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The Production of Homicide Solutions
Author(s) -
Marché Gary E.
Publication year - 1994
Publication title -
american journal of economics and sociology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.199
H-Index - 38
eISSN - 1536-7150
pISSN - 0002-9246
DOI - 10.1111/j.1536-7150.1994.tb02610.x
Subject(s) - homicide , rationality , production (economics) , workload , psychology , criminology , demographic economics , economics , medicine , human factors and ergonomics , political science , poison control , medical emergency , microeconomics , law , management
A bstract . A production function for the solution of homicides is estimated. Eight factors associated with the availability of evidence, community preferences, investigator experience, and investigator workload are indicated to be significant. An important finding is that offender rationality decreases homicide solutions significantly. This suggests the need to train police investigators in terms of economic reasoning.