Improving the Investigation of Homicide and the Apprehension Rate of Murderers in Washington State, 1981-1986

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Principal Investigator(s): Keppel, Robert D.; Weis, Joseph G.

Summary: 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&#... (view full summary)

Persistent URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR06134.v1

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