title: Death and dying in prison in Australia: national overview, 1980-1998.
abstract: Author discusses the role of the Australian Institute of Criminology in monitoring deaths in people in custody in Australian prisons on a national basis. She provides an overview of deaths in prison custody between 1980 and 1998, noting a shift in the cause of death of Indigenous prisoners from natural causes to self-infliction.
authors.affiliation: National Deaths in Custody Monitoring & Research Program, Australian Institute of Criminology, Canberra, Australia.
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Dalton
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001315:Australia / Q000453:epidemiology; D002423:Cause of Death; D003431:Cross-Cultural Comparison; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011329:Prisoners / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*