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backlogs residing at police crime labs. These backlogs consist of both kits stored in evidence storage facilities, for which DNA analysis is not requested by investigating detectives, and those submitted for testing at crime lab facilities, but which have not been tested in a timely manner. Although authorities have struggled to address the backlog problem, their attempts have reportedly been hampered by funding issues and politics. As a consequence of these backlogs, assault survivors are often not informed of the status of their rape kit or their case.
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provide a right for the prompt testing of a kit. By contrast, the shortest statute of limitations in the US is three years, though many states do not have a statute of limitations for rape. Some states, including
Washington and Idaho, have legislation in place that requires a tracking system allowing law enforcement, medical facilities, and survivors to check the status of kits throughout the entire process, from collection to analysis and final disposition, and for survivors to be notified if a decision is made not to test a kit or to its destruction.
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state as well as local governments to increase the ability of their DNA laboratories and decrease backlogs. The actual number of untested rape kits is undefined as of 2015 because there is no nationwide system set up to keep track of the cases. This can be attributed to the lack of a common definition of backlog, which can relate to cases not worked within a month of submission, or cases that have not been submitted to the forensic labs for analysis.
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such crimes meant that such evidence, when it was collected, was not preserved in a way that maintained its integrity. Goddard founded the
Chicago-based Citizens Committee for Victim Assistance to address the issue, researching the process by consulting with medical professionals, law enforcement officials, members of the justice system, and scholars. Through her friendship with businesswoman
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in order to address this concerns, after a decade of attempts by Denise Snyder, executive director of the D.C. Rape Crisis Center (DCRCC), to find a major hospital willing to host the program, most of whom either cited economic concerns or declined to respond to her inquiries. After Howard
University
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In many acquaintance sexual assault cases, the accused assailant will defend the accusations as consensual encounters. In such cases, rape kit evidence that documents the victim's injuries, e.g., photographs of bruising, is a useful tool to corroborate allegations of non-consensual sexual contact. In
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embarked upon a crusade to create a comprehensive rape evidence collection kit and lobby for its adoption by law enforcement agencies. The lack of standardized protocol for correctly collecting such evidence, and the lack of understanding of or sympathy for those suffering the psychological trauma of
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Survey responses indicated that there may be some misunderstanding of the value of biological evidence. Forty-four percent of the law enforcement agencies said that one of the reasons they did not send evidence to the lab was that a suspect had not been identified. Fifteen percent said that they did
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In locations where rape kits are available, a lack of trained examiners may still impede the ability of victims to undergo timely sexual assault examinations. Shortages force victims to wait hours for an exam or to travel long distances in order to have a rape kit performed within the recommended 72
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authorizations in 2004 and 2008 provide additional funding to state and local jurisdictions to help clear their rape kit testing backlogs. As of 2014, the federal government estimates a nationwide backlog of 400,000 rape kits, including many from the 1990s when evidence was collected but not tested
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Conservative estimates indicate there are 200,000–400,000 untested rape kits in U.S. police departments, and large stockpiles of kits have been documented in over five dozen jurisdictions, sometimes totaling more than 10,000 untested rape kits in a single city. The federal DNA Initiative has helped
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One cause of the backlog of rape kits being tested is detectives and/or prosecutors failing to request a DNA analysis. When someone fails to request a DNA analysis, the kit sits in a police evidence storage facility untested. A rape kit is considered backlogged when it is not submitted for analysis
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Damaged evidence is something that is common among rape kits because survivors of sexual assault typically desire to wash themselves as soon as possible following an attack. Prior to the exam, it is desired that patients avoid using the rest room, combing their hair, bathing, changing their clothes
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of 2005 went into effect, requiring state governments who wish to continue receiving federal funding to pay for "Jane Doe rape kits" or "anonymous rape tests". These tests allow victims too traumatized to go to the police to undergo the procedure at hospitals. The hospitals maintain the collected
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The vast majority of sexual assaults are non-stranger (or "acquaintance") cases where the victim knows the assailant. While identifying a suspect is not at issue, the kit's forensic evidence can be used to confirm offender identity in acquaintance rape cases. The kits may also be used to determine
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report stated that it was not uncommon for labs to dispose of untested kits, sometimes illegally, in
Colorado, Kentucky and North Carolina. As of 2016, no U.S. state provides a right to retain a rape kit until the expiration of the statute of limitations, and only six states and Washington, D.C.,
