Federal Law Enforcement Agency Deaths in Custody Reporting Program (FDCRP), [United States], 2017 (ICPSR 38563)

Version Date: Apr 26, 2023

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Principal Investigator(s):
United States. Bureau of Justice Statistics

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https://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR38563.v1

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Alternate Title

2017 FDCRP

Summary

The Death in Custody Reporting Act of 2013 (DICRA) requires the head of each federal law enforcement agency to submit to the U.S. attorney general, information about the death of any person who is

  • detained, under arrest, or in the process of being arrested by a federal law enforcement officer (or by a state or local law enforcement officer while participating in a federal law enforcement operation, task force, or other capacity)
  • being transported to, incarcerated at, or detained at any facility (including immigration or juvenile facilities) pursuant to a contract with a federal law enforcement agency, state or local government facility used by a federal law enforcement agency, or federal correctional or pre-trial detention facility located within the United States (Death in Custody Reporting Act of 2013, P.L. 113-242).

The Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) created the Federal Deaths in Custody Reporting Program (FDCRP) to collect the data required of federal law enforcement agencies. Federal law enforcement agencies are surveyed on an annual basis about deaths that fall under the scope of DICRA. This data collection includes the 2017 Arrest-Related Death Incident Report (CJ-13A) data and the 2017 Detention/Incarceration Incident Report (CJ-13B) data.

Citation

United States. Bureau of Justice Statistics. Federal Law Enforcement Agency Deaths in Custody Reporting Program (FDCRP), [United States], 2017. Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2023-04-26. https://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR38563.v1

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Funding

United States Department of Justice. Office of Justice Programs. Bureau of Justice Statistics

Subject Terms

Geographic Coverage

Smallest Geographic Unit

Street address

Restrictions

Access to these BJS-sponsored data is restricted. Users interested in obtaining these data must complete a NACJD Restricted Data Use Agreement available from the ResearchDataGov website, specify the reasons for the request, and obtain IRB approval or notice of exemption for their research.

Restricted Data Use Agreements available on the NACJD website are provided for reference only. Please visit the ResearchDataGov website to download the appropriate Restricted Data Use Agreement and submit your request. Once approved, data access will be provided via ICPSR's Physical Data Enclave (PDE) in Ann Arbor, MI.

Distributor(s)

Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research
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Time Period(s)

2017

Date of Collection

2017

Data Collection Notes

  1. The screener (CJ-13) data are not available as part of this data collection.

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Study Design

The FDCRP is a census of federal law enforcement agencies and consists of three instruments: a screener (CJ-13), the Arrest-Related Death Incident Report (CJ-13A), and the Detention/Incarceration Incident Report (CJ-13B). On the screener, agency respondents indicated whether they had arrest or detention authority. If so, respondents indicated whether they had any deaths to report. If a responding agency did not have either type of death (occurring during arrest or occurring while in detention or custody) during the reporting period, the survey instructed respondents to report no deaths on the screener.

For every arrest-related death, respondents completed a CJ-13A form. The CJ-13A instrument included questions about the incident, such as location, decedent characteristics (e.g., demographics and actions prior to and during the incident), and law enforcement characteristics (e.g., actions during the incident, interactions with the decedent, and weapon use). For every death in custody, respondents completed a CJ-13B form. Similar to the CJ-13A form, the CJ-13B instrument included questions about the incident, such as facility information, decedent characteristics (e.g., demographics and incarceration details), and facility staff characteristics (e.g., actions during the incident). Due to unique functions and situations, the arrest and custody incident-forms requested different information. For example, because law enforcement use of force often accounted for arrest-related deaths, the incident form included questions about the type and extent of force applied during the incident. Additionally, because most deaths in custody were due to illness, the incident form included types of treatment provided for identified medical conditions.

Sample

Individual-level death data were collected from federal law enforcement and detention agencies for any person who died during Fiscal Year 2017 while being detained, while under arrest, while being arrested, or while in the custody of federal law enforcement officers. Data include any person who died or while being transported to, incarcerated at or detained at any facility pursuant to a contract with a federal law enforcement agency, state or local government facility used by a federal law enforcement agency, federal correctional or pretrial detention facility located within the United States.

Time Method

Cross-sectional

Universe

Any person who died during Fiscal Year 2017 while being detained, while under arrest, while being arrested, or while in the custody of federal law enforcement officers (or by state or local law enforcement officers while participating in a federal law enforcement operation, task force, or other capacity), or while being transported to, incarcerated at or detained at any facility pursuant to a contract with a federal law enforcement agency, state or local government facility used by a federal law enforcement agency, federal correctional or pretrial detention facility located within the United States.

Unit(s) of Observation

Individual

Data Source

Federal law enforcement and detention agencies

Data Type(s)

Mode of Data Collection

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Original Release Date

2023-04-26

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Notes

  • The public-use data files in this collection are available for access by the general public. Access does not require affiliation with an ICPSR member institution.

  • One or more files in this data collection have special restrictions. Restricted data files are not available for direct download from the website; click on the Restricted Data button to learn more.