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This is the complete issue of Sexual Assault Report Volume 25, Number 3. Contents: COVID-19 Impacts (Research Review by Michelle Richter, Ph.D.); The Consequences and Harm of Mandatory Reporting for Young People: Insight on Changes and Harm Reduction for a Trauma-Informed Response by Emily Austin and Shannon Perez-Darby; A Conversation With Rhonda Martinson; Worth Reading (Literature review by Russ Immarigeon); Case Summaries by Anne L. Perry [Arizona: DNA Evidence Was Properly Admitted to Show That a Male Other Than Victim’s Husband Had Touched Her Genitals—State v. Gomez, 482 P.3d 397 (Ariz. 2021); Arkansas: Rape and Sexual Assault Convictions Upheld: Victim’s Journals —and Letters Were Properly Admitted—Adams v. State, No. CR-20-143 (Ark. 2021); California: Court Properly Admitted Evidence That Defendant Viewed Porn Prior to Assault—People v. Byers, 61 Cal. App. 5th 447 (Cal. Ct. App. 2021); Missouri: Defendant Convicted of Sodomy Was Not Entitled to Consideration of Sexual Abuse as Lesser Included Offense—State v. Burkhalter, Index No. WD82489, 2021 Mo. App. LEXIS 811, 2021 WL 3868242 (Mo. Ct. App. 2021); Eighth Circuit: Exclusion of Victim’s Prior Sexual Assault Deprived Defendant of Right to Present a Complete Defense: Conviction Reversed—U.S. v. Zephier, 989 F.3d 629 (8th Cir. 2021)]; New Training Videos for Sexual Assault Professionals.

Keywords: COVID-19;Sexual Assault Mandatory Reporting; Rhonda Martinson; DNA Evidence; Victim’s Journals and Letters as Trial Evidence; Training Videos for Victim Counselors and Resource Centers

Affiliations:  1: Editor.