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CLEARANCE RATE - A DECEPTIVE INDICATOR OF CRIME SOLVING

NCJ Number
38580
Journal
Kriminalistik Volume: 30 Issue: 11 Dated: (NOVEMBER 1976) Pages: 513-515
Author(s)
H KRUEGER
Date Published
1976
Length
3 pages
Annotation
CRITICISM OF METHODS USED BY WEST GERMAN POLICE TO COMPILE AND REPORT CLEARANCE RATES WHICH PRESENT INVALID DESCRIPTIONS OF CRIMINAL AND POLICE ACTIVITIES AND ARE USELESS FOR CRIMINOLOGICAL AND POLICE PLANNING TASKS.
Abstract
PROPOSED ARE METHODS OF COMPILING AND REPORTING CLEARANCE RATES WHICH WOULD ENSURE THAT THE SOLVED CASES CORRELATE WITH THE REPORTED CASES. --IN GERMAN...TL

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