Death and dying in prison in Australia: National overview, 1980-1998

Journal of Law, Medicine and Ethics

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 269-274

  Dalton, Vicki ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABORIGINE; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CAUSE OF DEATH; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PRISONER; STATISTICS;

ADULT; AUSTRALIA; CAUSE OF DEATH; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; OCEANIC ANCESTRY GROUP; PRISONERS;

EID: 0033186013     PISSN: 10731105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-720X.1999.tb01461.x     Document Type: Review

References (32)

1. See Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody, National Report (Canberra: Australian Government Publishing Service, Vol. 1, 1991).
2. See id.
3. See id. at Recommendations 6 & 41.
4. See V. Dalton, Australian Deaths in Custody & Custody-Related Police Operations 1997 (Canberra: Australian Institute of Criminology, Trends and Issues in Crime and Criminal Justice No. 80, 1998).
5. See V. Dalton, Female Deaths in Custody: A Statistical and Case History Study of the 57 Women who have died in Police and Prison Custody, Custody-related police Operations and Juvenile Detention, 1980-1996 (Canberra: Australian Institute of Criminology, forthcoming).
6. See. R. Walmsley, World Prison Population List (London: Home Office Research, Development and Statistics No. 88, 1999).
7. See V. Dalton, Prison Deaths 1980-97: National Overview and State Trends (Canberra: Australian Institute of Criminology, Trends and Issues in Crime and Criminal Justice No. 81, 1998).
8. See D. Biles and D. McDonald, eds., Deaths in Custody, Australia 1980-1989 (Canberra: Australian Institute of Criminology, 1992).
9. Australian Bureau of Statistics, Prisoners in Australia, 1998: A Report Prepared for the Corrective Services Ministers' Council by the National Corrective Services Statistics Unit (Melbourne: Australian Bureau of Statistics, 1999) [hereinafter Prisoners in Australia, 1998]; and Australian Bureau of Statistics, National Correctional Statistics: Prisons, March Quarter 1996 to September Quarter 1997, Issues No. 3-9, Reports prepared for the Corrective Services Ministers' Council by the National Correctional Services Statistics Unit (Melbourne: Australian Bureau of Statistics, 1997 & 1998).
10. Australian Bureau of Statistics, Prisoners in Australia, 1998: A Report Prepared for the Corrective Services Ministers' Council by the National Corrective Services Statistics Unit (Melbourne: Australian Bureau of Statistics, 1999) [hereinafter Prisoners in Australia, 1998]; and Australian Bureau of Statistics, National Correctional Statistics: Prisons, March Quarter 1996 to September Quarter 1997, Issues No. 3-9, Reports prepared for the Corrective Services Ministers' Council by the National Correctional Services Statistics Unit (Melbourne: Australian Bureau of Statistics, 1997 & 1998).
11. See V. Dalton and C. Carcach, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Commission (ATSIC), Five Years On: Implementation of Commonwealth Government Responses to the Recommendations of the Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody Annual/Five Year Report 1996-97, Vols. 1-3 (Canberra: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Commission, Vol. 1, 1997); and J. Walker and D. McDonald, The Over-Representation of Indigenous People in Custody in Australia (Canberra: Australian Institute of Criminology, Trends and Issues in Crime and Criminal Justice No. 47, 1995).
12. See V. Dalton and C. Carcach, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Commission (ATSIC), Five Years On: Implementation of Commonwealth Government Responses to the Recommendations of the Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody Annual/Five Year Report 1996-97, Vols. 1-3 (Canberra: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Commission, Vol. 1, 1997); and J. Walker and D. McDonald, The Over-Representation of Indigenous People in Custody in Australia (Canberra: Australian Institute of Criminology, Trends and Issues in Crime and Criminal Justice No. 47, 1995).
13. See Prisoners in Australia, 1998, supra note 9; Australian Bureau of Statistics, Estimated Resident Population by Sex and Age: States and Territories of Australia (Canberra: Australian Bureau of Statistics, ABS No. 3201.0, 1997); Australian Bureau of Statistics, Prisoners in Australia, 1996, A report prepared for the Corrective Services Ministers' Council by the National Correctional Services Statistics Unit (Melbourne: Australian Bureau of Statistics, 1997); and Australian Bureau of Statistics, Experimental Projections of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Population: June 1991 to June 2001 (Canberra: Australian Bureau of Statistics, ABS No. 3231.0, 1996).
