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Systems Change Analysis of SANE Programs: Identifying the Mediating Mechanisms of Criminal Justice System Impact

NCJ Number
226497
Date Published
January 2009
Length
201 pages
Annotation
This project determined whether adult sexual assault cases in a midwestern community were more likely to be investigated and prosecuted after the implementation of a Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner (SANE) program; and if so, the “critical ingredients” of the SANE program that contributed to this effect.
Abstract
This project determined whether adult sexual assault cases in a Midwestern community were more likely to be investigated and prosecuted after the implementation of a Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner (SANE) program, and if so, which "critical ingredients" of the SANE program contributed to the improvements in sexual assault case-processing.

Date Published: January 1, 2009