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    Post-Conviction DNA Testing and Wrongful Conviction Data from Sexual Assault and Homicide Cases in Virginia, 1973-1988

    Metadata Updated: March 12, 2025

    This study examined the results of new DNA testing of old physical evidence from 634 sexual assault and homicide cases resulting in 715 convictions that took place in Virginia between 1973 and 1988. The research team conducted a retrospective study using data collected from the Virginia Department of Forensic Science files, visits to three Virginia county courthouses, and the COUNTY STATISTICS FILE 1 (CO-STAT): [UNITED STATES] (ICPSR 8314) to estimate the rate at which defendants are wrongly convicted and to identify case attributes associated with such wrongful convictions.

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    Metadata Created Date March 12, 2025
    Metadata Updated Date March 12, 2025

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    Harvested from DOJ JSON

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    Resource Type Dataset
    Metadata Created Date March 12, 2025
    Metadata Updated Date March 12, 2025
    Publisher National Institute of Justice
    Maintainer
    Identifier 3885
    Data First Published 2013-08-29T11:03:09
    Language eng
    Data Last Modified 2013-08-29T11:06:40
    Rights These data are restricted due to the increased risk of violation of confidentiality of respondent and subject data.
    Public Access Level restricted public
    Aicategory Not AI-ready
    Bureau Code 011:21
    Metadata Context https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema/catalog.jsonld
    Metadata Catalog ID https://www.justice.gov/data.json
    Schema Version https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema
    Catalog Describedby https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema/catalog.json
    Harvest Object Id 45f0aa63-f698-4e36-a025-dbcebd5da83a
    Harvest Source Id 11827822-e56a-442a-9edb-6b249b7ddcc3
    Harvest Source Title DOJ JSON
    Internalcontactpoint {"@type": "vcard:Contact", "fn": "Jennifer Scherer", "hasEmail": "mailto:Jennifer.Scherer@usdoj.gov"}
    Jcamsystem {"acronym": "OJP_EXT", "id": 8, "name": "External system not available in CSAM"}
    License http://www.usa.gov/publicdomain/label/1.0/
    Metadatamodified 9/2/2022 6:22:00 PM
    Program Code 011:060
    Publisher Hierarchy Office of Justice Programs > National Institute of Justice
    Sourceidentifier https://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR34306
    Source Datajson Identifier True
    Source Hash 4086ad6cf43e785851a6463b128b8e038f08fb809f504efc6001c97341632d49
    Source Schema Version 1.1

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