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Contents

• Acknowledgements
• Acronyms and abbreviations
• Abstract
• Introduction
• Deaths in prison custody
• Deaths in police custody and custody-related operations
• References
• Appendix A: Methodology
• Appendix B: Data tables - Deaths in custody 2018–19 key findings
• Appendix C: Data tables - Deaths in custody by custodial authority, 1979–80 to 2018–19
• Appendix D: Data tables - Deaths in prison custody, 1979–80 to 2018–19

The latest report from the National Deaths in Custody Program (NDICP) - Deaths in custody in Australia 2018-19 Statistical Report is now available.

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The Australian Institute of Criminology's podcast series. In this series, we want to share with you some of the latest research on a range of contemporary crime and justice issues affecting Australia. We'll talk about some of the research we’re doing at the Institute, but also explore some of the research we’re funding our academic partners to undertake in universities across Australia. Subscribe on your favourite podcasting platform, episode 1 goes live 18 February 2021: https://crimpod.buzzsprout.com/.

Our YouTube channel, CriminologyTV has a range of videos by specialists on issues such as consumer fraud, the needs of victims of crime, juvenile justice and deaths in custody. It also includes keynote presentations from a range of AIC conferences. The most recent videos are below or to see all of our videos go to Criminology TV.

The Australian Institute of Criminology (AIC) has today released a paper that describes the characteristics of women who were more likely to experience physical and non-physical forms of domestic violence from their partner during the initial stages of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Contents

• Summary
• Introduction
  • Methods
  • Definitions
  • Limitations
  • Sample characteristics
• Findings
  • Are women with disability at increased risk of experiencing the onset or escalation of domestic violence during the COVID-19 pandemic compared to women without disability?
  • Does the experience of domestic violence differ for certain groups of women with disability?
• Conclusion
• References
• Appendix A: Logistic regression models

Introducing the Australian Institute of Criminology’s brand-new podcast series, CrimPod. You can now listen to the latest AIC research on a range of contemporary crime and justice issues affecting Australia.

Podcasts have become increasingly popular and the launch of CrimPod is a welcome addition to sit alongside AIC’s schedule of publications, seminars and popular YouTube channel—CriminologyTV.

The Australian Institute of Criminology (AIC) has today released a paper describing the circumstances, patterns and dynamics of cases where parents produce and distribute child sexual abuse material (CSAM) of their children.

Production and distribution of child sexual abuse material by parental figures involved an analysis of 82 cases of parental CSAM production and distribution, identified over a ten-year period from 2009.