The New Yorker12d
The Frustrated Promise of the Rape Kit
Standardized forensic exams are a useful tool for sexual-violence investigations—or they would be if police departments ...
Orange County Register16d
‘The Secret History of the Rape Kit’ reveals how one woman changed forensics, then disappeared.
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 Forgotten Woman Who Transformed Forensics
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 ...
coloradopolitics1d
Colorado Bureau of Investigation's troubled forensic lab welcomes oversight, ready to address DNA backlog
Colorado Bureau of Investigation faces a backlog of 1,400 sexual assault cases due to a perfect storm of understaffing, a ...
Murphy signs bill requiring NJ to create online rape kit tracking system
The online database will allow a victim and others to track a sexual assault evidence kit through the chain of custody.