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Article: Police and the Sexual Assault Examination.(medical forensics investigator on response team)
- Article from:
- The FBI Law Enforcement Bulletin
- Article date:
- January 1, 2002
- Author:
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Suppose you are a detective assigned to investigate a sexual assault complaint. You know that any physical evidence available in the case will play a vital role in determining what happened and whether or not an arrest will occur and later will affect the ability of the prosecutor to file charges and obtain a conviction against the perpetrator. You will work closely with a sexual assault examiner who is a member of a sexual assault response team, rather than a member of your department's forensic evidence team. If this were a case of homicide, robbery, or any other major felony, you would rely on your department's crime scene investigators, medical examiner, and other ...