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Michael Hoeller Guest. Some random IT boy Guest. Muhammad Zahab Ahmad Khan Guest. Big Money Guest. Scott Craner Guest. Antony Hatchkins Guest. The seventh model examined consisted of detective variables Table The four variables in this model were: three or more detectives assigned to the case, detective arrived at the scene within 30 minutes of being notified of the homicide, detective described the crime scene in notes, and the detective followed up on all witness information.
By having three or more detectives on the case, detectives will have more time to investigate the case more thoroughly. The sooner the detective arrives on the scene, the less likely the crime scene will be contaminated.
When detectives describe the crime scene in their notes, this could indicate they paid more attention to the details of the scene. And by following up on all witness information, the detectives are more likely to find additional information that would lead to closing the case. Since these four variables can be controlled by the police, we looked at the effects each variable had on the model. The eighth model examined consisted of general circumstances surrounding the homicide Table The three variables in this model were: homicide occurred in a private residence, there was an eyewitness to the homicide, and the homicide was not drug related.
Since it was impossible to be both African American and Hispanic in our data, we ran two models, one model with African American and one model with Hispanic. These two models, therefore, consisted of only 14 variables.
They were: computer check on suspect, computer check on witnesses, and witness at scene provided valuable information. They were: local CJIS system used, location of homicide was private, and homicide was not drug related. This left us with a "trimmed" model, a model with only significant variables. The trimmed African-American model consisted of 10 variables Table However, the offender being African American was not one of the variables.
The Hispanic trimmed model consisted of nine variables Table The variables were: 1 computer check on the decedent, 2 computer check on the suspect, 3 computer check on a witness, 4 used local CJIS system, 5 location of homicide was private, 6 a body chart of the victim was prepared, 7 not a drug-related homicide, 8 offender was Hispanic, and 9 witness at scene provided valuable information.
We began this research to develop a better understanding than currently exists of the variables that are associated with the clearance of homicide cases. Previous literature suggested that two variables related to clearance were the level of drug-related homicides and the size of police departments. Drug-related homicides were thought to be associated with clearance rates because they frequently lack the close relationship between victim and offender that facilitate clearance.
Levels of policing were thought to be associated because they indicate the level of resources that could be devoted to homicide clearance. Our analysis of the largest cities in the United States for the year suggested very modest associations between clearance levels and these variables. While drug-related homicides and overall policing levels may have some correlation with clearance, these relationships appear to be modest at best, and, more importantly, provide little policy guidance for law enforcement agencies as to how they should organize to improve clearance.
As we noted at the beginning of this paper, the clearance for homicides and for all crimes is fundamentally important for one of the underlying paradigms for law enforcement, deterrence. For that reason, we have focused on a more detailed consideration of homicide events and investigative practices to help us understand clearance.
We identified approximately characteristics of homicide events and investigative practices and determined that approximately 51 of those were statistically significant and positively associated with clearance. Of these 51, 37 were characteristics associated with police practices, with the remainder being characteristics associated with the homicide event. While we did find that drug-related homicides were more difficult to clear, it is our conclusion that there are substantial variations in homicide clearances associated with police practices.
Furthermore, although we selected our sample of cities to maximize variation in the clearance of homicides and total index crimes, we found that these differences between cities for homicide clearances disappeared for the most part when we controlled for characteristics of cases and characteristics of investigations.
Only one of the cities, the one with the consistently highest level of clearance for homicides, appeared to have a level of clearance that was not explained by these characteristics of events and investigations. We will comment on this later. In considering the implications we think this research has for law enforcement, we would point especially to the following observations.
It appears that what happens at the crime scene by the initially responding officer s is important. The speed with which homicide detectives, evidence technicians, and medical examiners are notified and the time it takes them to respond to the scene are associated with clearance.
The activities of the first responding officers to secure the scene, to identify potential witnesses, to preserve evidence, to initiate, when appropriate, neighborhood surveys, and to participate in neighborhood surveys appears critical. We find that the assignment of 3 or 4 detectives is optimal for clearing a case, but that increasing that number is not efficient until one reaches very large numbers of detectives i.
In the city that continued to have a significant city effect on homicide clearance after all other characteristics of the case and of the investigation were controlled Table 37 , the practice of assigning very large numbers of detectives was frequently employed. In addition, although our data were not able to assess this element, experienced homicide detectives with whom we discussed our research indicated that another factor, in addition to the number of detectives, was the degree of autonomy that detectives were able to exercise at the crime scenes.
Policies that require detectives to either seek approval for continuing past their regularly scheduled shift or that deny the possibility for overtime were identified by these detectives as significantly reducing their effectiveness in a case. These detectives suggested to us, and it would be consistent with our data, although we were not able to measure this directly, that policies that allow responding detectives to stay on the case as long as they think necessary without seeking approval is critical.
In addition, our data indicate the importance of detectives arriving at the crime scene as quickly as possible and preferably in less than 30 minutes. Again, although we were not able to measure this directly with our data, experienced detectives tell us that a critical element in quickness of response is whether they have cars assigned to them on a hour basis.
If they do not and their assignment to a case occurs while they are off duty, it is impossible to respond as quickly as they think, and our data suggest, is necessary. Our data also suggest the growing importance of computer checks of various types, particularly checks on guns, on suspects, and on victims.
