Liem M Suonpää K Lehti M Kivivuori J Granath S Walser S Killias M 2019 This study provides an overview of homicide clearance in four West European countries: Finland, the Netherlands, Sweden and Switzerland. Using data from the European Homicide Monitor, employing similar definitions and uniform coding schemes, this study allowed for unique cross-country comparisons in factors influencing differences in homicide clearance rates. Findings based on homicides occurring in the period 2009-14 revealed overall low homicide rates in all countries, with a wide variety in homicide clearance rates, ranging from 77 percent in the Netherlands to 98 percent in Finland. Results further showed that both event-based as well as victim-based characteristics significantly influenced the likelihood of homicide clearance, suggesting that homicide clearance rates can, for a large part, be attributed to the prevalent types of homicide in each of these European countries. application/pdf https://sonar.ch/global/documents/231673 eng info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/doi/10.1177/1477370818764840 info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/pmid/30675132 info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess European journal of criminology. - 2019 Clearance Europe homicide international comparison Homicide clearance in Western Europe. http://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501