Improving the Investigation of Homicide and the Apprehension Rate of Murderers in Washington State, 1981-1986
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12 janvier 2006
- doi: 10.3886/ICPSR06134.v1
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Robert D. Keppel et al., « Improving the Investigation of Homicide and the Apprehension Rate of Murderers in Washington State, 1981-1986 », Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research, ID : 10.3886/ICPSR06134.v1
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This data collection contains information on solved murders occurring in Washington State between 1981 and 1986. The collection is a subset of data from the Homicide Investigation Tracking System (HITS), a computerized database maintained by the state of Washington that contains information on murders and sexual assault cases in that state. The data for HITS are provided voluntarily by police and sheriffs' departments covering 273 jurisdictions, medical examiners' and coroners' offices in 39 counties, prosecuting attorneys' offices in 39 counties, the Washington State Department of Vital Statistics, and the Uniform Crime Report Unit of the Washington State Association of Sheriffs and Police Chiefs. Collected data include crime evidence, victimology, offender characteristics, geographic locations, weapons, and vehicles.