Our data suggest this even though the time frame of our sample meant we had cases in which the police were not asked to take full advantage of emerging information technology available to law enforcement.
We also note the minimal impact of the defender and victim characteristics in clearance. Although there are some significant variables for example, ethnicity , we do not find these to be critical variables in understanding clearance, nor are many other characteristics of the case in the investigation. While drug cases continue to be the most difficult for police to solve, even when we restrict our analysis to this subset we find that police are able to clear these cases given the right allocation of resources.
Overall, then, our analysis has led us to believe that practices and policies of law enforcement agencies can have a substantial impact on the clearance of homicide cases and that clearance of homicides could be increased if law enforcement agencies improved investigation policies and practices.
Lawrence Sherman has recently written about the importance of evidence-based policing to draw attention to the fact that we have little evidence to guide most policing practices. We believe that the research reported in this paper is consistent with the idea of using research to assess strategies that will improve the ability of law enforcement agencies to effectuate arrest in very serious cases.
While our analysis only applies to homicides cases, similar analyses of other types of serious crimes could assist police in structuring their response to improve apprehension.
The kind of research that we report here could be extremely useful in the area of police performance measurement as well. We concur. We think that homicide cases, and most other crimes, begin with different levels of "solvability. Finally, while we have described what we think are characteristics of investigations that increase the chance of clearance, our ability to recommend strategies for effective homicide investigation is limited by the fact that our data are drawn from a range of activities that police agencies have used in the past.
The indication of the importance of information technology in computer checks on case closure leads us to believe that a wider range of information that could and should be more effectively utilized in the investigative process exists.
For example, particularly for drug-related cases, access to data maintained by vice and drug squads within police departments in the region in which the crime occurs could prove extremely useful in identifying potential offenders. This information, particularly in drug-related crimes, could be vitally important, and if easily accessed through information technology, could be useful in focusing investigative priorities.
Similarly, domestic violence data sets could prove useful. These examples suggest a broader set of information sources for law enforcement that could improve homicide and other investigations, mainly the rapid adoption of incident-based crime reporting in its fuller sense. Police would have access within their jurisdiction and other jurisdictions to a wide range of information that could be useful in identifying potential offenders for all cases.
The future of evidence-based policing, and we think more successful policing, may well depend upon the degree to which law enforcement can take fuller advantage of the information technology age. By no means do we think we have solved the problem of homicide clearance.
We do believe, however, the approach we have taken is viable and that it offers suggestions for police agencies. At the same time, we believe that the range and number of law enforcement agencies included in research of this kind should be increased. We urge support for research covering a much larger number of cases and different types of agencies. Finally, we think that the design suggested here and its logic should be extended to other types of crimes, particularly to the crimes of rape, aggravated assault, and robbery.
Providing detailed assessments of a variety of ways for law enforcement to respond to crime will allow us to conduct research that is far more relevant to the practice of policing than much of the research that has been conducted in the past.
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Total Clearance Level. Homicide Clearance Level. City A a Austin Dallas. Jacksonville Philadelphia San Jose. Memphis Phoenix Seattle. San Diego Washington, D. Percent of Cases. Motivation know to police. Single Motivation for homicide.
Retaliation Drug related Taking of property Victim killed while committing a crime Offender defending themselves Victim was a bystander killed inadvertently Conflict over money Rivalry over a lover Victim randomly selected from a particular social group Killed by an authority figure Other conflict not money or drugs.
Combination of motives. Motive unknown to police. Shot with a handgun Shot with other than a handgun Stabbed Other Missing. Eyewitness found at scene Scene identified as a "drug market" Involved gang or drug organization member involved taking or attempting to take property Alcohol found at scene Drugs found at scene Occurred in a vehicle Victim killed while committing a crime Victim killed by an authority figure e.
Age Group years. All Cases. African American. All Cases a. Victim knew offender. Relationship unknown. Percent of Cases N. Investigator identified those who identified the offender. Victim and offender members of the same family. Victim and offender related by blood. Victim and offender related by marriage. Romantic relationship between victim and offender. Victim and offender live in same household. Victim and offender communicated frequently. Gang or drug organization member.
Drinking alcohol at time of incident. Using alcohol at time of incident. Using drugs at time of incident. Possessing drugs at time of incident. Possessing alcohol at time of incident. Busying drugs at time of incident.
Selling drugs at time of incident. Used asphyxiation, suffocation, drowning, or strangulation. Distance between offender and victim. Total number of wounds inflicted. Violation of normative rules for sale or distribution of drugs. Conflict over quality, type, or amount of drugs. Number of eyewitnesses at least 1 vs. Please create an employee account to be able to mark statistics as favorites.
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The states with the worst rates are, starting at the bottom: Michigan, Rhode Island, Ohio, Indiana, and Massachusetts. Law enforcement documented more than 1, homicides in Wisconsin from , according to the Murder Accountability Project.
Nearly 1, of those homicides were cleared. In that cohort, only Minnesota, Nevada and North Carolina have higher rates at 73, Generally, law enforcement agencies can clear offenses in one of two ways , though individual states may have slightly different guidelines. The majority of Wisconsin homicides — 1, — occurred in Milwaukee County over the 10 year period surveyed. The county has a clearance rate of just under 64 percent in that time.
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