14. See Prisoners in Australia, 1998, supra note 9; Australian Bureau of Statistics, Estimated Resident Population by Sex and Age: States and Territories of Australia (Canberra: Australian Bureau of Statistics, ABS No. 3201.0, 1997); Australian Bureau of Statistics, Prisoners in Australia, 1996, A report prepared for the Corrective Services Ministers' Council by the National Correctional Services Statistics Unit (Melbourne: Australian Bureau of Statistics, 1997); and Australian Bureau of Statistics, Experimental Projections of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Population: June 1991 to June 2001 (Canberra: Australian Bureau of Statistics, ABS No. 3231.0, 1996).
15. See Prisoners in Australia, 1998, supra note 9; Australian Bureau of Statistics, Estimated Resident Population by Sex and Age: States and Territories of Australia (Canberra: Australian Bureau of Statistics, ABS No. 3201.0, 1997); Australian Bureau of Statistics, Prisoners in Australia, 1996, A report prepared for the Corrective Services Ministers' Council by the National Correctional Services Statistics Unit (Melbourne: Australian Bureau of Statistics, 1997); and Australian Bureau of Statistics, Experimental Projections of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Population: June 1991 to June 2001 (Canberra: Australian Bureau of Statistics, ABS No. 3231.0, 1996).
16. See Prisoners in Australia, 1998, supra note 9; Australian Bureau of Statistics, Estimated Resident Population by Sex and Age: States and Territories of Australia (Canberra: Australian Bureau of Statistics, ABS No. 3201.0, 1997); Australian Bureau of Statistics, Prisoners in Australia, 1996, A report prepared for the Corrective Services Ministers' Council by the National Correctional Services Statistics Unit (Melbourne: Australian Bureau of Statistics, 1997); and Australian Bureau of Statistics, Experimental Projections of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Population: June 1991 to June 2001 (Canberra: Australian Bureau of Statistics, ABS No. 3231.0, 1996).
17. See Prisoners in Australia, 1998, supra note 9.
18. See A. Grant, Elderly Inmates (Canberra: Australian Institute of Criminology, Trends and Issues in Crime and Criminal Justice No. 115, 1999).
19. See K. Bhatia and P. Anderson, An Overview of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health: Present status and future Trends. An information paper (Canberra: Australian Institute of Health and Welfare, 1995).
20. See Prisoners in Australia, 1998, supra note 9.
21. See Biles and McDonald, supra note 8; A. Liebling, Suicides in Prison (London: Routledge, 1992); C. Green et al., "A Study of 133 Suicides among Canadian Federal Prisoners," Medicine, Science & Law, 33 (1993): 121-27; and J. Haycock, "Comparative Suicide Rates in Different Types of Involuntary Confinement," Medicine, Science & Law, 33 (1993): 128-38.
22. See Biles and McDonald, supra note 8; A. Liebling, Suicides in Prison (London: Routledge, 1992); C. Green et al., "A Study of 133 Suicides among Canadian Federal Prisoners," Medicine, Science & Law, 33 (1993): 121-27; and J. Haycock, "Comparative Suicide Rates in Different Types of Involuntary Confinement," Medicine, Science & Law, 33 (1993): 128-38.
23. See Biles and McDonald, supra note 8; A. Liebling, Suicides in Prison (London: Routledge, 1992); C. Green et al., "A Study of 133 Suicides among Canadian Federal Prisoners," Medicine, Science & Law, 33 (1993): 121-27; and J. Haycock, "Comparative Suicide Rates in Different Types of Involuntary Confinement," Medicine, Science & Law, 33 (1993): 128-38.
24. Australian Bureau of Statistics, Causes of Death 1997 (Canberra: Australian Bureau of Statistics, 1998).
25. See S. Morrison, "Custodial Suicide in Australia: A Comparative Study of Different Populations," Medicine, Science & Law, 36 (1996): 167-77; and Liebling, supra note 16.
26. See Liebling, supra note 16.
27. See Bureau of Justice Statistics Bulletin, HIV in Prisons and Jails, 1995 (Washington, D.C.: U.S. Department of Justice, NCJ 164260, Aug. 1997): at 1.
28. See Australian Medical Association, Press Release, "Prisoner Health Shocking; Reform Needed Urgently: AMA" (Oct. 18, 1998).
29. See W. Rosevear, "Heal Rather Than Punish," Australian Medicine, 10, no. 9 (1998): 12-13.
30. See V. Dalton, Prison Homicides (Canberra: Australian Institute of Criminology, Trends and Issues in Crime and Criminal Justice No. 103, 1999).
31. See D. Biles, "Private Prisons - Welcome or Not?," Australian Journal of Forensic Sciences, 29, no. 1 (1997): 3-8.
32. See D. Biles and V. Dalton, Deaths in Private Prisons 1990-99: A Comparative Study (Canberra: Australian Institute of Criminology, Trends and Issues in Crime and Criminal Justice No. 120, 1999).