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This is the complete issue of Sexual Assault Report Volume 26, Number 5. Contents: The Role of Empowerment Self-Defense in Sexual Assault Prevention by Lindsay M. Orchowski, Ph.D., Caroline T. Goodwin, Julia I. Hunter & Zoe Y. Zong; Probative Value of Forensic Evidence in Sexual Assault Cases by Megan Alderden, Ph.D. and Theodore P. Cross, Ph.D.; Case Summaries by Anne L. Perry [Utah: Sexual Battery and Rape Convictions Vacated and Remanded Where Prosecution Used Rape Shield Rule as a “Sword” to Limit Cross- Examination of Victim—State v. Eddington, 525 P.3d 920 (Utah Ct. App. 2023); Ohio: Rape and Sexual Battery Convictions Upheld Where “Fabricated Allegations” of Sexual Abuse Were Properly Excluded by Rape Shield Statute—State v. Mincey, No. C-220061, 2023 Ohio App. LEXIS 464 (Ohio Ct. App. 2023)]; Worth Reading (Literature Review); New Resource From the National Sexual Violence Resource Center;

Keywords: Self-Defense in Sexual Assault; Forensic Evidence in Sexual Assault Cases; Rape Shield Rule; Emily Miles; National Sexual Violence Resource Center Toolkit

Affiliations:  1: Editor.