Multidisciplinary teams in Detroit and Houston developed protocols for notifying victims in cases where the sexual assault kit had not previously been - but was now being - tested for DNA evidence. In this National Institute of Justice-supported research project, the teams worked to ensure that a victim-centered, trauma-informed approach was used to minimize re-traumatization. For this brochure, NIJ partnered with the Office for Victims of Crime to share the principles that guided these two jurisdictions as they notified victims after a large number of previously untested sexual assault kits were tested. To read the brochure, go to https://www.ncjrs.gov/pdffiles1/nij/249153.pdf.
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