prosecution approach against domestic violence perpetrators.
In August 1989, Gwinn first proposed the establishment of a center in which all agencies, government and non-government would work together in one place, allowing adults and surviving children to receive all their services in one place. His proposal was rejected by the district attorney, the police chief, and the sheriff. Nevertheless, Gwinn, in collaboration with prosecutor Gael Strack, began adding partner agents on site at the San Diego City Attorney's Office in 1990. In 1991, Gwinn founded the San Diego Domestic Violence Council and served as its first president until 1999.
The collaborative approach at the San Diego City Lawyers' Office, which began after Gwinn's proposal for a multi-agency center was rejected in 1989, gained national attention in 1993 when the Child Violence/Violence Unit was profiled as a model for the nation by the National Council of Judges Council and Family. Then in 1993, Gwinn's work was profiled on "NOW" with Tom Brokaw and Katie Couric on NBC.
In 1996, Gwinn was elected as San Diego City Lawyer, taking the leadership of nearly 330 lawyers, investigators, and support professionals. As a City Attorney he led the creation in 2002 from the San Diego Family Justice Center that serves victims of domestic violence and their children. He first proposed the concept in 1989. He named it City Assistant Attorney Gael Strack to become the first Director of the Family Justice Center. Along with the opening of the San Diego Family Justice Center, Gwinn also set up camping and mentoring programs as part of a Center called Camp HOPE San Diego. He argues that trauma witnessed domestic violence. He also strongly opposes pornography, saying "I have seen a very strong connection between pornography and child abuse and sexual harassment as a prosecutor for many years." In 2003, his work was profiah at the rapidly growing Oprah Winfrey Show on the Family Justice Center framework to help victims of adult and child abuse. In October 2003, President George W. Bush recognized him as the founder of the Family Justice Center movement and asked him to help develop the Family Justice Center throughout the United States.
There are now more than 100 Family Justice Centers across the United States as well as centers in more than 20 countries worldwide. The Center for Family Justice has been identified as a "best practice" in helping victims of domestic violence and their children.
After being removed from his position as City Attorney in 2004, he helped lead the Presidenteh Family Justice Center Initiative, which during the 2004-2006 period helped open fifteen Family Justice Centers with models in San Diego..
In 2007, Casey Gwinn and Gael Strack were featured on CBS The Early Show with Harry Smith. In 2011, Gwinn and Strack established the Struggle Prevention Training Institute, which focuses on handling cases of near and non-fatal strangulation in domestic violence, sexual violence, elderly abuse, and child abuse cases. Strangulation is one of the most deadly forms of domestic violence. Gwinn and Strack argue that non-fatal strangling cases should be identified as "murder ends".
In 2013, Gwinn developed a statewide model for Camp HOPE California, bringing children exposed to domestic violence to camps from around the state. By 2015, HOPE America Camp becomes national under the leadership of Gwinn. In 2018, Camp HOPE America operates in 18 states.
He continues to be active in the family justice movement. He is president of the Alliance for HOPE International, formerly the Family Justice Center Alliance. The aim is to "meet the needs of survivors of domestic violence and sexual violence and their children."
Casey Gwinn and Gael Strack have been recognized to identify links between domestic violence, traumatized children, and female cruelty. Gwinn has published or published ten books since 2006. In 2015 she published a book, Cheering for Children, in which she argues that childhood trauma is the number one public health problem in the country.
Personal
He is married and has three children.
References
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