Posted: August 9th, 2022

ADJ 236

ADJ 236
It is important to note that in a rape, 2 scenes of crime exist; the site where the rape occurred and the rape victim, encompassing the clothing the victim is wearing and the assailant (Savino, Turvey & Baeza, 2015). Therefore, the first step in this case is to secure the scene of crime. Once the crime scene has been secured, we can then go no to photograph and document it, after which we can carry out a first round interview with the victim to establish if she is knowledgeable of the perpetrators or can identify the people who defiled her. It is vital to get a physical depiction of the assailants and request the victim to give a detailed account of what happened. The local rape crisis center will then be contacted.
The contact between the victim and perpetrators may have led to physical evidence transfer; this may be in the form of blood, hairs, skin fibers, and semen or other trace evidence, which will prove essential in confirming the identity of the assailants. In this regard, these types of evidence will be collected. It is important to note that the aforementioned evidence will be collected once we take the victim to a designated medical facility. As such, the victim will be requested to disrobe and her clothing and undergarments will then be placed in separate containers and sent to the lab for analysis. Photographs of any injuries to her body will also be taken. With the help of medical/forensic experts, her mouth and vagina will then be swabbed to collect DNA evidence. Notably, the perpetrators may have left traces of their DNA in form of saliva or/and semen. This form of evidence will be important in identifying them.

Reference
Savino, J. O., Turvey, B. E., & Baeza, J. J. (2015). Rape investigation handbook. Academic Press.

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