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Sexual Assault Prosecutors

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This Pre-packaged Briefcase offers a comprehensive set of tools covering multiple topic areas for prosecutors investigating sexual assault. These tools can help prosecutors learn more about their role in a multidisciplinary community response to sexual assault, strategies for overcoming common defenses, nuances of cold cases, and more.

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Benefits of a Coordinated Community Response to Sexual Violence

A multidisciplinary response to sexual assault provides healing services to victims; this response also needs victim advocates to function properly.
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Cold Case Alcohol- and Drug-Facilitated Sexual Assault

Discusses the investigative/prosecutorial challenges of alcohol- and drug-facilitated sexual assault cases, and how to address trial challenges.
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Educating Juries in Sexual Assault Cases, Part 1: Using Voir Dire to Eliminate Jury Bias

Discover how the voir dire process can be used to review juror sexual assault myth acceptance and begin to redefine these problematic beliefs.
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Multidisciplinary Cold Case Sexual Assault Review

Read an overview of key cold case review procedures for multidisciplinary teams and sample checklists and forms to guide the review process.
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Overcoming the Consent Defense: Prosecuting the Known Offender

In this brief, learn more about the commonly used defense-tactic, the consent defense, and strategies for how to combat it.
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Re-engaging Cold Case Victims: Factors to Consider

Re-engaging cold case sexual assault victims is complex, necessitating consideration of victim-centered factors for notification.
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Responding to Motions to Dismiss under Statute of Limitations or for Pre-accusation Delay

Cold case sexual assaults may have a delay from the date of a crime to the filing of criminal charges. This brief explores pre-accusatorial delay.
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Successful Prosecution of Cold Case Sexual Assault

Discover best practices in cold case sexual assault prosecutions and promising practices in response to the time-intensified issues of these cases.
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The Neurobiology of Trauma: Webinar Series

This three-part series by Dr. Rebecca Campbell explains the body/brain reactions to trauma and implications for improved response to sexual assault.
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The Prosecutor's Role in Survivor Notification

Prosecutors play an invaluable role in maintaining survivor engagement throughout the investigation and prosecution of a cold case sexual assault.
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Understanding the Use of John Doe Arrest Warrants in Prosecuting Cold Case Sexual Assault for Prosecutors

Explores use of John Doe warrants in cold case sexual assaults. These warrants identify suspects by DNA profile, and toll the statute of limitations.
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Unique Aspects of Prosecuting Cold Case Sexual Assaults

Learn more about cold case prosecution, such as locating witnesses, addressing pre-accusation challenges and presenting the urgency of the case to the jury.
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Our Mission

Funded by the Bureau of Justice Assistance, the Sexual Assault Kit Initiative aims to create a coordinated community response that ensures just resolution to sexual assault cases. Through this program, funding is provided to support multidisciplinary community response teams engaged in the comprehensive reform of jurisdictions approaches to sexual assault cases resulting from evidence found in previously unsubmitted sexual assault kits.

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