02070cam a2200373 i 4500 1868220702 TxGeo 20250110120000.0 240327s2025||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2024001038 9780593314715 trade pbk. 0593314719 trade pbk. (OCoLC)1430344506 TxGeo rda Kennedy, Pagan, author. The secret history of the rape kit : a true crime story / Pagan Kennedy. Vintage Books original edition. New York, NY : Vintage Books, a division of Penguin Random House LLC, 2025. xi, 240 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier "A Vintage Books original"--Back cover. Includes bibliographical references. "The idea came to Marty Goddard in 1971. She was working at a [rape] crisis hotline, haunted by the stories of survivors and plagued by two principle questions: Why were so many predators getting away with crimes? And how do we stop them? In the coming years, Marty set off a massive campaign that lobbied to have sexual assault treated and investigated as the crime that it is. By creating the first rape kit, she revolutionized forensics. The kit would live on as one of the most powerful and effective tools for bringing perpetrators to justice. Marty, however, and any record of her, simply disappeared. [This book] chronicles the story of one journalist's mission to uncover the story and woman behind an invention that transformed the lives of women the country over"-- Provided by publisher. 20250123. Goddard, Marty 1941-2015. Kennedy, Pagan 1962- Rape Investigation History. Rape kits History. Forensic sciences History. True crime stories. QS5