Disentangling the Relationships among Prior Police Contact, Victim Cooperation, Investigatory Effort, and Case Clearance: Evidence from the National Crime Victimization Survey (NCVS) and Police Public Contact Survey (PPCS).
Objectives: To assess (1) how victims' past-year police encounters are related to their reports of police investigatory effort, complaint signing, and case clearance and (2) how police and victim actions act in concert to account for case clearance. Methods: Processes are explored using the National...
| Publicado en: | Journal of Research in Crime & Delinquency Vol. 63; no. 3; pp. 315 - 377 |
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Sage Publications Inc.
May2026
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