Report
Deaths in custody in Australia 1990-2004
Publisher
Social issues
Human rights
Deaths in custody
Australia
Description
Jacqueline Joudo summarises the annual report from the National Deaths in Custody Program, and shows trends in prison and police custody and in police operations. Most deaths now occur in prison, from natural causes, but there is also an increasing trend of deaths during police operations. Figures comparing Indigenous and non-Indigenous deaths are presented.
Publication Details
Copyright:
Australian Institute of Criminology 2006
Access Rights Type:
open
Post date:
15 May 2006
