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Idaho’s Sexual Assault Kit Initiative: The Effect of HB528 on Sexual Assault Clearance Rates
(2020)
Abstract
In 2019, an estimated 212,230 people 12 years of age or older experienced more than 450,000 acts of sexual violence1 in the U.S. (Morgan & Truman, 2020). The Centers for Disease Control (2010- 2012) estimated that, in their lifetime, 41% of women and 19% of men in Idaho will experience an act of sexual violence (232,000 and 107,000 respectively), and 18% of women and 6% of men will suffer an attempted or completed forced penetration (Smith et al., 2017). Almost 2,000 nonconsensual sex offenses, 636 rapes, 128 sodomies, 140 sexual assaults with an object, 1,070 fondling, 14 incest, and 78 statutory rape cases with a total of 4,008 victims were reported to Idaho policing agencies in 2019 (Idaho Statistical Analysis Center [ISAC], 2020a). According to Idaho’s Youth Risk Behavior Survey (2019), over the past 10 years, on average, 8.5% of the state’s high school students were forced into sexual intercourse; the Idaho Department of Education reports this statistic likely under-represents the actual proportion of adolescents experiencing sexual violence in Idaho (Idaho Department of Education, n.d.).
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2020
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2020 Biennial Report on Victimization & Victim Services in Idaho, Volume 1, Issue 3
Citation Information
Lisa M. Growette Bostaph, Rachel Jeffries, Laura L. King, Lane K. Gillespie, et al.. "Idaho’s Sexual Assault Kit Initiative: The Effect of HB528 on Sexual Assault Clearance Rates" (2020) Available at: http://works.bepress.com/lisa_bostaph/31/