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NCJ Number: 249568 Find in a Library
Title: Assessing Inmate Cause of Death: Deaths in Custody Reporting Program and National Health Index
Document: Agency Summary|PDF|Text
Author(s): Zhen Zeng; Margaret Noonan; E. Ann Carson; Ingrid Binswanger; Patrick Blatchford; Hope Smiley-McDonald; Chris Ellis
Date Published: April 2016
Annotation: In order to address some of the weaknesses in the Bureau of Justice Statistics’ (BJS’) Deaths in Custody Reporting Program (DCRP), this study examined whether the National Center for Health Statistics’ (NCHS’) National Death Index could be an alternative means of capturing cause-of-death (COD) data for inmate deaths in custody.
Abstract: This report summarizes the results of these analyses and recommends ways to improve COD data by linking DCRP and NDI data. The study evaluated the feasibility of linking the DCRP data for the NDI database, and it assessed whether the DCRP was accurately capturing and measuring COD in custody, as well as whether the NDI could provide COD for DCRP cases missing this data. In addition, it determined whether the NDI could provide additional detail for illness deaths. The study concludes that an NDI search is a viable solution for BJS in reducing missing COD data not captured by the DCRP or in improving data quality. The NDI search provided COD information for 90 percent of the cases with missing data in the DCRP; however, relying exclusively on the NDI for COD is not recommended, because a subset of DCRP cases cannot be matched with NDI data, and some matches may be incorrect. The study methodology is described. 12 tables
Main Term(s): Corrections statistics
Index Term(s): BJS Resources; Cause of Death; Data collection devices; Data collections; Databases; Deaths in Custody
Sponsoring Agency: Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS)
Washington, DC 20531
Corporate Author: Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS)
US Dept of Justice
Office of Justice Programs
United States of America
Sale Source: Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS)
US Dept of Justice
Office of Justice Programs
810 Seventh Street NW
Washington, DC 20531
United States of America
Page Count: 15
Series: BJS Technical Reports
Format: Document; Document (Online)
Type: Report (Technical); Statistics
Language: English
Country: United States of America
Agency Summary: https://www.bjs.gov/index.cfm?ty=pbdetail&iid=5601 
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