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She sits with survivors in hospital emergency rooms, helps answer questions about forensic exams and provides moral support.
Years after forensic exams became a standard part of treatment for victims of sex crimes, the level of competence in administering the exams varies widely.
So I was startled by this tidbit reported recently by The Associated Press: When Sarah Palin was mayor of Wasilla, Alaska, the small town began billing sexual-assault victims for the cost of rape kits and forensic exams.
12 NEW YORK/REGION 25-30 Uneven Medical Treatment Affects oftcome of Rape Trials The level of competence in administering forensic exams at New York City hospitals for victims of sex crimes varies widely.
This treatment model, known as a sexual assault examiner program, provides every victim with immediate care, a private examination area and a nurse or a doctor with special training in forensic exams.
The first examines payment mechanisms for sexual assault forensic exams with a particular focus on whether such exams are provided to victims free-of-charge and without requiring them to report the assault to law enforcement, as per federal law.
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Most rape victims, particularly of spousal abuse, do not come to the hospital for the forensic exam, she said.
A forensic exam determined she was a brunette, white or Hispanic, no more than 5-foot-5 or 125 pounds, and between 35 and 40 years old.
The bill prohibits law enforcement from charging victims for a forensic exam, and victims have the right to know any important details forensic testing reveals – such as whether they ingested a date rape drug.
Victims waiting to be interviewed, who had already waited in the general hospital ER to have their intimate forensic exam, surrounded by shooting or car crash victims, would often see their alleged attackers sitting in the police station corridor in handcuffs.
But Chambers pushed back against the alleged intimidation attempt and followed through with the forensic exam, according to The New York Post.
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