NCJ Number
176528
Date Published
1998
Length
8 pages
Annotation
This paper provides data on the 103 deaths in police and prison custody which occurred in Australia in 1997.
Abstract
Since 1982, the National Deaths in Custody Monitoring and Research Program at the Australian Institute of Criminology, in cooperation with all State and Territory Police, Correctional Services and Juvenile Justice/Welfare Departments, and State Coroners or equivalents, has prepared and disseminated regular reports. The reports covered deaths across both calendar and fiscal years, providing timely and up-to-date information to policy makers, managers of custodial facilities and the public. This paper contains data on the 103 deaths in police and prison custody that occurred in 1997 -- the highest number of deaths on record. It also identifies trends in the number of deaths in custody-related police operations and the number of people dying as a result of injuries received in the course of, or immediately following, police pursuits. Tables, figures, references