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Machine Learning Can Predict Shooting Victimization Well Enough To Help Prevent It
This National Bureau of Economic Research Working Paper shows that shootings are predictable enough to be preventable.
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Chicago Police Make an Arrest in Only 20 Percent of Fatal Shootings
The Trace’s Rita Oceguera and Justin Agrelo highlight only 20% of fatal shootings in Chicago result in an arrest. Philip Cook, a professor emeritus of public policy and economics at Duke University, has been working with the University of Chicago’s Crime Lab to examine clearance rates and has noted a sharp decline in homicide clearance rates over the years.
