Death and dying in prison in Australia: National overview, 1980-1398

Journal/Book: J Law Med Ethics. 1999; 27: 765 Commonwealth Ave, 16Th FL, Boston, MA 02215, USA. Amer Soc Law Medicine Ethics. 269+.

Abstract: Author discusses the role of the Australian Institute of Criminology in monitoring deaths in people in custody in Australian prisons on a national basis. She provides an overview of deaths in prison custody between 1980 and 1998, noting a shift in the cause of death of indigenous prisoners from natural causes to self-infliction.

Note: Article Dalton V, Australian Inst Criminol, Natl Deaths Custody Monitoring & Res Program, Canberra, ACT, AUSTRALIA

Keyword(s): SUICIDE

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