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In a study analyzing the status of Brazil's DNA database in 2015, researchers found 223 matches related to 78 serial rapists. At the time, the DNA database contained 650 profiles from one type of analysis of samples collected in rape kits—male autosomal STR profiles—and 420 profiles from a second
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Serial rape is defined as an assailant that has raped two or more victims. Serial rape may involve sexual partner violence or non-partner sexual violence, and it may be in the same family, in the same or different regions of a city, or in different cities or states. DNA collected by rape kits can
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hospital emergency rooms incorporated its use into their standard practice for gathering trace evidence when treating rape victims. It consisted of a cardboard box containing items including swabs, slides and a small comb, and instructions for using them. Less than two years later, 215 hospitals
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The cost of rape kits is a barrier to use in many locations where the victim is billed for the collection of forensic evidence. Collecting a rape kit reportedly costs upwards of $ 1,000. In some countries, reimbursement for the cost is contingent on the victim reporting the crime to police. In
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has the largest known rape kit backlog in the United States, with at least 12,669 languishing in storage facilities of the Los
Angeles Police Department, Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department, and 47 independent police departments in Los Angeles County, and "smaller, but not inconsiderable"
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Examiners then collect biological samples of semen, blood, saliva and other bodily fluids by swabbing the victim's genitals, rectum, mouth and body surfaces. Examiners also collect fingernail scrapings and pluck head and pubic hairs. If the facility has the means, and the victim consents, the
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Forensic DNA Research Institute of Federal District Civil Police to create a DNA database in 1998 containing evidence specifically collected in sexual assault cases. DNA matches in such databases not only aid in identifying the assailant where unknown to the victim, but also may help
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Rape kit examinations are performed by medical professionals, most commonly physicians and nurses. In some locations, examiners have received special training on performing sexual assault forensic exams. For example, many hospitals and health facilities in the United States and Canada have
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The present study also confirms prior research that shows a greater likelihood of filing a charge and reaching a conviction when injuries suffered by the victim are serious (Frazier and Haney, 1996; Spohn, Beichner, and Davis-Frenzel, 2001; Spohn and
Holleran, 2001; McGregor et al., 2002;
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and the prosecution of a suspected assailant. DNA evidence can have tremendous utility for sexual assault investigations and prosecution by identifying offenders, revealing serial offenders through DNA matches across cases, and exonerating those who have been wrongly accused.
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since at least 1999, and was already followed at some health clinics, colleges and hospitals, and in the state of
Massachusetts, many jurisdictions up until then refused to pay the estimated $ 800 cost of the rape examination without a police report filed by the victim.
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Upon completion, the rape kit is sealed and typically transferred to local law enforcement. In the United States, if the victim is undecided about reporting the rape, the kit may instead be stored at the exam facility or a law enforcement facility as an "anonymous" kit.
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within 10 days of the evidence being submitted. A second cause of the backlog is crime laboratory facilities receiving the rape kits and not testing them in a timely manner. The Joyful Heart
Foundation, an anti-sexual violence charity founded by actress and activist
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have been improperly collected, stored or handled. Due to the backlog of sexual assault cases, forensic scientists have been challenged with the task of determining how to process the sexual assault kits effectively and within the statute of limitation on assaults.
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for analysis. Forensic scientists will try to develop a DNA profile of the assailant using the samples collected in the rape kit. If successful, the crime lab will search the DNA profile against the DNA profiles of convicted offenders and other crime scenes using a
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present would attend to more immediate emergencies, such as births, after which the invasive exam would be performed by inexperienced residents, who made poor witnesses at trial. The Sexual
Assault Nurse Examiner (SANE) program was established in 2000 at
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tend to be unsympathetic to alleged rape victims. Detective Vincent Spriggs, of D.C. Metro P.D.'s Sexual Assault Unit, cites instances of false or unconvincing rape accusations, and requests for rape kits by women who wish to have pregnancy tests or the
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adopted the program, survivors encountered the problem of requiring police authorization before receiving a rape examination, which Snyder attributes to a desire to maintain low crime rates on the part of law enforcement agencies, whom, according to the
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In some locations, rape kits are destroyed before ever being tested and sometimes without notifying the victim. For victims of sexual assault in the United States, for example, the length of time for which a kit can go untested may be shorter than the
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Campbell, Rebecca; Feeney, Hannah; Fehler-Cabral, Giannina; Shaw, Jessica; Horsford, Sheena (December 23, 2015). "The National Problem of Untested Sexual Assault Kits (SAKs): Scope, Causes, and Future Directions for Research, Policy, and Practice".
