Home → Publications → Reports → Trends and issues → Australian deaths in custody & custody-related police operations, 1998
Trends & Issues in Crime and Criminal Justice
No. 105: Australian deaths in custody & custody-related police operations, 1998
Vicki Dalton
ISBN 0 642 24097 3 ; ISSN 0817-8542
March 1999
- Download paper (PDF 180kB)
Abstract
This report updates information on 1997 deaths in custody and longer term custodial death trends, highlighting some noticeable changes that have occurred during 1998. It presents demographic details of 1998 deaths, including: custodial authority; Aboriginality and jurisdiction; age; offences; legal status and bail. Deaths in police custody data is divided into two categories: deaths in institutional settings, and other deaths during custody related police operations.
References
- Media release: Deaths in custody down slightly
- Australian deaths in custody & custody-related police operations, 1997
- Australian deaths in custody & custody-related police operations, 1996
- Deaths in custody, Australia series
- Deaths in custody monitoring program
- Information on how to order this publication