Since the mid-1990s, a number of initiatives intended to address gang, gun and drug-related violence have arisen and demonstrated promise in reducing levels of violent crime. These initiatives have employed some combination of focused deterrence and problem-solving...
Objectives This paper investigates the influence of case characteristics and investigative resources on homicide clearance rates. Methods We extend a previous evaluation of a problem-oriented policing project intended to improve homicide clearance rates in...
Objectives Use of lethal force by police officers has incited riots, inspired social movements, and engendered socio-political debate. Police officers also assume a high level of risk during police–citizen encounters. Yet, existing studies tend to center on these two...
Seasonal crime patterns have been a topic of sustained criminological research for more than a century. Results in the area are often conflicting, however, and no firm consensus exists on many points. The current study uses a long time series and a large areal sample...
Objectives Accurately estimate the strength and extent (distance) of the spatial influence of physical features on gun violence using a street network measurement strategy. Methods Treating disaggregated point locations as the unit-of-analysis, the spatial...
