When should a victim of a sexual assault report the crime?

When should a victim of a sexual assault report the crime?

Richard Saferstein (Former Chief Forensic Scientist) gives expert video advice on: How has forensic science changed sexual-assault crime investigation?; How is semen studied in CSI?; What evidence from the victim of a sexual assault is studied in CSI? and more...

As quickly as possible. One of the problems that we have currently in terms of the science of forensics is the inability to detect drugs that are often used to induce a female into sexual activity. These drugs normally disappear from the human body within 24 hours. If we, we being the investigators, can collect urine or blood from the victim within 24 hours, the ability to detect those drugs may be lost.