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Victims' access to rape kits is often limited. In many locations, the non-availability of rape kits prevents victims from obtaining medico-legal evidence that would otherwise aid in the criminal investigation and prosecution of their assailant. In
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In both stranger and non-stranger sexual assault cases, DNA testing of rape kit evidence and DNA database hits help identify serial sexual assaults. For example, a 2016 study of 900 previously untested rape kits in Detroit, Michigan found 259
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As an indicator of how widespread this problem has become, "18 percent of unsolved alleged sexual assaults that occurred from 2002 to 2007 contained forensic evidence that was still in police custody (not submitted to a crime lab for
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Across Illinois, where law enforcement and prosecutors handle sex crimes differently, a police backlog of nearly 8,000 rape kits accumulated between 1995 and 2009, only 20% of which were tested. Effective September 1, 2010, The
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The process of collecting a rape kit is highly invasive and extremely time-consuming. The physical examination begins with the victim disrobing while standing on a large sheet of butcher paper, which collects any
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or cleaning up the scene of the assault. Most evidence needs to be collected within 72 hours to be viable, and patients are advised to either bring or wear the clothing they had on when attacked to the exam.
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found that rape kits were sometimes inappropriately used, missing proper specimens, or missing necessary forms. The study recommended improved training of health care workers to overcome these deficiencies.
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found that the majority of victims went to the hospital within 24 hours of a sexual assault, but did not receive a forensic medical examination because rape kits have yet to be introduced in the country.
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Campbell, R.; Feeney, H.; Pierce, S. J.; Sharma, D. B.; Fehler-Cabral, G. (March 27, 2016). "Tested at Last: How DNA Evidence in Untested Rape Kits Can Identify Offenders and Serial Sexual Assaults".
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hits, which included stranger and non-stranger sexual assault DNA profiles. Sixty-nine of the hits were serial sexual assault hits, 15 of which were acquaintance (non-stranger) sexual assault cases.
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evidence in a sealed envelope identified only by a number, unless police access its contents upon the victim's decision to press charges. While the practice had been recommended by the
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and the prosecution of a suspected assailant. It may also be used to exonerate the wrongly accused. The benefit of rape kit evidence depends in part on the character of the assault.
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Parnis, Deborah; Janice, Du Mont (December 2002). "Examining the Standardized Application of Rape Kits: An Exploratory Study of Post-Sexual Assault Professional Practices".
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In a 2003 interview, Goddard related that through her work in a Chicago teen crisis center, she learned about the very low rate at which rapes resulted in prosecutions.
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de Heer, Brooke (February 2016). "A Snapshot of Serial Rape An Investigation of Criminal Sophistication and Use of Force on Victim Injury and Severity of the Assault".
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conference. Based on her presentation, the Department of Justice provided Goddard with funding to travel to help other states begin their own rape kit pilot programs.
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administered, as an obstacle to more open use of the kits. In 2008, Howard University canceled the SANE program, after which it reopened under the supervision of the
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The problem of rape kit backlogs was employed as a significant plot point in "Behave", the September 29, 2010 episode of the television crime drama,
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refers to the problem of untested sexual assault kits. The problem is twofold: it involves both the issue of rape kits not being submitted to
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who are trained to collect and preserve forensic evidence and to offer emotional support to the victim. According to the
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Ort, Jennifer A. (September 2002). "The Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner".
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3080:"Map: How Long Does Your State Give Rape Survivors to Pursue Justice?"
