The secret history of the rape kit : a true crime story / Pagan Kennedy.
"In 1972, Martha "Marty" Goddard volunteered at a crisis hotline, counseling girls who had been molested. By the end of the decade, she had launched a campaign pushing hospitals and police departments to collect evidence of sexual assault and treat survivors with dignity. She designed a new kind of forensics tool--the rape kit--and new practices of evidence collection that spread across the country. Yet even as Marty fought for women's rights, she allowed a man to take credit for her work and then vanished into abscurity. [This book] chronicles one journalist's mission to understand an crucial innovation and the problematic history of forensics in America. As Pagan Kennedy hunts for answers to the mystery of Marty Goddard, she reflects on her own experiences with sexual assault and her desire for justice."--Page 4 of cover.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780593314715
- ISBN: 0593314719
- Physical Description: xi, 240 pages : illustration ; 21 cm
- Edition: Vintage Books original edition.
- Publisher: New York, New York : Vintage Books, a division of Penguin Random House LLC, [2024]
- Copyright: ©2025
Content descriptions
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 217-240). |
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| Subject: | Goddard, Marty, 1941-2015. Rape > Investigation > History. Rape kits > History. Forensic sciences > History. |
| Genre: | True crime stories. |
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- 11 of 20 copies available at NC Cardinal. (Show)
- 1 of 2 copies available at Rockingham County Public Library.
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- 3 current holds with 20 total copies.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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| Madison-Mayodan Public Library | 363.259 K (Text) | 31554012286265 | Adult New Nonfiction | Available | - |
Summary:
"In 1972, Martha "Marty" Goddard volunteered at a crisis hotline, counseling girls who had been molested. By the end of the decade, she had launched a campaign pushing hospitals and police departments to collect evidence of sexual assault and treat survivors with dignity. She designed a new kind of forensics tool--the rape kit--and new practices of evidence collection that spread across the country. Yet even as Marty fought for women's rights, she allowed a man to take credit for her work and then vanished into abscurity. [This book] chronicles one journalist's mission to understand an crucial innovation and the problematic history of forensics in America. As Pagan Kennedy hunts for answers to the mystery of Marty Goddard, she reflects on her own experiences with sexual assault and her desire for justice."--Page 4 of cover.
