Interesting idea! The problem is, sexual assaults are difficult to prosecute less because of lack of testing, and more because they are inherently cases of "he said/she said". These might be a useful for at least getting genetic evidence of intercourse having happened, but they won't provide any help backing up a woman's account of wheth…
Interesting idea! The problem is, sexual assaults are difficult to prosecute less because of lack of testing, and more because they are inherently cases of "he said/she said". These might be a useful for at least getting genetic evidence of intercourse having happened, but they won't provide any help backing up a woman's account of whether or not the sex was consensual. Also, not having a trained 3rd party conduct the test leaves room for fraud.
Interesting idea! The problem is, sexual assaults are difficult to prosecute less because of lack of testing, and more because they are inherently cases of "he said/she said". These might be a useful for at least getting genetic evidence of intercourse having happened, but they won't provide any help backing up a woman's account of whether or not the sex was consensual. Also, not having a trained 3rd party conduct the test leaves room for fraud.
Exactly.