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Specialized Investigative Skills for Sexual Assault

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Working sexual assault cases requires investigators to know specialized skills on top of standard investigative tactics. The same skills that law enforcement officers use to investigate any crime can be used in sexual assault investigations. However, the dynamics of sexual assault cases make certain skills more important for the investigation of sex crimes. Learn key skills and steps used by detectives across the country who are successfully investigating current and cold case sexual assaults.


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CODIS Hit Follow-up: Strategies and Guidelines

Identify the actions to take after receiving a CODIS hit notification when a suspect is identified via a DNA match or other investigative means.
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Understanding Case Connectivity: How Testing SAKs Can Link Criminal Cases

This webinar explains the potential utility of case connectivity and discusses how case connectivity can be established through Sexual Assault Kit DNA testing.
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What to Do If You Don’t Get a CODIS Hit?

Learn investigative strategies that can be used to move cases forward regardless of the status of forensic evidence.
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Core Standards for Sexual Assault Investigations

This document covers fundamental activities to be taken in all sexual assault investigations.
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Cold Case Sexual Assault Investigation Checklist

Use this investigative checklist to organize investigative files; the checklist includes the types of evidence that may be available in cold cases.
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Forensic Genetic Genealogy Search Ranking Sheet - Cuyahoga County (OH)

This chart informs law enforcement about ranking a cold case's key components to determine the value of forensic genetic genealogy in solving a case.
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Controlled Communication Policy - Template

This template will assist agencies in developing a formal policy regarding the use of controlled communication between victims and suspects.
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Controlled Communication and Incorporation of Advocacy: Investigative Strategies for Law Enforcement Personnel

This resource brief explains the concept of controlled communication as well as the benefits and purpose of implementing it as an investigative practice.
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Leveraging the Violent Criminal Apprehension Program (ViCAP)

Learn how the Violent Criminal Apprehension Program’s repository of cross-jurisdiction data can be used to assist in resolving sexual assault cases.
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Case Connectivity Using DNA: How Testing Sexual Assault Kits Can Link Criminal Cases

Learn how to use DNA testing and CODIS to establish links between a sexual assault and other crimes that a person committed.
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Applying Crime Analysis to Solve Cold Case Sexual Assaults

The brief discusses how to leverage principles of crime analysis and its associated technologies to solve cold case sexual assaults.
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DNA 101 for Investigators

Use a learning tool to test your knowledge about the power of DNA in sexual assault cases and learn key facts about DNA testing and forensic DNA reports.
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Conducting Sexual Assault Investigations: Key Considerations and Recommendations

Learn about key recommendations to improve law enforcement response to sexual assault investigations.
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Utilizing DNA Evidence to Investigate Cold Case Sexual Assaults through CODIS

Learn how using CODIS and testing sexual assault kits assist law enforcement investigation of sexual assault cases.
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Investigation

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Sexual Assault Investigators

Additional Resources

Webinar: Introduction to Investigation of Cold Sexual Assault Cases Virtual Academy: Working the Case I - Case Assessment and Review Virtual Academy: Working the Case II - Case Follow Up Based on SAK Testing Results Webinar: DNA 101 for Law Enforcement Agencies

Our Mission

Funded by the Bureau of Justice Assistance, the Sexual Assault Kit Initiative aims to create a coordinated community response that ensures just resolution to sexual assault cases. Through this program, funding is provided to support multidisciplinary community response teams engaged in the comprehensive reform of jurisdictions approaches to sexual assault cases resulting from evidence found in previously unsubmitted sexual assault kits.

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