RT Article
T1 The 2020 Coronavirus Pandemic and Its Corresponding Data Boon: Issues With Pandemic-Related Data From Criminal Justice Organizations
JF Journal of contemporary criminal justice
VO 37
IS 4
SP 543
OP 568
A1 Wallace, Danielle
A2 Walker, Jason
A2 Nelson, Jake
A2 Towers, Sherry
A2 Eason, John Major
A2 Grubesic, Tony H.
LA English
YR 2021
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1780481365
AB 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.
K1 Pandemic-related data
K1 Pandemic
K1 Covid-19
K1 Data
K1 Criminal justice systems
DO 10.1177/10439862211027993