Government & Politics
Testing Rape Kits Saves Money and Stops Crime
Lawrence M. Wein finds that the benefits of testing outweigh the costs.
May 17, 2019
| by
Beth Rimbey
About 400,000 sexual assault kits nationwide are sitting untested. Lawrence M. Wein, professor of operations, information & technology at Stanford GSB, says testing them would not only provide closure to victims, but it would also save $81 for every dollar spent by keeping criminals off the street.
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