<span>As of 2015, all 4,845 unsubmitted SAKs from 1993 to 2010 from Cuyahoga County have been submitted to BCI for testing. To assist the Prosecutor’s Office in streamlining their efforts, researchers at the Begun Center mapped each step of the process from Testing to Disposition. Utilizing data </span><span>provided by CCPO, this brief illustrates how SAKs move through the four main phases of this process—Testing, Investigation, Prosecution, and Disposition. As a SAK proceeds through the process it (potentially) changes from (1) a SAK, (2) an investigation, (3) a prosecution, and (4) a final disposition.</span>
Lovell, R., Butcher, F., & Flannery, D. (2016). The Cuyahoga County Sexual Assault Kit (SAK) Task Force : Describing the Process of Testing, Investigating, and Prosecuting Unsubmitted SAKs.
