Sexual Assault Response Teams (SARTs)
The purpose of a community-based Sexual Assault Response Team is to ensure an effective, consistent, comprehensive and collaborative response to sexual assault that prioritizes the needs of sexual assault victims and brings responsible persons to justice.
In Oregon, SART's may mostly be found at the county level. 29 of Oregon's 36 counties have SARTs or are developing them. It is exciting to note that several of Oregon's major universities are developing SARTs.
SART Resources
- National Sexual Assault Resource Center Sane-Sart.com
- California Coalition Against Sexual Assault. California Sexual Assault Response Team (SART) Manual, available from California Coalition Against Sexual Assault, calcasa.org
- Carver County Sexual Assault Interagency Council (1999). Carver County Adult Sexual Assault Response Protocol. (Available from the Carver County SAIC, c/o Carver County Social Services, 600 East 4th St., Chaska, MN 55318)
- Colorado Coalition Against Sexual Assault and Colorado Bureau of Investigation (2000). Colorado Evidence Collection Protocol. (Available from Colorado Coalition Against Sexual Assault, 1600 Downing St., #400, Denver, CO 80203)
- Minnesota Model Protocol Project (2000). Minnesota Model Sexual Assault Response Protocol. (Available from Minnesota Model Protocol Project, Victim Services, 151 SE 4th St., Rochester, MN 55904).
- Pennsylvania Coalition Against Rape (2002). Sexual Assault Response Team (SART) Guidelines. (Available from the Pennsylvania Coalition Against Rape, 125 N. Enola Dr., Enola, PA 17025). www.pcar.org
- State of Alaska. Alaska Statewide Protocols for Sexual Assault Response Teams.
- State of Arizona, Office of the Attorney General (2001). Recommended Guidelines For A Coordinated Community Response to Sexual Assault. (Available from the Arizona Attorney General’s Office, Office of Victim Services, 1275 W. Washington, Phoenix, AZ 85007).
- State of New Jersey, Department of Law and Public Safety Division of Criminal Justice (1998). STANDARDS For Providing Services to Survivors of Sexual Assault. (Available from the N.J. Division of Criminal Justice, 25 Market St., Trenton, NJ 08625)
- West Virginia Foundation for Rape Information and Services (1993). West Virginia Protocol for Responding to Victims of Sexual Assault. (Available from Paula Finley Mangum, Project Coordinator, 410 Washington St, East, #306, Charleston, West Virginia 25301)
- Winona County Sexual Assault Interagency Council (1999). Winona County Adult Sexual Assault Response Protocol. (Available from the Winona County SAIC, 171 West Third St., Winona, MN, 55987).
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