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Understand the Dynamics of Sexual Assault Cases

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Sexual assault investigations differ from other criminal investigations. To successfully work a sexual assault case, investigators must understand the crime’s characteristics. Investigating cases resulting from testing sexual assault kits expands knowledge of serial sexual offenders, from crossover offending to forms of physical or mental manipulation used to commit sexual crimes. Use the tools below to learn how trauma affects victim behavior and about the patterns of sexual offenders.


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How Law Enforcement Can Work with Victims of Trauma

View a short film to learn about trauma, how trauma affects victims, and how to apply this information during a sexual assault investigation.
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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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Understanding Case Connectivity: How Testing SAKs Can Link Criminal Cases

This webinar explains the potential utility of case connectivity and discusses how case connectivity can be established through Sexual Assault Kit DNA testing.
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Case Connectivity Using DNA: How Testing Sexual Assault Kits Can Link Criminal Cases

Learn how to use DNA testing and CODIS to establish links between a sexual assault and other crimes that a person committed.
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Sexual Assault Investigators

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Virtual Academy: SAKI Foundations Cold Case Sexual Assault Investigations Improving Law Enforcement Response to Sexual Assault and Domestic Violence by Identifying and Preventing Gender Bias

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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