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Rape and sexual assault

National Sexual Assault Kit Initiative Infographic

Date Published
January 2022
Publication Type
Statistics, Report (Technical Assistance), Report (Grant Sponsored), Program/Project Description, Instructional Material (Programmed), Factsheet
Agencies
BJA-Sponsored

SAKI Solicitation Released

BJA is seeking applications for funding through the FY 2020 National Sexual Assault Kit Initiative (SAKI).

'Looking backwards can tell us a whole lot about moving forward'

Cleveland suspect
Photo credit: Cleveland.com

When Cuyahoga County, Ohio, embarked on the testing of nearly 7,000 backlogged sexual assault kits (SAKs) in early 2013, metaphors from Greek and Roman mythology abounded in the Cleveland media coverage – 'Herculean task' and 'Pandora's box' chief among them.

Five years on, now that the backlog has been largely cleared, the sense of dread associated with those words has been replaced by one of...

Collecting Lawfully Owed DNA

Date Published
November 2022
Publication Type
Report (Technical Assistance), Report (Grant Sponsored), Factsheet
Agencies
BJA-Sponsored

Prison Rape Elimination Act (PREA)

This program provides funding to state and local governments and federally recognized tribes for demonstration projects within confinement settings, including adult prisons and jails, juvenile facilities, community corrections facilities, law enforcement lockups and other temporary holding facilities, and tribal detention facilities.