RT Article
T1 Why do gun murders have a higher clearance rate than gunshot assaults?
JF Criminology & public policy
VO 18
IS 3
SP 525
OP 551
A1 Cook, Philip J. 1946-
A2 Braga, Anthony Allan 1969-
A2 Turchan, Brandon S.
A2 Barao, Lisa M.
LA English
YR 2019
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1681037947
AB The prevailing view is that follow‐up investigations are of limited value as crimes are primarily cleared by patrol officers making on‐scene arrests and through the presence of eyewitnesses and forensic evidence at the initial crime scene. We use a quasi‐experimental design to compare investigative resources invested in clearing gun homicide cases relative to nonfatal gun assaults in Boston. We find the large gap in clearances (43% for gun murders vs. 19% for nonfatal gun assaults) is primarily a result of sustained investigative effort in homicide cases made after the first 2 days.
K1 Clearance
K1 Detectives
K1 Homicide
K1 Investigations
K1 Shootings
K1 Gun violence
DO  10.1111/1745-9133.1245