Deaths in custody Australia, 1980–1989: The research papers of the Criminology Unit of the Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody

Abstract

The 22 papers within this volume are a progression from extremely simple collections and analyses of the basic information to greater sophistication. They illustrate the development over time of ideas and techniques over the course of the Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody. The majority of the papers comprise research reports of projects completed.

The chapters of this book were originally published as Research Papers of the Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody.

Contents

  • Foreword
    David Biles and David McDonald
  • Contributors
  • Notes to readers
  • Research Paper No. 1. Preliminary analysis of current data base
    David Biles
  • Research Paper No. 2. Draft guidelines for the prevention of Aboriginal deaths in custody
    David Biles
  • Research Paper No. 3. Public drunkenness - Australian law and practice
    Jillian Brewer
  • Research Paper No. 4. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander population
    Rosaleen Smyth
  • Research Paper No. 5. Drug testing in prisons
    David McDonald
  • Research Paper No. 6. Aboriginal imprisonment: a statistical analysis
    David Biles
  • Research Paper No. 7. Australian deaths in custody 1980-1988: an analysis of Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal deaths in prison and police custody
    David Biles, David McDonald, and Jillian Fleming
  • Research Paper No. 8. National police custody survey August 1988: preliminary descriptive findings
    David McDonald
  • Research Paper No. 9. The design of safe and humane police cells: a discussion of some issues relating to Aboriginal people in police custody
    Joseph Reser
  • Research Paper No. 10. Australian deaths in police custody 1980–1988: an analysis of Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal deaths
    David Biles, David McDonald, and Jillian Fleming
  • Research Paper No. 11. Australian deaths in prison 1980–1988: an analysis of Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal deaths
    David Biles, David McDonald and Jillian Fleming
  • Research Paper No. 12. Deaths in non-custodial corrections: Australia and New Zealand, 1987–1988
    Jillian Fleming, David McDonald, and David Biles
  • Research Paper No. 13. National police custody survey August 1988: national report
    David McDonald
  • Research Paper No. 14. Alcohol and human behaviour
    Janet Greeley and David McDonald
  • Research Paper No. 15. International review of deaths in custody
    David Biles
  • Research Paper No. 16. Self-inflicted harm in custody
    Jillian Fleming, David McDonald, and David Biles
  • Research Paper No. 17. Methodological issues in the calculation of over-representation and exposure to risk in custody
    David McDonald, and David Biles
  • Research Paper No. 18. Arrests, custody and bail, Kalgoorlie, 1987 and 1990
    David McDonald
  • Research Paper No. 19. Aboriginal people in prisons and non-custodial corrections
    David Biles and David McDonald
  • Research Paper No. 20. Australian deaths in custody 1980–1989: an epidemiological analysis of the relative risks of death for Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal people
    Neil Thomson and David McDonald
  • Research Paper No. 21. The Royal Commission cases: a statistical description
    David Biles, David McDonald, and Robyn Draper
  • Research Paper No. 22. Overview of the research program and abstracts of research papers
    David Biles and David McDonald