The Different Crime Solving Styles of Police Agencies across the United States.: A Latent Class Analysis of Criminal Investigation Goals

Lee, Yung Hyeock; Cho, Sujung

doi:10.1007/s12103-020-09558-w

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“…In any event, the bottom line is that every region and city-size group experienced large declines in line with the national average. The high inter-regional and interjurisdiction correlations over this half-century suggest that the national patterns have been geographically pervasive, although of course there are exceptions (Lee & Cho 2021, Scott et al 2019, Worrall 2019.…”

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The Sixty-Year Trajectory of Homicide Clearance Rates: Toward a Better Understanding of the Great Decline

Cook

Mancik

2024

Annu. Rev. Criminol.

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In 1962, the FBI reported a national homicide clearance rate of 93%. That rate dropped 29 points by 1994. This Great Decline has been studied and accepted as a real phenomenon but remains mysterious, as does the period of relative stability that followed. The decline was shared across regions and all city sizes but differed greatly among categories defined by victim race and weapon type. Gun homicides with Black victims accounted for most of the decline. We review the evidence on several possible explanations for the national decline, including those pertaining to case mix, investigation resources, and citizen cooperation. Our preferred explanation includes an upward trend in the standard for arrest, with strong evidence that although clearance-by-arrest rates declined, the likelihood of conviction and prison sentence actually increased. That result has obvious implications for the history of policing practice and for the validity of the usual clearance rate as a police performance measure. Expected final online publication date for the Annual Review of Criminology, Volume 7 is January 2024. Please see http://www.annualreviews.org/page/journal/pubdates for revised estimates.

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Section: Comparison Of Trends Across Regions and Size Of Placementioning

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The Sixty-Year Trajectory of Homicide Clearance Rates: Toward a Better Understanding of the Great Decline

Cook

Mancik

2024

Annu. Rev. Criminol.

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“…Although objectives may vary, the scholarly literature largely suggests that police departments engage in a “information-gathering process” that aims to “identify criminal offenders and criminal activity and, where appropriate, to apprehend offenders, and participate in subsequent court proceedings” (Lee and Sujung, 2021). According to Gehl and Plecas (2017), there are general rules that must be followed in an investigation, including the collection and analysis of evidence, “theory development and validation, suspect identification and forming reasonable grounds, and taking action to arrest, search, and lay charges.” Though practices may vary by police departments, investigators generally fulfill these rules by locating and interviewing victims, accurately documenting the investigative practices, and reviewing reports for prosecution (Chaiken et al ., 1977).…”

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Examining the link between social artifacts, solvability factors and case outcomes

Rodríguez

Drake

Altheimer

et al. 2023

PIJPSM

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PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to contribute to the growing body of research literature on case clearance levels. Through a social artifact framework, the authors seek to understand the role that documentation of key solvability factors in investigative reports plays in shaping case clearance outcomes.Design/methodology/approachFor this study, 166 non-fatal shooting investigative case files were obtained from a local mid-sized urban police department and coded to assess whether investigators identified key solvability characteristics for non-fatal shooting incidents. Using a logistic regression, the authors assessed the extent that investigative characteristics mentioned in case files were associated with the odds that the case was cleared by arrest.FindingsThe findings from this study indicate that investigative case files as a data source are exceedingly unreliable. Investigators do not consistently document investigative practices and intelligence. And those that are consistently documented are a part of institutionalized practices that are unique to their corresponding police department.Originality/valueThis study is original in that it uses a social artifact framework to sharpen the focus on the role that the effective documentation of critical evidence plays in leading to arrests in gun violence cases.

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Methodology of pre-judicial investigation of mass riots (theoretical model)

Утебаев,

Сабитов,

Темиргазин

2022

Вестник КазГЮИУ

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Эмпирические сведения досудебного расследования массовых беспорядков дают возможность в дальнейшем осуществить криминалистическое предупреждение данного вида уголовного правонарушения. Стратегическая цель досудебного расследования направлена на установление причастности лиц, которые участвовали в погромах и в мародерстве. В ходе осуществления алгоритма досудебного расследования реализуются сложные криминалистические тактические операции. В статье раскрывается примерная криминалистическая теоретическая модель досудебного расследования массовых беспорядков на основе освещения в средствах массовой информации трагических событий января 2022 года, происшедшие в городе Алматы и охватившие все регионы Республики Казахстан. Краткие криминалистические рекомендации по досудебному расследованию массовых беспорядков позволят вооружить следственные аппараты органов внутренних дел, органов национальной безопасности и процессуального прокурора для своевременного раскрытия и досудебного расследования данного вида общественно опасного деяния. The empirical evidence of the pre-trial investigation of mass riots makes it possible to further carry out a forensic prevention of this type of criminal offense. The strategic objective of the pre-trial investigation is to establish the involvement of persons who participated in pogroms and looting. During the implementation of the pre-trial investigation algorithm, complex forensic tactical operations are implemented. The article reveals an exemplary forensic theoretical model of pre-trial investigation of mass riots based on the media coverage of the tragic events of January 2022 that occurred in Almaty and covered all regions of the Republic of Kazakhstan. Brief forensic recommendations on the pre-trial investigation of mass riots will allow arming the investigative apparatus of internal affairs bodies, national security bodies and the procedural prosecutor for timely disclosure and pre-trial investigation of this type of socially dangerous act.

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The Different Crime Solving Styles of Police Agencies across the United States.: A Latent Class Analysis of Criminal Investigation Goals

Cited by 3 publications

References 61 publications

The Sixty-Year Trajectory of Homicide Clearance Rates: Toward a Better Understanding of the Great Decline

The Sixty-Year Trajectory of Homicide Clearance Rates: Toward a Better Understanding of the Great Decline

Examining the link between social artifacts, solvability factors and case outcomes

Methodology of pre-judicial investigation of mass riots (theoretical model)

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