Comments on: Rape Kits: Still Not Being Tested http://thecurvature.com/2008/07/01/rape-kits-still-not-being-tested/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 14:47:57 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: LA’s Untested Rape Kit Problem Continues : The Curvature http://thecurvature.com/2008/07/01/rape-kits-still-not-being-tested/#comment-7989 LA’s Untested Rape Kit Problem Continues : The Curvature Tue, 21 Oct 2008 18:15:54 +0000 http://thecurvature.com/?p=820#comment-7989 [...] written before about the huge backlog of untested rape kits currently in the possession of the LAPD, and more horrifying news about the problem has just come out.  An audit has shown that the LAPD [...] [...] written before about the huge backlog of untested rape kits currently in the possession of the LAPD, and more horrifying news about the problem has just come out.  An audit has shown that the LAPD [...]

]]> By: brenna http://thecurvature.com/2008/07/01/rape-kits-still-not-being-tested/#comment-6143 brenna Wed, 09 Jul 2008 01:53:01 +0000 http://thecurvature.com/?p=820#comment-6143 I'm just linking you on this one. I don't know or care how to do a ping. I just thought I'd tell you. I’m just linking you on this one. I don’t know or care how to do a ping. I just thought I’d tell you.

]]> By: Mächtige Maus http://thecurvature.com/2008/07/01/rape-kits-still-not-being-tested/#comment-6045 Mächtige Maus Tue, 01 Jul 2008 22:57:03 +0000 http://thecurvature.com/?p=820#comment-6045 While I do not discount the validity of the numbers quoted in this piece, I do hope it is not a blanket statement on how sexual assault evidence is (or is not) processed across the nation. I also hope it is not a blanket statement on the priorities of law enforcement officers on the whole. This is my job. 80-90% of the evidence that I process is sexual assault evidence. I am only one of four other DNA analysts responsible for well over thirty counties. Bottom line, there does need to be more funding. It is not a cop out. It is hard to secure that funding...not just for forensic science institutions, but for science institutions in general. While I do not discount the validity of the numbers quoted in this piece, I do hope it is not a blanket statement on how sexual assault evidence is (or is not) processed across the nation. I also hope it is not a blanket statement on the priorities of law enforcement officers on the whole.

This is my job. 80-90% of the evidence that I process is sexual assault evidence. I am only one of four other DNA analysts responsible for well over thirty counties.

Bottom line, there does need to be more funding. It is not a cop out. It is hard to secure that funding…not just for forensic science institutions, but for science institutions in general.

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