Standardized forensic exams are a useful tool for sexual-violence investigations—or they would be if police departments ...

Designed to gather and preserve biological evidence found on the body of a person reporting a sexual assault, it introduced standardized forensics into the investigation of rape where there had ...

Renewed transparency on availability of forensic medical examination kits Crisafulli Government delivers on 100 Day ...

Definitively convicting rapists is only possible thanks to one woman's efforts to create a forensic chain of evidence. A new book explores the rape kit and how we still fail survivors ...

Colorado Bureau of Investigation faces a backlog of 1,400 sexual assault cases due to a perfect storm of understaffing, a ...

The bacterial composition of our genital microbiome is as unique as we are, and it's transferred during sex, according to new ...

forensics and evidence handling. “The important thing with the Chicago kit was that it was really different in that it was survivor-led, and then became the blueprint for what became the ...

The bill would shorten processing timelines for health care providers, law enforcement and forensic testing, and ensure ...

Journalist Pagan Kennedy tells the story of Marty Goddard who created the rape kit but allowed others to get the credit before dropping out of sight.