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The Road Ahead: Unanalyzed Evidence in Sexual Assault Cases

Publish Date: 
2011
Description: 

This NIJ special report outlines the issue of untested sexual assault kits that remain in law enforcement custody and evidence rooms and the impact that these kits have on communities and sexual assault response.  The report addresses victim notification and protocol when a kit is sent for testing and appropriate follow up.

Read this special report [1].

Bibliography: 
Nancy Ritter, National Institute of Justice (NIJ)
Filed under
SART (Sexual Assault Response Team) [2],Criminal Justice [3],SANE/Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner) [4],Legal [5],Medical/Health [6]
Filed under
Reports [7]

Source URL: http://nsvrc.org/publications/road-ahead-unanalyzed-evidence-sexual-assault-cases

Links:
[1] http://www.ncjrs.gov/pdffiles1/nij/233279.pdf
[2] http://nsvrc.org/publications/collaborative-responses/sart-sexual-assault-response-team
[3] http://nsvrc.org/publications/legal/criminal-justice
[4] http://nsvrc.org/publications/medicalhealth/sane/sexual-assault-nurse-examiner
[5] http://nsvrc.org/publications/legal
[6] http://nsvrc.org/publications/medical/health
[7] http://nsvrc.org/publications/reports