In assault cases, when it’s a victim’s word against the abuser’s, medical evidence can make or break a criminal case. For decades in San Diego County, victims of sexual assault and child abuse have ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. May 9—RAINN.org DNA evidence from a crime like sexual assault can be collected from the crime scene, but it can also be collected ...

A bill modeled after a San Diego County pilot program that provided domestic violence victims with the kind of in-depth forensic exam that sexual assault victims receive was signed into law this week, ...

In the setting of a forensic examination following rape, colposcopy allows practitioners to identify and photograph genital injury not readily visible to the unaided eye, thereby clarifying the ...

Sexual assault is a traumatic event that affects people in different ways, both mentally and physically. So doctors and nurses know care immediately after an assault needs to be understanding, ...

Increasingly, these disputes end up in a fight over relief that was once rarely sought (and even more rarely granted) but has become more and more common: requests for a court-ordered forensic ...

Students who have experienced sexual assault can opt to have a medical forensic exam (MFE), which is conducted by a sexual assault nurse examiner (SANE). MFEs collect medical evidence for sexual ...

A new forensic exam site for sexual assault survivors has opened at Banner University Medical Center on Aug. 25, thanks to a $499,382 grant from the U.S. Department of Justice and a collaboration ...