Strengthening the U.S. Medicolegal Death Investigation System: Lessons from Deaths in Custody
Author:   National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine ,  Policy and Global Affairs ,  Committee on Science, Technology, and Law ,  Committee on Advancing the Field of Forensic Pathology: Lessons Learned from Death-in-Custody Investigations
Publisher:   National Academies Press
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Pages:   204
Publication Date:   15 December 2025
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Strengthening the U.S. Medicolegal Death Investigation System: Lessons from Deaths in Custody


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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. Recent, high-profile deaths in custody cases have drawn widespread attention to the determinations of cause and manner of death made by forensic pathologists, medical examiners, and coroners, and questions have been raised about the scientific validity of such determinations. Strengthening the U.S. Medicolegal Death Investigation System: Lessons from Deaths in Custody evaluates the handling of deaths in police custody by the medicolegal death investigation system and recommends actions to strengthen the nation's medicolegal death investigation system.

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Author:   National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine ,  Policy and Global Affairs ,  Committee on Science, Technology, and Law ,  Committee on Advancing the Field of Forensic Pathology: Lessons Learned from Death-in-Custody Investigations
Publisher:   National Academies Press
Imprint:   National Academies Press
ISBN:  

9780309995887


ISBN 10:   0309995884
Pages:   204
Publication Date:   15 December 2025
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us.

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Front Matter 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

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