Rape evidence kits

Just Science Podcast: Just a Prosecutor’s Perspective on At-Home Kits

NCJ Number

304663

Date Published

2022

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Issue Overview

NIJ.ojp.gov

Just Science Podcast: Just Analyzing At-Home Kits

NCJ Number

304662

Date Published

2022

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Issue Overview

NIJ.ojp.gov

Just Science Podcast: Just Key Considerations for Investigations of Sexual Assault Cases

NCJ Number

304661

Date Published

2022

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

NIJ.oip.gov

Just Science Podcast: Just the Intersection of At-Home Kits and Healing

NCJ Number

304658

Date Published

2022

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Issue Overview

NIJ.ojp.gov

The Time to Collect is Now: DNA Evidence in Groping Sexual Assault Cases

Event Dates

February 27, 2019

Location

Online

Event Type

Webinar

Registration Status

Not Required

Series

Emerging Forensic Research Webinar Series

Prosecution of Adult Sexual Assault Cases: A Longitudinal Analysis of the Impact of a Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner Program

NCJ Number

239277

Journal

Violence Against Women

Date Published

February 2012

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

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Validation Study of KPICS SpermFinder by NicheVision Forensics, LLC for the Identification of Human Spermatozoa

NCJ Number

241237

Journal

Journal of Forensic Sciences

Date Published

July 2012

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

HTML

Problem of Untested Sexual Assault Kits: Why Are Some Kits Never Submitted to a Crime Laboratory?

NCJ Number

241695

Journal

Journal of Interpersonal Violence

Date Published

2012

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

HTML

Use of Forensic Science in Investigating Crimes of Sexual Violence: Contrasting Its Theoretical Potential With Empirical Realities

NCJ Number

239276

Journal

Violence Against Women

Date Published

February 2012

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

HTML

Shelving Justice: The Discovery of Thousands of Untested Rape Kits in Detroit

NCJ Number

249290

Journal

City and Community

Date Published

June 2015

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

HTML

Testing Previously Unsubmitted Sexual Assault Kits: What Are the Investigative Results?

NCJ Number

249297

Journal

Criminal Justice Policy Review

Date Published

August 2015

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

HTML

Developing Empirically Informed Policies for Sexual Assault Kit DNA Testing: Is It Too Late to Test Kits Beyond the Statute of Limitations?

NCJ Number

249986

Journal

Criminal Justice Policy Review

Date Published

March 2016

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

HTML

Tested at Last: How DNA Evidence in Untested Rape Kits Can Identify Offenders and Serial Sexual Assaults

NCJ Number

250059

Journal

Journal of Interpersonal Violence

Date Published

March 2016

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

HTML

Should Rape Kit Testing Be Prioritized by Victim-Offender Relationship? Empirical Comparison of Forensic Testing Outcomes for Stranger and Non-stranger Sexual Assaults

NCJ Number

251251

Journal

Criminology & Public Policy

Date Published

May 2016

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

HTML

Creating a Victim Notification Protocol for Untested Sexual Assault Kits: An Empirically Supported Planning Framework

NCJ Number

251982

Journal

Journal of Forensic Nursing

Date Published

March 2017

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

HTML

Comparing Standard and Selective Degradation DNA Extraction Methods: Results From a Field Experiment With Sexual Assault Kits

NCJ Number

251983

Journal

Journal of Forensic Sciences

Date Published

January 2017

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

HTML

Beyond DNA: The Role of Biological Evidence in Sexual Assault Investigations

NCJ Number

252579

Date Published

January 2019

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Issue Overview

PDF

Assessment of Sexual Assault Kit (SAK) Evidence Selection Leading to Development of SAK Evidence Machine-Learning Model (SAK-ML Model)

2019-NE-BX-0001

Closed

Funding First Awarded

2019

$250,000

Completion of the SONIC-DE 2.0 System for Implementation in Forensic Laboratories

2019-NE-BX-0004

Closed

Funding First Awarded

2019

$175,791

Bio-inspired Material-integrated Beads for Differential Extraction of Sperm in Forensic Applications

2019-NE-BX-0003

Closed

Funding First Awarded

2019

$499,545

A Conversation With Natasha Alexenko, Founder of Natasha's Justice Project

NCJ Number

250519

Date Published

January 2017

Agencies

NIJ

Publication Type

Issue Overview, Interview

YouTube | Transcript (HTML)

NIJ Journal Issue No. 272

NCJ Number

241924

Journal

NIJ Journal

Date Published

September 2013

Agencies

NIJ

Series

NIJ Journal

Publication Type

Collected Work

PDF | HTML

How Research and Technology Are Expanding Sexual Assault Kit Testing

January 2016

NIJ Office of Investigative and Forensic Sciences Director Gerald LaPorte and Deputy Director Heather Waltke, along with Heather LaSalle, Forensic Examiner, DNA Casework Unit, and Tina Delgado, Chief, Biometrics Division from the FBI Laboratory discuss how scientific advances can help jurisdictions process a large number of previously unsubmitted sexual assault kits.

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Isolation of Sperm DNA Through Protamine Capture

NCJ Number

253075

Date Published

June 2017

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical), Program/Project Evaluation

PDF

Evaluating the Efficiency of the Use of the Qiagen QIAsymphony with High Throughput Y-screening as an Alternative to Conventional Serology

NCJ Number

253073

Date Published

April 2018

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical), Program/Project Description

PDF

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