Editing Jerome Skolnick (section)

==Clearance rates==
Jerome Skolnick had argued that [[clearance rate]]s demonstrate the reality of the [[conflict model (criminal justice)|criminal justice conflict model]] by encouraging [[police]] to focus on appearing to do their job, rather than on actually doing their job. This is a comparable argument to that regarding [[standardized test]]ing, and "[[teaching to the test]]". Skolnick noted one incident where police coerced a man to confess to over 400 [[burglary|burglaries]] so that they could have a high rate of crime solving (clearance).

His awards include Carnegie, Guggenheim and National Science Foundation fellowships as well as prizes for distinguished scholarship from the American Society of Criminology, the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences and the Western Society of Criminology.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.law.berkeley.edu/our-faculty/faculty-profiles/jerome-skolnick/#tab_profile | title=Jerome Skolnick }}</ref> Jerry received widespread recognition in the United States and abroad throughout his long career.<ref name="jsp-ls.berkeley.edu"/>

Skolnick died on February 22, 2024, in New York City, New York, at the age of 92.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Jerome Skolnick Obituary - New York, NY |url=https://www.dignitymemorial.com/obituaries/new-york-ny/jerome-skolnick-11682605 |access-date=2024-03-08 |website=Dignity Memorial |language=en-us}}</ref>