The purpose of this study was to determine whether adult sexual assault cases in a Midwestern community were more likely to be investigated and prosecuted after the implementation of a Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner (SANE) program, and to identify the 'critical ingredients' that contributed to that increase. The data are divided into six parts: Part 1, Study 1: Case Records Quantitative Data; Part 2, Study 2: Case Characteristics Quantitative Data; Part 3, Study 3: Police and Prosecutors Interview Qualitative Data; Part 4, Study 4: Police Reports Quantitative Data; Part 5, Study 5: Survivor Interview Qualitative Data; Part 6, Study 6: Forensic Nurse Interview Qualitative Data.
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Data Type
Administrative
Interview
Dataset Format(s)
PDF
Dataset Size
5.9 MB
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