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Engaging Victims in Prosecution

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Understanding how trauma affects the memory, demeanor, and actions of a sexual assault victim provides the prosecutors and allied professionals better communication methods and victim engagement skills to enhance prosecution practices and support a victim's path to recovery.


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The Decision to Prosecute

This brief discusses strategies to encourage communication with a victim in a way that builds, or rebuilds, a victim's foundation of trust in the criminal justice process.
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Nine Tips for Conducting Victim-Centered Prosecution in Cold Case Sexual Assaults

An overview of eight practices that prosecutors can use to enhance the support, safety, and trust needed to encourage victims' participation in the criminal justice process.
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Victim or Survivor: Terminology Through Investigation to Prosecution

Learn about the terms victim and survivor and how they are used respectfully within a multidisciplinary response to sexual assault.
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Integrating a Trauma-Informed Response

A trauma-informed, victim-centered approach to sexual assault is critical to conducting effective investigations and prosecution.
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Preparing and Conducting Direct Examination of the Victim

Explore tactics to enhance victim credibility, explain trauma responses through victim testimony and establish links between witness testimony and past statements.
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The Prosecutor's Role in Survivor Notification

Prosecutors play an invaluable role in maintaining survivor engagement throughout the investigation and prosecution of a cold case sexual assault.
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Guiding and Supporting a Victim’s Choice to Participate in the Prosecution of Sexual Violence

This resource brief explains the importance guiding and supporting a victim while making the difficult decision to proceed with prosecution of their sexual assault case.
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Next-Level Compulsion of Victim Testimony in Crimes of Sexual Violence Against Adults

This resource brief explains the alternatives to commonly used methods for obtaining testimony of a victim in cases of sexual assault and how these methods can affect victims.
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Engaging Victims

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Virtual Academy: Prosecuting Cold Case Sexual Assaults Legislating Reform and Clearing Untested SAKs: Kentucky's Model

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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