1. Who is Lavina Masters? What is her story? Describe her victimization and subsequent involvement with the criminal justice system. (This is NOT a single sentence answer – invest the time in researching this individual, and describe her to me in detail, as if I were completely unfamiliar with her story).

2. What is the cost average of processing a rape kit? Who is responsible for paying this cost to have the kit processed?

3. Why do you think backlog specific to rape kits, occurs? What do you think can be done to remedy this issue (or these issues)?

4. Discuss the Lavina Masters Act. What does it require? What does it mean? What are the implications for law enforcement agencies following the passage of this act? Do you think anything about the act should be changed? If so – what?

5. The crime perpetrated against Lavina Masters case occurred in Dallas. Is the issue of rape kit testing backlog singularly related to the city Dallas or is this a nationwide epidemic? Describe/defend your answer with findings from additional sources

You may incorporate Internet resources obtained from websites for your response, but you must include a minimum of one scholarly source (a peer reviewed article from an academic journal). The proper and correct inclusion of a scholarly, peer-reviewed article is worth 20 points (20%) of this reflection. You must include the correctly formatted APA citation of your source at the conclusion of your reflection. Remember, you must also cite your article in text, using correct APA format, to give credit to the author (or authors) for their work.

Students must answer all portions of each question in order to earn full credit. The above questions must be answered using full and complete sentences.

Reflective journal submissions must be type written, in 12-point, Times New Roman font, and uploaded as Word document (.doc or .docx). All citations should be in APA format. It is highly recommended that students proofread their reflective journal prior to submission, as 20 points (20%) of each submission will be graded on correct usage of grammar, punctuation, and sentence structure.


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