Homicide Investigation Tracking System (HITS) is a violent crime database program of the
Washington State Office of the
Attorney General
In most common law jurisdictions, the attorney general or attorney-general (sometimes abbreviated AG or Atty.-Gen) is the main legal advisor to the government. The plural is attorneys general.
In some jurisdictions, attorneys general also have exec ...
. The system tracks
homicide
Homicide occurs when a person kills another person. A homicide requires only a volitional act or omission that causes the death of another, and thus a homicide may result from accidental, reckless, or negligent acts even if there is no inten ...
s and
rapes in and/or relating to the
states of Washington and
Oregon and also receives data from at least three other states and
Canada. The database provides information on over 14,000 murders and over 10,000
sexual assault
Sexual assault is an act in which one intentionally sexually touches another person without that person's consent, or coerces or physically forces a person to engage in a sexual act against their will. It is a form of sexual violence, which ...
s to local
law enforcement agencies as well as advice and assistance in ongoing investigations. Notable cases that have been assisted by HITS include
Gary Ridgway (also known as the Green River Killer),
John Allen Muhammad and
Lee Boyd Malvo (the
Beltway snipers
The D.C. sniper attacks (also known as the Beltway sniper attacks) were a series of coordinated shootings that occurred during three weeks in October 2002 throughout the Washington metropolitan area, consisting of the District of Columbia, M ...
), and
serial killer Robert Lee Yates.
References
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Keppel, Robert D. and Joseph G. Weis. "Improving the Investigation of Violent Crime: The Homicide Investigation and Tracking System." National Criminal Justice Reference Service. Public Domain.
External links
Washington State Office of the Attorney General – Homicide Investigation Tracking System (HITS)HITS OverviewWashington State Criminal Justice Division (CRJ)
Law enforcement in Washington (state)
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