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Police solve just 2% of all major crimes

  • Written by Shima Baughman, Professor of Criminal Law, University of Utah
Police solve just 2% of all major crimesResearch shows that arrests for serious crimes are quite rare.Blake Nissen for The Boston Globe via Getty Images

As Americans across the nation protest police violence, people have begun to call for cutsor changes in public spending on police. But neither these nor otherproposed reforms address a key problem with solving crimes.

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