Completing a Census of Individuals Who Lawfully “Owe" DNA in Cuyahoga County

Authors

Rachel Lovell, Case Western Reserve University
Joanna Klingenstein, Case Western Reserve University
Margaret McGuire, Case Western Reserve University
Misty Luminais, Case Western Reserve University

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Date

1-2019

Description

This brief explains how the Cuyahoga County Prosecutor’s Office and the research team collaborated to identify individuals who owe DNA, swab eligible offenders who owe, and followed up after their DNA is entered into CODIS. This reporting addresses the issues that arise when lawfully owed DNA is not collected from offenders, explains the process by which we conducted a census of individuals who lawfully owe their DNA, articulates the outcomes of conducting the census (e.g., statistics on the number of individuals who owe their DNA in Cuyahoga County), and recommends approaches that other jurisdictions (within and beyond Ohio) could take to address issues in collecting lawfully owed DNA.

Keywords

sexual violence, sexual assault kits, Cuyahoga County (Ohio)

Disciplines

Criminology and Criminal Justice

Creative Commons License

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License

Recommended Citation

Lovell, Rachel; Klingenstein, Joanna; McGuire, Margaret; and Luminais, Misty, "Completing a Census of Individuals Who Lawfully “Owe" DNA in Cuyahoga County" (2019). Begun Center for Violence Prevention Research and Education Reports and Briefs. 3.
https://commons.case.edu/beguncenter-reports/3