RT Article
T1 Dissemination and Impact Amplified: How a Researcher–Reporter Collaboration Helped Improve the Criminal Justice Response to Victims With Untested Sexual Assault Kits
JF Journal of contemporary criminal justice
VO 37
IS 2
SP 257
OP 275
A1 Lovell, Rachel E.
A2 Dissell, Rachel
LA English
YR 2021
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1755889356
AB We present a case study of a researcher–reporter collaboration that formed from an initiative to address thousands of previously untested rape kits in one Midwestern (U.S.) jurisdiction. We explore this symbiotic partnership by examining (a) how and why it formed; (b) the outcomes, including extensive and public dissemination and a unique project that surveyed 294 Ohio law enforcement agencies to see what happened after the rape kits were tested (Ohio Rape Kit Survey Project); and (c) the impact that the partnership, dissemination, and larger initiative had in sparking demonstrable change in how the justice system and the general public responded to and engaged with the issue of untested rape kits and with victims of sexual assault. We conclude with larger takeaways from this collaboration for researchers and reporters but also provide a framework for how this type of collaboration can be leveraged to produce change for the greater good.
K1 sexual assault kit initiative
K1 Sexual Assault
K1 Rape
K1 Rape kit
K1 Sexual assault kit
K1 Collaboration
K1 Reporter
K1 researcher
DO 10.1177/1043986221999880