Describing the process and quantifying the outcomes of the Cuyahoga County sexual assault kit initiative

Rachel Lovell, Misty Luminais, Daniel J. Flannery, Richard Bell and Brett Kyker

Journal of Criminal Justice, 2018, vol. 57, issue C, 106-115

Abstract: This is a case study of an early adopter jurisdiction addressing its large number of previously unsubmitted sexual assault kits (SAKs) and the first study to describe and quantify an unsubmitted SAK initiative's process and outcomes from testing to disposition.

Keywords: Sexual assault; Rape kits; Sexual assault kits; Sexual assault kit initiative; DNA; Serial sex offenders (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2018
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DOI: 10.1016/j.jcrimjus.2018.05.012

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