title: Deaths in police custody in England and Wales.
abstract: Worldwide deaths in police custody are causing public disquiet. An account is given of all the deaths occurring in police custody in England and Wales over a ten-year period from 1970-1979 with details of the causes of death and inquest verdicts.
mesh_terms: D000059:Accidents; D003334:Coroners and Medical Examiners; D004739:England; D005554:Forensic Medicine; D006801:Humans; D009026:Mortality; D012926:Social Control, Formal; D013405:Suicide; D014852:Wales