2470:"Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner (SANE) Development and Operation Guide"
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3834:"Message from Mariska Hargitay: The Shame of Rape-Kit Backlogs"
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3879:"Neglected Rape Kits Getting Second Life in Mainstream Media"
3615:"Tested At Last, Rape Kits Give Evidence To Victims' Stories"
3597:"The Road Ahead: Unanalyzed Evidence in Sexual Assault Cases"
3397:"Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) About STOP Formula Grants"
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3209:"You have to drive an hour for a rape kit in rural America"
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The Road Ahead: Unanalyzed Evidence in Sexual Assault Cases
2998:"Backlogs are a dynamic system, not a warehousing problem"
2571:
Forensic Science International: Genetics Supplement Series
2514:. The National Center for Victims of Crime. Archived from
2099:"Test Case: You're Not a Rape Victim Unless Police Say So"
1754:. Family Doctor. March 21, 2017. Retrieved April 22, 2018.
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Comb used to collect hair and fiber from the victim's body
3144:. Joyful Heart Foundation. November 2017. Archived from
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faced similar hurdles until the 2005 reauthorization of
3881:. Women's Media Center. August 18, 2010. Archived from
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Smith, Jordan Michael; AJ, Vicens (November 24, 2014).
2505:"Sexual Assault Kit Testing: What Victims Need to Know"
1961:"Marty Goddard Interview Transcript, February 26, 2003"
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Comprehensive Rape Kit Reform: A Legislative Handbook
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3676:"SB 3269 - Sexual Assault Evidence Submission Act"
2945:"Making Sense of DNA Backlogs-- Myths vs. Reality"
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2358:Baker, Thomas E.; Roberts, James C. (March 2015).
2332:"Here's What Happens When You Get a Rape Kit Exam"
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1581:Sexual Offense Evidence Collection (SOEC) kit
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3645:"Crime Summary: Chicago January-August 2010"
3502:"The Shocking Numbers on Untested Rape Kits"
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1513:DNA Analysis Backlog Elimination Act of 2000
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3564:"Anonymous Rape Tests Are Going Nationwide"
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3298:Caplan-Bricker, Nora (December 22, 2015).
3159:Swan, Sarah (2013). "Triangulating Rape".
1727:Pass, Allan D.; Embar-Seddon, Ayn (2009).
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3907:. Joyful Heart Foundation. Archived from
3857:Stinchfield, Grant (September 22, 2010).
3113:. Joyful Heart Foundation. Archived from
3107:"Drafter's Checklist for Rape Kit Reform"
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2140:Jones, Helen (January 2015). "Rape kit".
2068:Rape, Abuse & Incest National Network
1967:. The University of Akron. Archived from
1792:. Joyful Heart Foundation. Archived from
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3269:"Recovering of DNA evidence after rape"
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3689:"Rape Kit Backlog Hits Primetime SVU"
3207:Paquette, Danielle (April 19, 2016).
3161:NYU Review of Law & Social Change
3045:Kingkade, Tyler (February 24, 2016).
2620:Wang, Can; Wein, Lawrence M. (2018).
1999:"The Story Behind the First Rape Kit"
1997:Ravitz, Jessica (November 21, 2015).
1648:Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
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2968:National Center for Victims of Crime
2794:"Sexual assault in Ile-Ife, Nigeria"
1700:Sexual Assault Survivors' Rights Act
746:sexual assault forensic evidence kit
3404:United States Department of Justice
2964:United States Department of Justice
2427:Health Care for Women International
2142:Salem Press Encyclopedia of Science
1860:Shelby, Renee (December 24, 2018).
1367:sexual assault in the United States
914:Sterile urine collection containers
3678:. 2010. Illinois Municipal League.
3595:Larsen, Rozanne (August 5, 2011).
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3789:New York County District Attorney
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3273:The South African Medical Journal
2918:"Addressing the Rape Kit Backlog"
2876:Journal of Interpersonal Violence
2669:Journal of Interpersonal Violence
2545:Combined DNA Index System (CODIS)
1585:New York County District Attorney
1557:Illinois House of Representatives
1064:Influence on sexual assault cases
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3500:Carmon, Irin (August 12, 2010).
3245:(Report). March 2016. GAO-16-334
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2162:The American Journal of Nursing
1906:"The Rape Kit's Secret History"
1786:"What is the Rape Kit Backlog?"
1478:Federal Bureau of Investigation
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974:. SANEs were introduced in the
825:across Illinois were using it.
