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Rape Kit Notification: Recommendations and Barriers to Reconnecting with Survivors.
Ahrens C, Dahlgren S, Howard R. Ahrens C, et al. J Trauma Dissociation. 2020 Jul-Sep;21(4):419-436. doi: 10.1080/15299732.2020.1770911. J Trauma Dissociation. 2020. PMID: 32584706
Using a combination of purposive and snowball sampling, the current study interviewed 76 criminal justice, advocacy, and public policy professionals and 19 rape survivors from across the country about their recommendations for rape kit notification. ...Implic …
Using a combination of purposive and snowball sampling, the current study interviewed 76 criminal justice, advocacy, and public policy profe …
More Than a Rape Kit.
Chang E, Brown J. Chang E, et al. Ann Intern Med. 2017 Jun 6;166(11):854. doi: 10.7326/M16-2139. Ann Intern Med. 2017. PMID: 28586903 No abstract available.
Hope Shattered: An Interpretive Phenomenological Analysis of Survivors' Experiences With Untested Rape Kits.
Bach MH, Ahrens C, Howard R, Dahlgren S. Bach MH, et al. Violence Against Women. 2022 Dec;28(15-16):3886-3909. doi: 10.1177/10778012221083335. Epub 2022 Jun 20. Violence Against Women. 2022. PMID: 35726210
Rape survivors who submit to a medical forensic exam generally expect the resulting rape kit to be tested, but hundreds of thousands of rape kits have been left untested in police storage facilities nationwide. The current study sought to understand wh …
Rape survivors who submit to a medical forensic exam generally expect the resulting rape kit to be tested, but hundreds …
Rape evidence kit: simplified procedures for the emergency department.
Cryer L, Mattox KL. Cryer L, et al. JACEP. 1976 Nov;5(11):890-3. doi: 10.1016/s0361-1124(76)80037-8. JACEP. 1976. PMID: 1018363
The crime of rape requires medical evaluation and therapy concomitant with the collection of legal evidence for potential prosecution. A practical, inexpensive evidence kit has been disigned that meets the needs of the local health department, police department, hos …
The crime of rape requires medical evaluation and therapy concomitant with the collection of legal evidence for potential prosecution …
Sexual assault in Ile-Ife, Nigeria.
Badejoko OO, Anyabolu HC, Badejoko BO, Ijarotimi AO, Kuti O, Adejuyigbe EA. Badejoko OO, et al. Niger Med J. 2014 May;55(3):254-9. doi: 10.4103/0300-1652.132065. Niger Med J. 2014. PMID: 25013260 Free PMC article.
Hospital presentation was within 24 hours in majority (76.1%) of the survivors, but rape kit examinations were not performed as the kits were not available. Although appropriate medical management was routinely commenced, only 12.7% of survivors returned for follow- …
Hospital presentation was within 24 hours in majority (76.1%) of the survivors, but rape kit examinations were not performed a …
Traumatic Injuries in Sexual Assault Patients in the Emergency Department.
McCormack D, Subburamu S, Guzman G, Calderon C, Darapaneni R, Lis R, Sima N, Sperling J, Corbo J. McCormack D, et al. West J Emerg Med. 2022 Aug 19;23(5):672-677. doi: 10.5811/westjem.2022.1.53994. West J Emerg Med. 2022. PMID: 36205671 Free PMC article. Review.
The assailants were reported as 61.2% acquaintance, 22.9% stranger, and 15.9% intimate partner. A forensic rape kit was performed in 92 (58.6%) cases. The patient was intoxicated with alcohol in 39 (24.8%) cases, and 22 (14%) patients reported drug-facilitated assau …
The assailants were reported as 61.2% acquaintance, 22.9% stranger, and 15.9% intimate partner. A forensic rape kit was perfor …
Legal mobilization in medicine: Nurses, rape kits, and the emergence of forensic nursing in the United States since the 1970s.
Morse J. Morse J. Soc Sci Med. 2019 Feb;222:323-334. doi: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2018.12.032. Epub 2018 Dec 24. Soc Sci Med. 2019. PMID: 30684853
Routine administration of the sexual assault medical forensic exam (commonly known as the "rape kit") is one of the most significant healthcare reforms advanced by the U.S. anti-rape movement since the 1970s. ...I conclude by discussing the ethical implicatio …
Routine administration of the sexual assault medical forensic exam (commonly known as the "rape kit") is one of the most signi …
Understanding the Geography of Rape through the Integration of Data: Case Study of a Prolific, Mobile Serial Stranger Rapist Identified through Rape Kits.
Lovell RE, Sabo D, Dissell R. Lovell RE, et al. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2022 Jun 2;19(11):6810. doi: 10.3390/ijerph19116810. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2022. PMID: 35682393 Free PMC article.
Environmental criminological research on rape series is an understudied field due largely to deficiencies in official and publicly available data. ...Rape kit data provide the opportunity for a more complete and comprehensive understanding of stranger rape …
Environmental criminological research on rape series is an understudied field due largely to deficiencies in official and publicly av …
Predicting sexual assault kit submission among adolescent rape cases treated in forensic nurse examiner programs.
Shaw J, Campbell R. Shaw J, et al. J Interpers Violence. 2013 Dec;28(18):3400-17. doi: 10.1177/0886260513504496. Epub 2013 Oct 3. J Interpers Violence. 2013. PMID: 24097906
Following a sexual assault, victims are usually advised to have a medical forensic exam and sexual assault forensic exam kit (SAK). Once completed, the SAK is to be transported by law enforcement to the crime lab for analysis. However, many kits are never transported to th …
Following a sexual assault, victims are usually advised to have a medical forensic exam and sexual assault forensic exam kit (SAK). O …
Bringing Research Into Practice: An Evaluation of Michigan's Sexual Assault Kit.
Shaw J, Campbell R, Hagstrom J, O'Reilly L, Kreiger G, Cain D, Nye J. Shaw J, et al. J Interpers Violence. 2016 May;31(8):1476-500. doi: 10.1177/0886260514567964. Epub 2015 Jan 13. J Interpers Violence. 2016. PMID: 25586917
This article describes a researcher-practitioner partnership that was successful in using evaluation data to guide practice and policy decisions regarding the development and implementation of a new sexual assault kit for the state of Michigan. Cousins's practical particip …
This article describes a researcher-practitioner partnership that was successful in using evaluation data to guide practice and policy decis …
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