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

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Date Published

2022

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NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Issue Overview

Just Science Podcast: Just Analyzing At-Home Kits

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Date Published

2022

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NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Issue Overview

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

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Date Published

2022

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

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

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Date Published

2022

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NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Issue Overview

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

Event Dates

February 27, 2019 – February 27, 2019

Location

Online

United States

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

Journal

Violence Against Women

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Date Published

February 2012

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NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

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

Journal

Journal of Forensic Sciences

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Date Published

July 2012

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

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

Journal

Journal of Interpersonal Violence

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Date Published

2012

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

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

Journal

Violence Against Women

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Date Published

February 2012

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NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

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

Journal

City and Community

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Date Published

June 2015

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

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

Journal

Criminal Justice Policy Review

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Date Published

August 2015

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

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

Journal

Criminal Justice Policy Review

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Date Published

March 2016

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

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

Journal

Journal of Interpersonal Violence

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Date Published

March 2016

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NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

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

Journal

Criminology & Public Policy

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Date Published

May 2016

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

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

Journal

Journal of Forensic Nursing

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Date Published

March 2017

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

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

Journal

Journal of Forensic Sciences

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Date Published

January 2017

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

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

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Date Published

January 2019

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Issue Overview

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

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Date Published

January 2017

Agencies

NIJ

Publication Type

Issue Overview

Interview

NIJ Journal Issue No. 272

Journal

NIJ Journal

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Date Published

September 2013

Agencies

NIJ

Publication Type

Collected Work

How Research and Technology Are Expanding Sexual Assault Kit Testing

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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.

Isolation of Sperm DNA Through Protamine Capture

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Date Published

June 2017

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Program/Project Evaluation

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

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Date Published

April 2018

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Program/Project Description