rape kit

English

Noun

rape kit (plural rape kits)

1. A set of items used by medical personnel for gathering and preserving physical evidence following an allegation of sexual assault.
   • 2017 December 17, Nancy Kaffer, “Kaffer: 8 years into tests of abandoned rape kits, Worthy works for justice”, in Detroit Free Press‎^[1]:

     Ten thousand rape kits tested. One hundred twenty-seven convictions won, 1,947 cases investigated, 817 serial rapists identified. It's been a long eight years for Wayne County Prosecutor Kym Worthy.

2. (informal, uncommon) A kit containing sex toys, condoms, and other adult paraphernalia that is used during the commission of a rape or sexual assault.

Synonyms

• rape test kit

Translations

set of items

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 強姦工具包／强奸工具包 (qiángjiān gōngjùbāo)

• Finnish: seksuaalirikostutkimuspakkaus
• French: please add this translation if you can

See also

• rapee
• rapist

Further reading

• rape kit on Wikipedia.Wikipedia