Hiding in Plain Sight

Unanalyzed Evidence in Sexual Assault Cases

Luis I. Espinoza, Dylan C. Acosta (Herausgeber)

Buch | Hardcover

136 Seiten

2012
Nova Science Publishers Inc (Verlag)
9781621000730 (ISBN)

Artikel merken

Untested sexual assault evidence is being discovered in police evidence rooms all across the country. It is unknown how many unanalyzed sexual assault kits (SAKs) there are nationwide. There are many reasons for this, but one is that tracking and counting SAKs is an antiquated process in many U.S. jurisdictions. Certainly, there may be legitimate reasons why some of the recently discovered unanalyzed SAKs were not sent to a lab. Not all evidence collected in an alleged sexual assault is going to be probative. For example, in cases where consent is an issue, detectives may consider that the SAK does not add any important information to the investigation. This book analyzes this issue and offers a variety of ramifications for the police and crime laboratories, for the courts, and for the victims.

Erscheint lt. Verlag	1.4.2012
Zusatzinfo	Illustrations
Verlagsort	New York
Sprache	englisch
Maße	152 x 229 mm
Gewicht	334 g
Themenwelt	Recht / Steuern ► EU / Internationales Recht
Themenwelt	Recht / Steuern ► Strafrecht
ISBN-13	9781621000730 / 9781621000730
Zustand	Neuware