Pagan Kennedy

American novelist, short-story writer, and journalist known for both fiction and nonfiction, and for essays and cultural criticism.

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  1. 1. The Secret History Of The Rape Kit

    In the 1970s, volunteer counselor Martha “Marty” Goddard pushed hospitals and police to collect evidence and treat sexual-assault survivors with dignity, helping to develop the standardized “rape kit.” Journalist Pagan Kennedy follows Goddard’s story, examines how this forensic innovation changed investigations, and reflects on the wider history of forensic practice and her own responses to sexual assault.

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