The Assessment of the Utility and Impact of Sexual Assault Evidence Collection Kits (SAECKs) as DNA evidence in suspected cases of rape.

Table of Contents

A. The proposal .................................................................................................................................... 3

1. Introduction: .................................................................................................................................... 3

2. Problem statement ........................................................................................................................... 9

3. Research question: .......................................................................................................................... 9

4. Hypothesis: ..................................................................................................................................... 9

5. Aim: .............................................................................................................................................. 10

6. Methodology: ................................................................................................................................ 10

7. Ethical Consideration: ................................................................................................................... 11

8. Cost Implications: ......................................................................................................................... 11

9. Privacy and Confidentiality: ......................................................................................................... 11

10. References: ................................................................................................................................ 11

B. Literature review ........................................................................................................................... 13

C. Manuscript .................................................................................................................................... 18

Introduction: .......................................................................................................................................... 20

Methodology: ........................................................................................................................................ 26

Results ................................................................................................................................................... 28

Discussion: ............................................................................................................................................ 32

Conclusion: ........................................................................................................................................... 40

References: ............................................................................................................................................ 43

Tables: ................................................................................................................................................... 49

Appendix: .............................................................................................................................................. 57

D. Appendix .......................................................................................................................................... 77

Appendix 1: Letter of permission to conduct research .................................................................... 78

Appendix 2: Data Sheets for analysis of police dockets and medical examination forms ............... 91

Appendix 3: Ethics approval letter .................................................................................................... 93

Additional Notes: .................................................................................................................................. 94