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rape kit

Is Rape Serious? NY Times op-ed on how rape is investigated

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New York Times
Is Rape Serious?
By NICHOLAS D. KRISTOF
Published: April 30, 2009
The refusal to test the DNA evidence taken from a woman’s body after sexual abuse seems to be because there is an underlying skepticism about rape as a traumatic crime.

  • Date April 30, 2009
  • Author Swarna Rajagopalan
  • Tags gender violence, investigation of rape, New York Times, Nicholas Kristof, rape, rape kit, VAW
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