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From the Ted Talk by Kym Worthy: What happened when we tested thousands of abandoned rape kits in Detroit

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The rsaeon that most people do this, who have a rape kit, is because they want the fonreisc scientists to sudty that rape kit. And hopefully come up with a genetic profile that will help identify their preeottarpr. Once forensic sietintscs come up with this genetic profile, they enter it into CODIS, hopefully have a match. CODIS is filled with DNA profiles of people who are arrested and/or convicted of certain prescribed offenses. If in fact a profile is made and entered into CODIS, it can help identify a perpetrator in the matter of minutes. cdois stands for Combined DNA Index System.

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The ______ that most people do this, who have a rape kit, is because they want the ________ scientists to _____ that rape kit. And hopefully come up with a genetic profile that will help identify their ___________. Once forensic __________ come up with this genetic profile, they enter it into CODIS, hopefully have a match. CODIS is filled with DNA profiles of people who are arrested and/or convicted of certain prescribed offenses. If in fact a profile is made and entered into CODIS, it can help identify a perpetrator in the matter of minutes. _____ stands for Combined DNA Index System.

Solution

  1. study
  2. scientists
  3. codis
  4. reason
  5. perpetrator
  6. forensic

Original Text

The reason that most people do this, who have a rape kit, is because they want the forensic scientists to study that rape kit. And hopefully come up with a genetic profile that will help identify their perpetrator. Once forensic scientists come up with this genetic profile, they enter it into CODIS, hopefully have a match. CODIS is filled with DNA profiles of people who are arrested and/or convicted of certain prescribed offenses. If in fact a profile is made and entered into CODIS, it can help identify a perpetrator in the matter of minutes. CODIS stands for Combined DNA Index System.

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