Rape investigations

Trauma Informed Investigations for Sexual Assault Cases

April 2022

This webinar will highlight the importance of conducting a victim-centered, trauma-informed investigative interview for sexual assault cases. Trauma-informed investigative interviews lay the foundation for improved victim engagement with the criminal justice system and increased ability to resolve sexual assault cases.

This webinar was hosted by the NIJ Forensic Technology Center of Excellence on April 26, 2022

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National Problem of Untested Sexual Assault Kits (SAKs): Scope, Causes, and Future Directions for Research, Policy, and Practice

NCJ Number

249668

Journal

Trauma, Violence, & Abuse

Date Published

December 2015

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NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical), Report (Study/Research), Report (Grant Sponsored)

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Criminal Justice and Community Response to Rape

NCJ Number

148064

Date Published

1994

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Legislation/Policy Description

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Attitudes of Reporting Officers Extracted From Incident Reports Can Affect Rape Case Outcomes

NCJ Number

308536

Date Published

February 2024

Agencies

NIJ

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

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Attitudes of Reporting Officers Extracted From Incident Reports Can Affect Rape Case Outcomes

Date Published

March 1, 2024

Social scientists and data scientists use a powerful machine learning algorithm to conduct a novel criminal justice process study.

Using Social Network Analysis To Identify Successful Relationship Patterns Within Sexual Assault Response Teams (SARTs)

NCJ Number

254272

Journal

Violence Against Women

Date Published

2019

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical), Report (Study/Research), Report (Grant Sponsored), Program/Project Description

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How to Right a Wrong: Empirically Evaluating Whether Victim, Offender, and Assault Characteristics can Inform Rape Kit Testing Policies

NCJ Number

254265

Journal

Journal of Trauma & Dissociation

Date Published

2019

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical), Report (Study/Research), Report (Grant Sponsored), Program/Project Description

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Raman Spectroscopic Method for Semen Identification: Azoospermia

NCJ Number

254251

Journal

Talanta

Date Published

March 2019

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical), Report (Study/Research), Report (Grant Sponsored), Program/Project Description

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Automation of the Differential Digestion Process of Sexual Assault Evidence

NCJ Number

254112

Journal

Journal of Forensic Sciences

Date Published

2019

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical), Report (Study/Research), Report (Grant Sponsored), Program/Project Description

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Proximity Ligation Real-Time PCR: A Protein-Based Confirmatory Method for the Identification of Semen and Sperm Cells From Sexual Assault Evidence

NCJ Number

254023

Journal

Forensic Science International-Genetics

Date Published

November 2018

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical), Report (Study/Research), Report (Grant Sponsored), Program/Project Description

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Forgotten Evidence: A Mixed Methods Study of Why Sexual Assault Kits (SAKs) Are Not Submitted for DNA Forensic Testing

NCJ Number

253473

Journal

Law and Human Behavior

Date Published

October 2017

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical), Report (Study/Research), Report (Grant Sponsored), Program/Project Description

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Pressure-Based Alkaline Lysis With Immunocapture, a Method for Enhanced Recovery in Differential Extraction

NCJ Number

253321

Journal

Electrophoresis

Date Published

2017

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical), Report (Study/Research), Report (Grant Sponsored), Program/Project Description

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Sperm Cell Purification From Mock Forensic Swabs Using SOMAmer (TM) Affinity Reagents

NCJ Number

253281

Journal

Forensic Science International-Genetics

Date Published

July 2018

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical), Report (Study/Research), Report (Grant Sponsored), Program/Project Description

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Evaluation of a Victim-Centered, Trauma-Informed Victim Notification Protocol for Untested Sexual Assault Kits (SAKs)

NCJ Number

253156

Journal

Violence Against Women

Date Published

2018

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical), Report (Study/Research), Report (Grant Sponsored), Program/Project Evaluation, Program/Project Description

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Why Police "Couldn't or Wouldn't" Submit Sexual Assault Kits for Forensic DNA Testing: A Focal Concerns Theory Analysis of Untested Rape Kits

NCJ Number

253155

Journal

Law & Society Review

Date Published

2018

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical), Report (Study/Research), Report (Grant Sponsored), Program/Project Description

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Accountability, Collaboration, and Social Change: Ethical Tensions in an Action Research Project to Address Untested Sexual Assault Kits (SAKs)

NCJ Number

253154

Journal

American Journal of Community Psychology

Date Published

2017

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical), Report (Study/Research), Report (Grant Sponsored), Program/Project Description

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Preliminary Classification Scheme of Silicone Based Lubricants Using DART-TOFMS

NCJ Number

253130

Journal

Forensic Chemistry

Date Published

May 2018

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical), Report (Study/Research), Report (Grant Sponsored), Program/Project Description

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NOCIt: A Computational Method To Infer the Number of Contributors to DNA Samples Analyzed by STR Genotyping

NCJ Number

249098

Journal

FSI Genetics

Date Published

November 2014

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

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Raman spectroscopy coupled with advanced statistics for differentiating menstrual and peripheral blood

NCJ Number

307109

Journal

Journal of Biophotonics

Date Published

2021

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

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Guidance Document on Considerations for Photographic Documentation in Sexual Assault Cases

NCJ Number

305155

Date Published

August 2022

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

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Sexual Assault Response Fact Sheets

NCJ Number

304682

Date Published

April 2022

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

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Bioinformatic Analysis of Big Proteomic Data: A New Forensic Tool to Identify Menstrual Blood & Body Fluid Mixtures

NCJ Number

304602

Date Published

2022

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

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Bio-Inspired Magnetic Beads for Isolation of Sperm from Heterogenous Samples in Forensic Applications

NCJ Number

304414

Journal

Forensic Science International-Genetics

Date Published

2021

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

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Trauma-Informed Investigations for Sexual Assault Cases

Event Dates

April 26, 2022, 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm Eastern

Location

Online

Event Type

Webinar

Registration Status

Not Required

Detection of gamma-hydroxybutyric acid (GHB) and gamma-butyrolactone (GBL) in alcoholic beverages via total vaporization solid-phase microextraction (TV-SPME) and gas chromatography-mass spectrometry

NCJ Number

304081

Journal

Journal of Forensic Sciences

Date Published

2021

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

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