The Impact of Police Investigations on Police‐reported Rates of Gang and Nongang Homicides

Datos Bibliográficos

ID9681537
AutoresMalcolm W Klein (Chemicals Evaluation and Research Institute, autor de correspondencia), MARGARET A GORDON (Chemicals Evaluation and Research Institute), CHERYL L MAXSON (Chemicals Evaluation and Research Institute)
Año1986
Volumen24
Número3
Páginas489-512
Fecha de publicación1986-08-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaCriminology (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0011-1384 • E-ISSN: 1745-9125
EditorialWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/j.1745-9125.1986.tb00387.x
OpenAlexW1981263934
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas8
Referencias citadas6

This paper is concerned with the utility of police‐reported rates of gang violence, particularly important in an era which stresses officially determined rates of violence. The basic question is whether police investigation procedures have a major impact on the police designations of homicides as gang related, a question of causal order answerable only by the triangulation provided by multiple forms of data analysis. With minor qualification, the results suggest that“gang” designations of homicides reject characteristics of the incident settings and participants, that intrusion of investigative processes on reported gang versus nongang homicide rates was minimal, and that gang homicide rates reported by these departments could be used as reasonable criteria for evaluating program impact

Criminology · Homicide · Intrusion · Medical emergency · Poison control · Crime Patterns and Interventions · Crime, Illicit Activities, and Governance · Human Factors and Ergonomics · Medicine · Policing Practices and Perceptions · Psychology