Time to Apprehension and the Correlates of Warrant Closure

To understand how offenders are caught, past research has focused on case closures, which combines the identification and apprehension of a fugitive. However, there is a gap in applied research concerning duration to apprehension and variation in time to capture by crime. This study examined the day...

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Published inCrime and delinquency Vol. 63; no. 3; pp. 296 - 312
Main Authors Craun, Sarah W., Tiedt, Andrew D.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Los Angeles, CA SAGE Publications 01.03.2017
Subjects
sex offenses
warrants
NCIC
fugitives
Cox proportional hazards model
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Summary:To understand how offenders are caught, past research has focused on case closures, which combines the identification and apprehension of a fugitive. However, there is a gap in applied research concerning duration to apprehension and variation in time to capture by crime. This study examined the days to close arrest warrants using administrative data containing 1.3 million cases. A Cox proportional hazards model demonstrated that sex crimes involving contact or encompassing child pornography/exploitation, kidnapping, sex offender registration violations, and warrants involving assaults or an armed/dangerous notation had the strongest relationships to warrant closure. The results illustrate the prioritizing of cases involving sex offenders and violent offenders, as well as underscoring a need for future research on time to warrant closure.
ISSN:0011-1287
1552-387X
DOI:10.1177/0011128716642250