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 …

Purpose Detective work is a mainstay of modern law enforcement, but its effectiveness has
been much less evaluated than patrol work. To explore what is known about effective …

Re-offense risk is considered in decision-making at many stages of the criminal justice
system, from pre-trial, to sentencing, to parole. To aid decision-makers in their assessments …

A growing body of evidence indicates that local police departments are being used to
provide revenue for municipalities by imposing and collecting fees, fines, and asset …

Research Summary Since the RAND Corporation studies on investigations were published,
there has been a widely held belief among scholars that police agencies and investigative …

Abstract Research Summary As a policy response to historically strained police–minority
community relations, police diversification is hoped to improve policing outcomes in minority …

Background Improving the accuracy and precision of predictive analytics for temporal trends
in crime necessitates a good understanding of the how exogenous variables, such as …

Previous studies of homicide have examined the probative value of DNA and other forensic
evidence for increasing case solvability and identifying best practices in prioritizing …

Studies examining factors influencing homicide clearances have produced consistent
findings for child victims, arguments, and incident location. Conclusions have been far more …

Based on the theoretical notion that racial hierarchy influences inequality in criminal justice
outcomes, previous crime clearance studies have included victims' race as a salient …