The 2020 Coronavirus Pandemic and Its Corresponding Data Boon: Issues With Pandemic-Related Data From Criminal Justice Organizations

Public organizations, including institutions in the U.S. criminal justice (CJ) system, have been rapidly releasing information pertaining to COVID-19. Even CJ institutions typically reticent to share information, like private prisons, have released vital COVID-19 information. The boon of available p...

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1. VerfasserIn: Wallace, Danielle (VerfasserIn)
Beteiligte: Walker, Jason ; Nelson, Jake ; Towers, Sherry ; Eason, John Major ; Grubesic, Tony H.
Medienart: Elektronisch Aufsatz
Sprache:Englisch
Veröffentlicht: 2021
In: Journal of contemporary criminal justice
Jahr: 2021, Band: 37, Heft: 4, Seiten: 543-568
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Pandemic-related data
Pandemic
Covid-19
Data
Criminal justice systems
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Zusammenfassung:Public organizations, including institutions in the U.S. criminal justice (CJ) system, have been rapidly releasing information pertaining to COVID-19. Even CJ institutions typically reticent to share information, like private prisons, have released vital COVID-19 information. The boon of available pandemic-related data, however, is not without problems. Unclear conceptualizations, stakeholders’ influence on data collection and release, and a lack of experience creating public dashboards on health data are just a few of the issues plaguing CJ institutions surrounding releasing COVID-19 data. In this article, we detail issues that institutions in each arm of the CJ system face when releasing pandemic-related data. We conclude with a set of recommendations for researchers seeking to use the abundance of publicly available data on the effects of the pandemic.
ISSN:1552-5406
DOI:10.1177/10439862211027993