Forensic Nursing Expert On Criminal Sexual Conduct

When people enter the emergency room at the Community Health Center of Branch County  (CHC), MI, Laura Kopacz or one of two other trained nurses are called in if criminal sexual conduct is suspected.  Forensic nursing experts do testing to determine if a crime has been committed and are qualified to testify as expert witnesses. “This is a difficult topic. We don’t like to hear about it. . .but it happens in Coldwater. It happens a lot.”  Kopacz says 98 percent of assault victims are females, 80 percent of all sexual assaults are committed by someone the victim knows, and most victims are between 13 and 18 years old.

Excerpted from <a href="http://TheDailyReporter.com">TheDailyReporter.com</a>.