Federal Responses -to the Rape Kit Backlog -endthebacklog.org
Crime • March 2014 • Views: 1,467
The federal government does not require state and local law enforcement agencies to report on the number of untested rape kits in their facilities. As a result, there is no comprehensive, national data on the nature and scope of the rape kit backlog.
Despite this lack of a reporting requirement, federal lawmakers have put forth several promising reforms, and various federal laws have helped to encourage rape kit testing at the state and local levels.
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