Just Improving Sexual Assault Kit Testing Workflows
Date Published
April 2025
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Publication Type
Issue Overview
Rape evidence kits
FY25 National Sexual Assault Kit Initiative - Notice of Funding Opportunity Webinar
Event Dates
–
Eastern
Location
Online
,
Event Type
Webinar
Registration Status
Open
Series
Analytical approaches to differential extraction for sexual assault evidence
Journal
Date Published
January 2021
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Publication Type
Research (Applied/Empirical)
Analytical approaches to differential extraction for sexual assault evidence
NCJ Number
310637
Journal
Analytica Chimica Acta
Date Published
January 2021
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Publication Link
The Minnesota Sexual Assault Kit Initiative (SAKI): Lessons Learned from a Decade of SAKI Evaluations
Journal
Date Published
June 2025
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Publication Type
Program/Project Evaluation
The Minnesota Sexual Assault Kit Initiative (SAKI): Lessons Learned from a Decade of SAKI Evaluations
NCJ Number
310616
Journal
Justice Evaluation Journal
Date Published
June 2025
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Publication Link
National Protocol for Sexual Assault Medical Forensic Examinations: Adults/Adolescents (2004)
Date Published
September 2004
Agencies
OVW
Publication Type
Guideline
National Problem of Untested Sexual Assault Kits (SAKs): Scope, Causes, and Future Directions for Research, Policy, and Practice
Journal
Date Published
December 2015
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Publication Type
Research (Applied/Empirical),
Report (Study/Research),
Report (Grant Sponsored)
Assessment of Sexual Assault Kit (SAK) Evidence Selection Leading to Development of SAK Evidence Machine-Learning Model (SAK-ML Model)
Date Published
2024
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Publication Type
Program/Project Evaluation
How to Right a Wrong: Empirically Evaluating Whether Victim, Offender, and Assault Characteristics can Inform Rape Kit Testing Policies
Date Published
2019
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Publication Type
Research (Applied/Empirical),
Report (Study/Research),
Report (Grant Sponsored),
Program/Project Description
Will History Repeat Itself? Growth Mixture Modeling of Suspected Serial Sexual Offending Using Forensic DNA Evidence
Journal
Date Published
April 2019
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Publication Type
Research (Applied/Empirical),
Report (Study/Research),
Report (Grant Sponsored),
Program/Project Description
Forgotten Evidence: A Mixed Methods Study of Why Sexual Assault Kits (SAKs) Are Not Submitted for DNA Forensic Testing
Journal
Date Published
October 2017
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Publication Type
Research (Applied/Empirical),
Report (Study/Research),
Report (Grant Sponsored),
Program/Project Description
Evaluation of a Victim-Centered, Trauma-Informed Victim Notification Protocol for Untested Sexual Assault Kits (SAKs)
Journal
Date Published
2018
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Publication Type
Research (Applied/Empirical),
Program/Project Evaluation
Why Police "Couldn't or Wouldn't" Submit Sexual Assault Kits for Forensic DNA Testing: A Focal Concerns Theory Analysis of Untested Rape Kits
Journal
Date Published
2018
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Publication Type
Research (Applied/Empirical)
Accountability, Collaboration, and Social Change: Ethical Tensions in an Action Research Project to Address Untested Sexual Assault Kits (SAKs)
Date Published
2017
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Publication Type
Research (Applied/Empirical)
A brief study on the effects of storage conditions on sexual lubricant components in the presence of a biological fluid
Journal
Date Published
2022
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Publication Type
Research (Applied/Empirical)
A brief study on the effects of storage conditions on sexual lubricant components in the presence of a biological fluid
NCJ Number
307585
Journal
Forensic Science International
Date Published
2022
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Publication Link
A Window of Opportunity: Examining the Potential Impact of Mandatory Sexual Assault Kit (SAK) Testing Legislation on Crime Prevention
Date Published
2022
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Publication Type
Research (Applied/Empirical)
A Window of Opportunity: Examining the Potential Impact of Mandatory Sexual Assault Kit (SAK) Testing Legislation on Crime Prevention
NCJ Number
307169
Journal
Psychology, Public Policy, and Law
Date Published
2022
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Publication Link
Development and validation of a novel method "SpermX (TM)" for high throughput differential extraction processing of sexual assault kits (SAKs) for DNA analysis
Date Published
July 2022
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Publication Type
Research (Applied/Empirical)