{"@type": "dcat:Dataset", "accessLevel": "restricted public", "bureauCode": ["011:21"], "contactPoint": {"@type": "vcard:Contact", "fn": "Ask BJS Bureau of Justice Statistics (USDOJ)", "hasEmail": "mailto:askbjs@usdoj.gov"}, "dataQuality": false, "description": "The Census of Medical Examiners' and Coroners' Offices\r\n(MECO) is a compilation of data on the practices of these offices,\r\nwhich are responsible for medical-legal death investigations. The data\r\ncover information such as the prevalence of unidentified human remains\r\non record in medical examiners' and coroners' offices across the\r\ncountry, record-keeping practices, and final disposition practices\r\nsuch as burial, cremation, or other means. In addition, data were\r\ngathered on FTE employees, contractors, and annual budgets.", "distribution": [{"@type": "dcat:Distribution", "accessURL": "https://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR20342.v3", "title": "Census of Medical Examiners' and Coroners' Offices, 2004"}], "identifier": "773", "isPartOf": "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": "2011-04-19T16:38:49", "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}}, "rights": "These data are restricted due to the increased risk of violation of confidentiality of respondent and subject data.", "title": "Census of Medical Examiners' and Coroners' Offices, 2004"}