SART Toolkit -- Develop A SART

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Build Your SART . Collect Data . Create a Strategic Plan . Determine Communication Standards
Hold Team Meetings . Monitor and Evaluate Your Efforts . Sustain Your SART . Know Your Team . Critical Issues

Collect Data

Gather Interagency Data

Which Data To Collect

How To Share Data

Gather Community Data

Gather Interagency Data

Which Data To Collect

To understand the scope of sexual assault in your jurisdiction, you must pull together data from—

Rape crisis centers.
Hospitals and other health care facilities.
Elder services.
Law enforcement.
Prosecution.
Institutional settings (e.g., campuses, military facilities, correctional facilities).
Culturally specific organizations.

Be realistic when determining which data to compile. The following chart provides a glimpse of data elements to consider.

SART Agency	Statistics
Community Advocacy	Number of victims served who reported to law enforcement. Number of victims served who didn't report to law enforcement. Type of assault (e.g., rape, sexual battery). Number of community referrals. Information about victims (e.g., age, gender, ethnicity, disability). Relationship of perpetrators to victims. Number and types of services provided.
Law Enforcement	Number of cases assigned for investigation. Types of assault (e.g., rape, sexual battery). Number of cases submitted to the district attorney for review. Number of cases prosecuted. Location of sexual assaults. Information about victims (e.g., age, gender, ethnicity, disability). Information about perpetrators (e.g., age, gender, ethnicity, disability).
Health Care	Number of forensic medical examinations performed. Information about victims (e.g., age, gender, ethnicity, disability). Type of assault (e.g., rape, sexual battery). Number of victims seen at campus health services. Number of victims seen at Indian Health Services. Number and types of services provided. Number of health care providers subpoenaed to testify.
Forensic Laboratory	Number of sexual assault forensic medical collection kits processed by crime labs. Data on quality of evidence collected by forensic examiners. Data on quality of evidence collected by law enforcement.
Victim Witness Assistance Center	Number of cases referred to community-based services. Information on victims (e.g., age, gender, ethnicity, disability). Number and types of services provided.
Prosecution	Number of cases referred by law enforcement agencies annually. Number of case filings. Number of plea negotiations and sentences. Number of trials. Number of cases by disposition (e.g., guilty, not guilty, no contest, mistrial).