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Gather Interagency Data

Which Data To Collect

To understand the scope of sexual assault in your jurisdiction, you must pull together data from—

  • Rape crisis centers.
  • Hospitals and other health care facilities.
  • Elder services.
  • Law enforcement.
  • Prosecution.
  • Institutional settings (e.g., campuses, military facilities, correctional facilities).
  • Culturally specific organizations.

Be realistic when determining which data to compile. The following chart provides a glimpse of data elements to consider.

SART Agency Statistics

Community Advocacy

  • Number of victims served who reported to law enforcement.
  • Number of victims served who didn't report to law enforcement.
  • Type of assault (e.g., rape, sexual battery).
  • Number of community referrals.
  • Information about victims (e.g., age, gender, ethnicity, disability).
  • Relationship of perpetrators to victims.
  • Number and types of services provided.

Law Enforcement

  • Number of cases assigned for investigation.
  • Types of assault (e.g., rape, sexual battery).
  • Number of cases submitted to the district attorney for review.
  • Number of cases prosecuted.
  • Location of sexual assaults.
  • Information about victims (e.g., age, gender, ethnicity, disability).
  • Information about perpetrators (e.g., age, gender, ethnicity, disability).

Health Care

  • Number of forensic medical examinations performed.
  • Information about victims (e.g., age, gender, ethnicity, disability).
  • Type of assault (e.g., rape, sexual battery).
  • Number of victims seen at campus health services.
  • Number of victims seen at Indian Health Services.
  • Number and types of services provided.
  • Number of health care providers subpoenaed to testify.

Forensic Laboratory

  • Number of sexual assault forensic medical collection kits processed by crime labs.
  • Data on quality of evidence collected by forensic examiners.
  • Data on quality of evidence collected by law enforcement.

Victim Witness
Assistance Center

  • Number of cases referred to community-based services.
  • Information on victims (e.g., age, gender, ethnicity, disability).
  • Number and types of services provided.

Prosecution

  • Number of cases referred by law enforcement agencies annually.
  • Number of case filings.
  • Number of plea negotiations and sentences.
  • Number of trials.
  • Number of cases by disposition (e.g., guilty, not guilty, no contest, mistrial).