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Clearance, Crime and Detectives
Persuasive Essay # 109628
Clearance, Crime and Detectives
This paper shows how rates of clearance and crime are unaffected by changes in detective work.
2,749 words (approx. 11 pages) |
6 sources |
MLA | 2008
Paper Summary:
The paper examines research and statistics that reveal that increases in the number of detectives on the job will not have an appreciable impact on the clearance rates of police departments. The paper provides evidence to show that clearance rates are not positively associated with crime rates and so changes in detective work will also not affect the rates of crime.From the Paper:
"The FBI Uniform Crime Reports for 2001 indicated that the clearance rate for homicides was 65% (Richardson and Kosa 1). The clearance rates for other types of crimes--such as assault, theft, or rape--were all much lower than this. For the uninitiated, clearance rate refers to the rate at which police departments are able to gather sufficient evidence to charge and arrest an individual. Clearance rates are not the same as conviction rates, nor do they necessarily imply a one-to-one correlation with crime rates. Nonetheless, increasing clearance rates is generally perceived to be a good thing, primarily because it means that police are solving a greater number of crimes."Sample of Sources Used:
- Christianson, Scott. "Statistics Showing Falling Crime Rates Don't Tell Whole Story." Desert News (Salt Lake City). 22 Jan. 2006. 23 Nov. 2007. <http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4188/is_20060122/ai_n16018257>.
- Livingston, Jay. "Crime and the Media: Myths and Reality." USA Today. May 1994. 23 Nov. 2007 <http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1272/is_n2588_v122/ai_15282521/pg_3>.
- O'Connor, Tom. "Traffic, Patrol, and Detective Operations." 13 Oct. 2005. 23 Nov. 2007 <http://faculty.ncwc.edu/toconnor/205/205lect08.htm>.
- Purpura, Philip P. Criminal Justice: An Introduction. Butterworth-Heinemann, 1996.
- Richardson, Deborah A. and Rachel Kosa. "An Examination of Homicide Clearance Rates." Police Executive Research Forum. 2001. 23 Nov. 2007 <http://www.policeforum.org/upload/Homicide%20Clearance%20Rates%20-%20Model_576683258_1229200516132.pdf>.
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Clearance, Crime and Detectives (2012, January 15). Retrieved February 13, 2012, from http://www.academon.com/Persuasive-Essay-Clearance-Crime-and-Detectives/109628
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"Clearance, Crime and Detectives" 15 January 2012. Web. 13 Feb. 2012. <http://www.academon.com/Persuasive-Essay-Clearance-Crime-and-Detectives/109628>
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