Strengthening the U. S. Medicolegal Death Investigation System : Lessons from Deaths in Custody.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Forensic pathology.

Prisoners--Mortality.

Prisoners.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (198 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Washington, D.C. : National Academies Press, 2025.

Summary:

The U.S.medicolegal death investigation system is responsible for investigating and providing determinations of cause and manner of death, playing a vital role in the nation's public health and criminal justice systems.

Contents:

Cover Page

Title Page

Copyright Page

Table of Contents

Boxes, Figures, and Table

Preface

Summary

1 Introduction

2 The Medicolegal Death Investigation System in the United States

3 Data on Deaths and Deaths in Custody

4 Carceral Health and Deaths in Custody: Types, Causes, Manner, and Response

5 Forensic Pathology and Cause and Manner of Death: Challenges and Opportunities

6 Findings and Recommendations

References

Appendix A Committee and Staff Biographies

Appendix B Committee Meeting Agendas

Appendix C The Death in Custody Reporting Act of 2013 (DCRA 2013

P.L. 113-242)

Appendix D Defining Death in Custody.

Notes:

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ISBN:

0-309-99591-4

0-309-99589-2

9780309995917

OCLC:

1591541175