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Qualitative fieldwork within the criminal justice system: Emotions, advocacy, and the pursuit of social justice for untested sexual assault kits (SAKs)

Journal

Qualitative Psychology

Date Published

2017

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

An Examination of Sexual Assault Kit Submission Efficiencies Among a Nationally Representative Sample of Law Enforcement Agencies

Journal

Criminal Justice Policy Review

Date Published

November 2019

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

An Examination of Sexual Assault Kit Submission Efficiencies Among a Nationally Representative Sample of Law Enforcement Agencies

NCJ Number

311506

Journal

Criminal Justice Policy Review

Date Published

November 2019

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Link

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Optimized, Semi-Automated Differential DNA Extraction

Date Published

February 2026

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Qualitative fieldwork within the criminal justice system: Emotions, advocacy, and the pursuit of social justice for untested sexual assault kits (SAKs)

NCJ Number

311175

Journal

Qualitative Psychology

Date Published

2017

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Link

HTML

Optimized, Semi-Automated Differential DNA Extraction

NCJ Number

311169

Date Published

February 2026

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Link

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One after another: vicarious trauma associated with archival record coding in sexual assault research

Journal

Journal of Gender-Based Violence

Date Published

July 2025

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

One after another: vicarious trauma associated with archival record coding in sexual assault research

NCJ Number

311009

Journal

Journal of Gender-Based Violence

Date Published

July 2025

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Link

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Sexual Assault Kits: Using Science To Find Solutions

Date Published

September 2015

Publication Type

Report (Technical Assistance), Program/Project Description, Legislation/Policy Analysis, Issue Overview

Just Improving Sexual Assault Kit Testing Workflows

Date Published

April 2025

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Issue Overview

Just Improving Sexual Assault Kit Testing Workflows

NCJ Number

310887

Date Published

April 2025

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Link

NIJ.ojp.gov

FY25 National Sexual Assault Kit Initiative - Notice of Funding Opportunity Webinar

Event Dates

September 30, 2025, 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm Eastern

Location

Online

Event Type

Webinar

Series

BJA Funding Webinar

Analytical approaches to differential extraction for sexual assault evidence

Journal

Analytica Chimica Acta

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

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The Minnesota Sexual Assault Kit Initiative (SAKI): Lessons Learned from a Decade of SAKI Evaluations

Journal

Justice Evaluation 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

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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

Trauma, Violence, and Abuse

Date Published

December 2015

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

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

FY24 National Sexual Assault Kit Initiative Solicitation Webinar

Event Dates

July 8, 2024, 4:00 pm – 5:00 pm Eastern

Location

Online

Event Type

Webinar

Series

BJA Funding Webinar

Assessment of Sexual Assault Kit (SAK) Evidence Selection Leading to Development of SAK Evidence Machine-Learning Model (SAK-ML Model)

NCJ Number

309199

Date Published

2024

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Link

PDF

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

Journal

Journal of Trauma & Dissociation

Date Published

2019

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Will History Repeat Itself? Growth Mixture Modeling of Suspected Serial Sexual Offending Using Forensic DNA Evidence

Journal

Journal of Criminal Justice

Date Published

April 2019

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

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

Journal

Law and Human Behavior

Date Published

October 2017

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

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

Journal

Violence Against Women

Date Published

2018

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical), Program/Project Evaluation