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Sexual Assault Kit Backlogs:

Making Victims Part of the Solution


The DNA Resource Center of the National Center for Victims of Crime, in partnership with the Office on Violence Against Women, U.S. Department of Justice, is pleased to offer training, technical assistance, and resources communities can use to create victim-centered responses to the problem of backlogged and untested sexual assault kits (SAKs).

We hope these tools will help jurisdictions better support victims and sensitively and knowledgeably address victims' rights and needs during the backlog reduction process.

Learn more about:


Recent Sexual Assault Kit Backlog Survivors Report Released

Click HERE to read.

Recent Report on Seeking Victim Compensation in Sexual Assault Backlog Cases Released

Click HERE to read.


This project is supported by Grant No. 2011-TA-AX-K048 awarded by the Office on Violence Against Women, U.S. Department of Justice. The opinions, findings, conclusions, and recommendations expressed in this program are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the Department of Justice, Office on Violence Against Women.