Abstract

Deaths in Police Custody in England and Wales

Johnson H R M

Year: 1982 Source: Forensic Science International, v.19, (1982), p.231-236 SIEC No: 19980539

An account is given of deaths occurring in police custody from 1979-1979 in England and Wales. There were a total of 274 deaths, 41 of these were ruled to be suicides.