Etale Rape Kit Backlog

Elizabeth Dowd, translated by Janerose Ralpho

Juon rape kit ak sexual assault kit (SAK) ej juon container in material kb bunton nan koman juon sexual assault forensic exam. Emoj an rape kits kein backlogged, (etoo am nej lo result). Kin menin, elaplok wonen test rape kits kio jen jinon. Elap an aurok bwe jen koman rape test kinke enij jiban victim en ilo case eo an. Kinke rape kits kein rej test nan joraan ko ilowa kb ilik im sample ko an DNA, enij bok jet awa kb renij lukkin etale case eo am. Victims remaron bok rape kit in im ne rekonaan jolak e test in, remaron.

 

Ikar jinoe research eo ao ilo fall semeta in 2019. Ikar itok-limo in project in elikin ao kar ronjake juon podcast etan My Favorite Murder by Karen Kilgariff im Georgia Hardstark. Rej konono kon backlog in rape kit im kon aelop avenues ko armij remaron donate ie bwe ren jiban. Ro rej ronjake podcast in, rej lomnak kin juon point, aelop rape kit mwe rejjab test ir ej katolak bwe rapist en bar kakkure ro jet. Elikin an mootlak jejo ien, kein kamool en eban jerbal nan case eo am. Podcast in ej boktok juon meram nan problem ko ilowaan criminal justice system im policies kb procedures ko ibben rape kit testing. Research in ej kajeon sketch juon timeline nan lale elemen an rape kit backlog unfolded im elemen ad melele problem kein m jiban kabok solution nan problem kin bwe en jab walok ilo raan kein maan lak. 

 

Ejjelok juon enij ba nan kwe k ien eo kajinoe journey in, emaron kainebata ḷōmṇak ko am. Bwebwenato ko an victims im survivors ko rej kijoor overwhelm research ko koba melele ko ikijen kits in rape. Ej kwalok k rape (kakkure) culture ejjab juon men armij ej konono kake im armij rej ignore victim ro. Ej bok bujin jaan ak money nan jiban problem kein im rej jelmae armij ilo United States. Ikar katok elap ilo experience ko, botab ikar katok k imaron koman oktak. Bwe problem kein ren addressed, armij raikwijin jela kake mokta. Men eo in ij tomak k armij emaron bok jen research in ao nan botok awareness nan problem kein. 

 

Ilo jinoin in ao komane research in ekar bin. Ikar jab loe juon advisor ekonaan jerbal ibba im konono kin subject in. Ikar jerbal umin Dr. Karen Sebold elikin ao bok class in Money im Politics ilo sophomore yio. Elap konaan Dr. Sebold nan project in. Komro ekar meet lakin ruo week in meet in nan project in. Elon bar juon professor ekar jiban ilo project in etan in, Dr. Janin Parry. Ekar kwalok resources ko imaron kojerbal nan ao naj jeki juon research paper ikijen statute of limitations nan kakkure ilo Arkansas.

 

Botab juon bar problem ikar ion k ejabwe melele ikijen subject in. Ikar kajeon kojerbal Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), ako elap wōṇāān im ijela k imaron jab lo aelop melele ko inij aikiwiji nan research in ao. Elon ien ekar eman aelop men, botab ewor ien ekar jab eman. Pandemic eo ekar koman menin an research in ion jet problem. Ikar collect jet data jen jijino states ilo study eo ao. Aelop jikin ekar shut down, im ikar lo k ekar bin elolo news in rape kit backlog kinke aelop rekar lomnak ot kin COVID-19 pandemic. Edre ot men ekar koman menin an research in bojrak. Ikar collect data nan research e ao mokta jen ao kar jino honors research awa. Kin menin, ikar lo k ekar mokaj ao jeki research eo ao.

 

Research data ko rej covered timeline in rape kit backlog, legislative reforms, im jāān nan test backlog ilo Arkansas, Texas, Tennessee, Oklahoma, Louisiana, im Missouri. Inkar tel nan Northeast Conference on Public Administration (NECoPA) ilo Boston, Massachusetts, ilo November 2020. Conference eo ekar koman online, innem ikar present research eo ao ilo zoom. Kinke ej kab juon katon ao kar present e research e ao, ikar lukkin ikkumkum kinke na ot undergraduate ilo panel eo. Ekar eman presentation eo ao, ekar eman ao kar kamelele kon topic in kab data ko eman meleleir m eman an armij ro ron. Jen experience in, ikar lo k ejjab lukkin lon armij rej konono kon subject in ilo mwon jikuul eo ao. Ikijen ta eo inij kio komane? Ijjab lukkin jela. Ikar kadriwojlak ilo Dijemba 2020 im ij lomnak in apply nan dual J.D./M.A. program ilo University of Arkansas. Ij plan in eddekḷọk research in elikin ao jinon graduate jikul im tomak imaron koman oktak ilo lalin kin research in ao. Goal eo ao eliktata bwe research in ao en bed ilo aelop 50 states im maron update aelop yio.



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