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Untested Evidence in Sexual Assault Cases

Date Published
March 17, 2016

Many jurisdictions across the country are looking at the issue of sexual assault evidence that has not been submitted to a crime lab for testing

TECHBeat, January 2016

Journal
Techbeat
Date Published
January 2016
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What Is a Sexual Assault Kit?

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, from the FBI Laboratory explain what a sexual assault kit is and how it is used as part of a sexual assault investigation.