Deaths in custody

Deaths in Custody

Deaths in German police custody.

BACKGROUND According to the ministries of the interior of all German federal states, a total of 128 persons died in police custody between 1993 and 2003. METHODS An inquiry to the forensic university institutes and regional court doctors showed that, within this period, post mortems were conducted in 75 of these cases. We were able to include 60 of these 75 cases in our evaluation and deficie...

Medical Overview of Sudden In-Custody Deaths

Because of the large number of individuals who are in the custody of law enforcement at any one time, deaths of individuals can occur and should be expected. Estimates regarding the exact numbers of custody deaths vary, but roughly occur at a rate of 0.1 per 100,000 of the total population of citizens in a given community (1). When these deaths are studied, well over half that occur in custody ...

Restraint asphyxia in in-custody deaths Medical examiner's role in prevention of deaths.

In the United States, the office of the Medical Examiner-Coroner is responsible for investigating all sudden and unexpected deaths and deaths by violence. Its jurisdiction includes deaths during the arrest procedures and deaths in police custody. Police officers are sometimes required to subdue and restrain an individual who is violent, often irrational and resisting arrest. This procedure may ...

The Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody.