BJS Releases Two Reports On Arrest-Related Deaths Program
WASHINGTON, March 3, 2015 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Department of Justice's Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) released Arrest-Related Deaths Program Assessment: Technical Report and Arrest-Related Deaths Program: Data Quality Profile. These reports provide a technical assessment and a data quality profile of the Arrest-Related Deaths (ARD) component of the Deaths in Custody Reporting Program (DCRP). Data from the ARD represent a national accounting of persons who have died during the process of arrest, including homicides by law enforcement personnel and deaths attributed to suicide, intoxication, accidental injury, and natural causes.
The technical report compares the coverage of the ARD program to Supplementary Homicide Reports (SHR) maintained by the FBI. The data quality profile provides an overview of the ARD program, a description of the current data collection methodologies, and an assessment of the coverage for ARD cases involving law enforcement homicides.
TITLES:
Arrest-Related Deaths Program Assessment: Technical Report (NCJ 248543)
Arrest-Related Deaths Program: Data Quality Profile (NCJ 248544)
AUTHORS:
Michael Planty and Andrea M. Burch, BJS
Duren Banks, Lance Couzens, Caroline Blanton, and Devon Cribb, RTI International
WHERE:
www.bjs.gov
The Office of Justice Programs (OJP), headed by Assistant Attorney General Karol V. Mason, provides federal leadership in developing the nation's capacity to prevent and control crime, administer justice, and assist victims. OJP has six components: the Bureau of Justice Assistance; the Bureau of Justice Statistics; the National Institute of Justice; the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention; the Office for Victims of Crime; and the Office of Sex Offender Sentencing, Monitoring, Apprehending, Registering, and Tracking. More information about OJP can be found at http://www.ojp.gov.
SOURCE The Department of Justice’s Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS)
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