Homicides Exceptionally Cleared and Cleared by Arrest

Abstract

This is an exploratory study of exceptional clearances using homicide data from Chicago from 1988 through 1995. The focus of the analysis is on homicide cases in which the offender is detained by police, but later released because the prosecution refuses to prosecute. On the basis of a bivariate and logit analysis, it appears that cases barred to prosecution predominately involve either domestic altercations or other types of altercations.

Keywords

homicide homicide clearance exceptional clearance homicide rates

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