Reports & Standards

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Policing Sex Crimes

• Model Policy for Investigating Sexual Assaults (International Association of Chiefs of Police, 2005)
• Improving the Police Response to Sexual Assault (Police Executive Research Forum, March 2012)
• Sexual Assault Investigation Review and Assessment of the Cleveland Division of Police (Police Executive Research Forum, September 2013)
• Improving Police Response to Sexual Assault (Human Rights Watch, January 2013)
• Successfully Investigating Acquaintance Sexual Assault: A National Training Manual for Law Enforcement (National Center for Women and Policing, January 2001)
• A Model Protocol for Response to Adult Sexual Assault Cases (New Hampshire Commission on Domestic and Sexual Violence and the Office of the Attorney General, 2012)
• Pocket Guide for Police Response to Sexual Assault (New York State Coalition Against Sexual Assault, 1998)
• The Use of Truth-Telling Devices in Sexual Assault Investigations (National Sexual Violence Resource Center, 2009)
• Investigating Sexual Assaults Part I: Elements of Sexual Assault & Initial Response (International Association of Chiefs of Police, 2004)
• Investigating Sexual Assaults Part II: Investigative Procedures (International Association of Chiefs of Police, 2004)
• Investigating Sexual Assaults (International Association of Chiefs of Police, 2005)
• POST Guidelines for Adult/Adolescent Sexual Assault Investigation (California Commission on Peace Officer Standards and Training, last revised June 2008)
• Guidelines for Sexual Assault Investigation (California Commission on Peace Officer Standards and Training, 1999)