Examining the barriers to sexual assault evidence processing in washington state: what’s the hold up?

Advances in forensic DNA technology have substantially increased the ability to deliver justice to victims and the wrongfully accused. The greatest challenge arising from this developing technology is the insufficient capacity of local criminal justice systems to process the escalating number of req...

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Main Author: Randol, Blake M. (Author)
Contributors: Sanders, Christina M.
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
Published: 2015
In: Criminology, criminal justice, law & society
Year: 2015, Volume: 16, Issue: 2, Pages: 1-13
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Keywords:
Forensic DNA technology
Biological evidence
CODIS
Rape kits
Criminal investigation

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