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Rape and sexual assault

'Looking backwards can tell us a whole lot about moving forward'

Cleveland suspect
Photo credit: Cleveland.com

When Cuyahoga County, Ohio, embarked on the testing of nearly 7,000 backlogged sexual assault kits (SAKs) in early 2013, metaphors from Greek and Roman mythology abounded in the Cleveland media coverage – 'Herculean task' and 'Pandora's box' chief among them.

Five years on, now that the backlog has been largely cleared, the sense of dread associated with those words has been replaced by one of...

PREA Project

2019-XT-BX-0024
Closed
Funding First Awarded
2019
$84,648

FY19 PREA

2019-XT-BX-0020
Closed
Funding First Awarded
2019
$68,466

FY 19 JAG PREA

2019-XT-BX-0001
Closed
Funding First Awarded
2019
$29,628