{"@type": "dcat:Dataset", "accessLevel": "public", "bureauCode": ["011:21"], "contactPoint": {"@type": "vcard:Contact", "fn": "Ask BJS Bureau of Justice Statistics (USDOJ)", "hasEmail": "mailto:askbjs@usdoj.gov"}, "dataQuality": false, "description": "\r\nThe Census\r\nof medical Examiners' and Coroners' Offices (MECO) is a compilation of\r\ndata on the practices of these offices, which are responsible for\r\nmedical-legal death investigations. The data cover information such as\r\nthe prevalence of unidentified human remains on record in medical\r\nexaminers' and coroners' offices across the country, record-keeping\r\npractices, and final disposition practices such as burial, cremation,\r\nor other means. In addition, data are included regarding FTE\r\nemployees, contractors, and annual\r\nbudgets.\r\n", "distribution": [{"@type": "dcat:Distribution", "accessURL": "https://www.icpsr.umich.edu/web/ICPSR/series/218", "title": "Census of Medical Examiners' and Coroners' Offices (MECO) Series"}], "identifier": "2440", "issued": "2007-07-26T00:00:00", "keyword": ["autopsy", "coroners", "death records", "forensic medicine", "victim identification"], "language": ["eng"], "license": "http://www.usa.gov/publicdomain/label/1.0/", "modified": "2021-12-16T10:12:52", "programCode": ["011:061"], "publisher": {"@type": "org:Organization", "name": "Bureau of Justice Statistics", "subOrganizationOf": {"acronym": "OJP", "id": 22, "name": "Office of Justice Programs", "parentOrganization": {"acronym": "DOJ", "id": 10, "name": "Department of Justice"}, "parentOrganizationID": 10}}, "title": "Census of Medical Examiners' and Coroners' Offices (MECO) Series"}