"The overreaching goal . . . is to identify
violent offenders, resolve crimes, prevent additional violent crimes,
and do everything possible to get justice for victims."
~ FBI
- "The Justice Department is seeking to bolster the FBI's efforts at apprehending violent criminals
- Issuing grants for local police departments to test rape kits
- Requiring that those agencies submit information to an underutilized FBI database designed to catch serial killers and rapists"
"The Justice Department will make $40 million in grants for rape kit testing, including $2 million to assist localities in sending case information to what is known as the FBI's Violent Criminal Apprehension Program, or ViCAP. The program, which includes a national database, is designed to catch serial rapists and killers who exhibit specific, distinctive behaviors while committing their crimes. For instance, the database might link several attacks committed by a rapist who uses a certain kind of weapon."
~ Read entire article @: ProPublica
