Evidence Collection and Analysis for Touch Deoxyribonucleic Acid in Groping and Sexual Assault Cases
| Autor: | Paige Presler-Jur, Julie Valentine, Suzanne Miles, Heather Mills |
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| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
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Nursing (miscellaneous) Dna evidence Touch DNA MEDLINE sexual assault nurse examiner (SANE) Pathology and Forensic Medicine Specimen Handling 03 medical and health sciences Nursing care Humans Analysis method 0505 law Sexual assault Chromosomes Human Y 030504 nursing sexual assault 05 social sciences Sex Offenses touch DNA General Medicine DNA Original Articles DNA Contamination DNA Fingerprinting Psychiatry and Mental health Issues ethics and legal aspects groping sexual assault Touch evidence collection 050501 criminology ComputingMethodologies_DOCUMENTANDTEXTPROCESSING Female Forensic Nursing Evidence collection DNA analysis Pshychiatric Mental Health 0305 other medical science Psychology Law Clinical psychology |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Forensic Nursing |
| ISSN: | 1939-3938 |
| Popis: | Supplemental digital content is available in the text. Historically, evidence collection in sexual assault cases focused on obtaining foreign contributor bodily fluids through swab collection. With improvements in deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) analysis methods, DNA profiles can be developed from touch DNA and applied to sexual assault cases. Following a literature review on factors affecting touch DNA transfer, a groping case study with innovative evidence collection is presented to support the expansion of touch DNA evidence collection in sexual assault cases. The groping case led to the development of a statewide sexual assault touch DNA form to guide evidence collection. DNA findings from additional groping sexual assault cases are reported to further show and justify the importance of evidence collection in groping cases. Implications on multidisciplinary practices are summarized to promote evidence collection and analysis in groping sexual assault cases. As forensic nurses are educated to accurately collect DNA evidence and provide trauma-informed, patient-centered care, they are best suited to provide nursing care for patients who have experienced groping sexual assaults. Optimal DNA findings in groping and sexual assault cases are best achieved through development of strong multidisciplinary, collaborative relationships between forensic nurses and forensic scientists. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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