The National Sexual Assault Kit Initiative – Performance Metrics & Research

Abstract

The National Sexual Assault Kit Initiative (SAKI) is an organization that provides grants "to support the jurisdictional reform of approaches to sexual assault cases resulting from evidence found in sexual assault kits that have never been submitted to a crime laboratory." This web page provides statistics from SAKI about Sexual Assualt Kits and offenders and as well as a review of research focusing on sexual assault response reform. Literature topics include: Unsubmitted Sexual Assault Kits: Scope of the Problem, Unsubmitted Sexual Assault Kits and Reporting Sexual Assault, Unsubmitted Sexual Assault Kits: Impact of SAKI and Previous Efforts, Sexual Assault Kit Testing and Processing, Crossover and Serial Offending, Investigation and Prosecution of Sexual Assault Cases, Enhance Sexual Assault Training Through Research, Victim Notification and Advocacy, and Cost Benefit Analyses. (CVRL Abstract)