Indigenous Deaths in Custody 1989 - 1996

A Report prepared by the Office of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice Commissioner

for the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Commission

October 1996

Contents

Acknowledgements
Introduction
Report Summary
Recommendations of the Social Justice Commissioner

Part A -  Methodology

Chapter 1. Methodology

Part B -  Statistical Analysis

Chapter 2. Indigenous Deaths in Custody
Chapter 3. Comparison: Indigenous and non-Indigenous Deaths in Custody
Chapter 4. Arrest and Imprisonment Rates and Most Serious Offence

Part C -  Profiles Analysis

Chapter 5. Introduction
Chapter 6. Police Practices
Chapter 7. Imprisonment and Courts
Chapter 8. Custodial Conditions
Chapter 9. Juveniles
Chapter 10. Post-Death Investigations
Appendix: Government Implementation

Part D -  Implementing the Recommendations

Chapter 11. Accountability and the Reporting Process
Chapter 12. Alternative Mechanisms to Ensure Implementation

Part E -  Profiles: Indigenous Deaths in Custody

New South Wales
Victoria
Queensland
Western Australia
South Australia
Tasmania
Northern Territory
Appendix: Other Types of Deaths in Custody

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