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3185:. The Canadian Press. CTV News
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2483:Hess, Amanda (April 7, 2010).
2097:Hess, Amanda (April 9, 2010).
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2381:Trauma, Violence, & Abuse
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2625:Journal of Forensic Sciences
2599:"Frequently Asked Questions"
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474:Marital rape laws by country
3820:. Retrieved April 22, 2018.
3533:. October 18, 2010. Page 4.
3527:"Hargitay's Joyful Heart".
2362:. Salem Press Encyclopedia.
2251:Journal of Forensic Nursing
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1471:As of May 2009 the federal
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441:Russian invasion of Ukraine
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3712:"Keeping Communities Safe"
2845:The Justice System Journal
2725:The Justice System Journal
1621:Howard University Hospital
1473:Violence Against Women Act
1371:Violence Against Women Act
535:Sexual violence statistics
3839:October 21, 2010, at the
3717:Illinois Attorney General
3656:Chicago Police Department
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2601:. Forensics for Survivors
2439:10.1080/07399330290112362
2306:10.1080/09555800701422852
2028:Forensic Science Glossary
1690:Rape in the United States
1669:Combined DNA Index System
1561:Illinois General Assembly
1509:Combined DNA Index System
1375:2013 VAWA reauthorization
1045:Combined DNA Index System
917:Sterile sample containers
396:Bangladesh Liberation War
3599:. Journalist's Resource.
3363:Law & Social Inquiry
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2798:Nigerian Medical Journal
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944:Sterile water and saline
920:Blood collection devices
828:The kit became known as
784:In the 1970s, after the
489:False accusation of rape
215:Sociobiological theories
2638:10.1111/1556-4029.13739
2485:"What's In A Rape Kit?"
1866:Theoretical Criminology
1680:Forensic identification
1539:Los Angeles, California
210:Secondary victimisation
162:Effects and motivations
3818:Texas Attorney General
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2996:Houck, Max M. (2020).
2750:LeBeau, James (1987).
2225:"SANE Program Listing"
1824:Law and Human Behavior
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722:Martha 'Marty' Goddard
587:Rape and revenge films
545:Military sexual trauma
401:Sierra Leone Civil War
3724:on December 15, 2010.
3620:All Things Considered
2943:Nelson, Mark (2010).
2490:Washington City Paper
2196:"What Is a Rape Kit?"
2104:Washington City Paper
2063:"What is a Rape Kit?"
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479:Marry-your-rapist law
359:Occupation of Germany
170:Effects and aftermath
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3832:(October 13, 2010).
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3613:(January 26, 2014).
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445:Israeli–Palestinian
391:Sri Lankan Civil War
372:Liberation of France
190:Rape trauma syndrome
185:Rape crisis movement
79:Cybersex trafficking
3795:on January 17, 2018
3214:The Washington Post
3117:on February 1, 2018
2521:on January 18, 2020
2468:Ledray, L. (1999).
1796:on February 1, 2018
1641:Depictions in media
1454:Republic of Ireland
1448:Republic of Ireland
986:Evidence collection
938:Documentation forms
854:Description and use
550:Preventive measures
180:Pregnancy from rape
149:Unacknowledged rape
109:Live streaming rape
3951:Forensic equipment
3766:2007-12-27 at the
3668:Hutchinson, Toi W.
3650:2011-07-25 at the
3550:Human Rights Watch
3148:on April 24, 2018.
2512:VictimsOfCrime.org
2123:"Vaginal swab kit"
1936:The New York Times
1910:The New York Times
1836:10.1037/lhb0000252
1631:morning-after pill
1565:Governor Pat Quinn
1535:Human Rights Watch
1070:rape investigation
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799:Playboy Foundation
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572:Rape crisis centre
520:Anti-rape movement
494:Rape investigation
62:Child sexual abuse
3845:Good Housekeeping
3830:Hargitay, Mariska
3546:"Testing Justice"
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3328:Japan Forum
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809:Hugh Hefner
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607:Rape threat
406:Bosnian War
386:Vietnam War
291:Philippines
236:Afghanistan
129:Serial rape
119:Prison rape
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3930:Categories
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3889:October 1,
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454:By Israel
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