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 …

This review focuses on government use of technology to observe, collect, or record potential
criminal activity in real-time, as contrasted with “transaction surveillance” that involves …

Objectives This study tests whether (1) shots fired calls for service in the gunshot detection
technology (GDT) target area are more likely to be classified as unfounded;(2) police …

Despite advances in police practices, national case clearance rates of violent crimes are at
an all-time low. One recent trend in American policing involves the rapid deployment of …

This eight-agency case study analyzes the characteristics of four high-and four low-
performing police agencies, as measured by their long-term crime clearance rates. High and …

Abstract Purpose Real-Time Crime Centers (RTCCs) integrate a variety of technologies and
information with the goal of helping police to more efficiently identify and respond to crime. A …

Chicago's homicide arrest rate dropped from 91% in 1965 to 57% in 1994 and dropped still
lower in recent years. This pattern mirrors the trend in the national homicide clearance rate …

Police discretionary decision-making in sexual assault case processing has received
considerable empirical attention for several decades. This has been, in part, the result of …

Sexual assault is a serious, deep-rooted problem in our society. In the United States, at least
1 in 5 (19.3%) women and 1 in 71 (1.7%) men are raped during their lifetimes (Breiding et …

Background Crime scene investigation (CSI) in general means the standard procedures and
techniques used for processing and reconstructing of scene of crime. In Palestine, the …