How Rape Kits Work

Stuff You Should Know

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Society & Culture

4.6 • 79.3K Ratings

🗓️ 2 April 2019

⏱️ 51 minutes

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Summary

Rape kits are simple forensic evidence collection kits used when someone is sexually assaulted. But the story is deeper than this. Learn all about rape kits, the sad backlog problem, and what you can do to help, in today's episode.

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0:52.6	Yeah man, this is another one of those that's tough topic.
0:57.1	It's not going to be loaded with jokes.
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