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Rape kit

A rape kit or rape test kit is a package of items used by medical, police or other personnel for gathering and preserving physical evidence following an instance or allegation of sexual assault. The evidence collected from the victim can aid the criminal rape investigation and the prosecution of a suspected assailant. DNA evidence can have tremendous…

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Rape kit

Nodes83
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Triples170
Avg. degree1.98
Density0.024096
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Rape kit

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related to Further reading · 30
Rape kit → America's Rape Kit Backlog, Archived, Books, Decade Later, February, Investigations, ISBN, Jessica, Kennedy, National Scandal, New York, OCLC, Pagan, Pagan Kennedy, Problems Persist, Retrieved February, Review, Section, September, Story
related to Destruction · 15
Rape kit → As, By, Colorado, For, HuffPost, Idaho, In, Kentucky, Massachusetts, North Carolina, Policies, Some, United States, US, Washington
related to Examiners · 15
Rape kit → According, As, Australia, Canada, For, Forensic Nurses, In, International Association, Japan, Rape, SANE, SANEs, Sexual Assault Nurse Examiners, United Kingdom, United States
related to Testing · 15
Rape kit → Brazil, CODIS, Combined DNA Index System, DNA, Federal District Civil Police, For, Forensic, Forensic DNA Research Institute, If, In, Similarly, The, These, United States, Upon
related to Depictions in media · 12
Rape kit → Behave, Helena Lazaro, In, Jennifer Love Hewitt, Law, Order, September, Special Victims Unit, Special Victims Units, The, Their, United States
related to United States · 12
Rape kit → As, Federal Bureau, In, Investigation, Jane Doe, Massachusetts, May, The, These, United States, Violence Against Women Act, While
related to Cost · 11
Rape kit → Collecting, In, In Japan, March, States, The, Under, United States, VAWA, Victims, Violence Against Women Act
related to Inaccessibility · 8
Rape kit → Canada, Ile-Ife, In, In Nigeria, Shortages, These, United States, Victims
related to Serial rape cases · 8
Rape kit → CODIS, Detroit, DNA, For, In, Michigan, Serial, Sixty-nine
related to Backlog · 7
Rape kit → DNA, Mariska Hargitay, One, Rape, The, The Joyful Heart Foundation, When

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clothing fibersinstance ofmicroscope slides and plastic bags for collecting and storing evidence0.80text
hairsinstance ofmicroscope slides and plastic bags for collecting and storing evidence0.80text
salivainstance ofmicroscope slides and plastic bags for collecting and storing evidence0.80text
bloodinstance ofmicroscope slides and plastic bags for collecting and storing evidence0.80text
semen or body fluid.Rape kits vary by locationinstance ofmicroscope slides and plastic bags for collecting and storing evidence0.80text
but commonly include the following itemsinstance ofmicroscope slides and plastic bags for collecting and storing evidence0.80text
bruisesinstance ofand visible injuries0.80text
lacerations or bite marksinstance ofand visible injuries0.80text
through visual inspectioninstance ofand visible injuries0.80text
photographsinstance ofand visible injuries0.80text
transcription.Washingtoninstance ofand visible injuries0.80text
D.C.In Washingtoninstance ofand visible injuries0.80text

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