nmm 22 4500 ICPSR06134 MiAaI m f a u cr mn mmmmuuuu 130519s1994 miu f a eng d (MiAaI)ICPSR06134 MiAaI MiAaI Improving the Investigation of Homicide and the Apprehension Rate of Murderers in Washington State, 1981-1986 [electronic resource] Robert D. Keppel , Joseph G. Weis 2006-01-12 Ann Arbor, Mich. Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor] 1994 ICPSR 6134 Numeric Title from ICPSR DDI metadata of 2013-05-19. AVAILABLE. This study is freely available to the general public. Also available as downloadable files. 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. Cf.: http://dx.doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR06134.v1 weapons icpsr databases icpsr demographic characteristics icpsr evidence icpsr homicide icpsr murder icpsr offender profiles icpsr police departments icpsr police records icpsr sexual assault icpsr vehicles icpsr victims icpsr NACJD XIV. Homicide Studies NACJD IX. Police ICPSR XVII.E. Social Institutions and Behavior, Crime and the Criminal Justice System Keppel, Robert D. Weis, Joseph G. Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research. ICPSR (Series) 6134 Access restricted ; authentication may be required: http://dx.doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR06134.v1