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NCJ Number: 219534 Find in a Library
Title: Arrest-Related Deaths in the United States, 2003-2005
Document: Agency Summary|PDF|Text
Author(s): Christopher J Mumola
Date Published: 2007
Annotation: This report presents the first findings from the law enforcement collection of the Deaths in Custody Reporting Program (DCRP), which is the largest resource of information ever collected on arrest-related deaths.
Abstract: The report provides counts of all arrest-related deaths reported by State authorities in over 40 States, over a 3-year period (2003-2005), by cause of death and characteristics of the deceased. It also includes all manners of death during an arrest, including homicides (both those by officers and other persons), suicides, alcohol or drug intoxication deaths, accidental injuries, and fatal medical problems. The report presents counts of deaths by cause for each State. Appendix tables provide details on the circumstances surrounding arrest-related deaths including the criminal offenses for which the arrest attempt was made; the use of weapons or other behavior by the arrest subject; and use of weapons and restraint devices by officers involved in the arrest. The report also presents comparative counts of law enforcement homicides from DCRP and counts of justifiable homicides by police, collected by the FBI’s Supplementary Homicide Reports program. Highlights include the following: 1) homicides by law enforcement officers made up 55 percent (1,095) of all deaths during arrests by State and local agencies, 11 homicides were committed by other persons present at the scene; 2) no other cause of death was reported half as often as homicide, drug and alcohol intoxication accounted for 13 percent of all deaths, followed by suicides (12 percent), accidental injuries (7 percent), and illness or natural causes (6 percent); and 3) three-quarters of the law enforcement homicides reported to DCRP involved arrests for a violent crime, except for suicides (51 percent), violent offenders were involved in less than 30 percent of all other causes of death. Public-order offenders accounted for 8 percent of homicides, followed by property (4 percent) and drug offenders (2 percent).
Main Term(s): Arrest statistics; Death investigations
Index Term(s): Arrest procedures; Homicide investigations; Homicide victims; Police policies and procedures; Suicide causes
Sponsoring Agency: Justice Statistics Clearinghouse/NCJRS
Rockville, MD 20849
National Institute of Justice (NIJ)
Washington, DC 20531
Corporate Author: National Institute of Justice (NIJ)
US Department of Justice
Office of Justice Programs
United States of America
Sale Source: Justice Statistics Clearinghouse/NCJRS
P.O. Box 6000
Rockville, MD 20849
United States of America
Page Count: 22
Series: BJS Special Reports
Format: Document
Type: Statistics
Language: English
Country: United States of America
Agency Summary: https://www.bjs.gov/index.cfm?ty=pbdetail&iid=379 
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