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Monitoring injuries in police custody
- AIC research project
- Start date: October 2001 (complete)
Description
This project involved monitoring injuries (not deaths) that occur when persons are taken into or during a custody period. These were be classified as deliberate self-harm, non-deliberate self-harm and other (accidental, third party involvement). Information taken from this research will be used in developing and refining New South Wales Police Service policy, practice and procedure to enhance the quality and delivery of policing services provided to the state of New South Wales.
Publications
- Monitoring injuries in police custody : a feasibility and utility study
Jo Sallybanks, 2005
Related links
- Project: National Deaths in Custody Program
- Subjects: Deaths in custody; Policing