National Police Custody Survey, August 1995
This study is the third in a series of police custody surveys recommended by the Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody and provides information on those being taken into custody and held in police cells or related secure police detention facilities.
Police filling out surveys were asked to provide the following details on detainees - age, sex, time of lodgment and release from cell, reason for detainment and release, most serious offense and whether the detainee is an Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander.
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, researchers and other users should be aware that material in this dataset may contain material that is considered offensive. The data have been retained because it represents an evidential record of language, beliefs or other cultural situations at a point in time.
In line with normal ADA policy, variables (such as postcode) which could possibly be used to identify individuals have been removed or recoded from the public data file. Much of the original data, however, have been made publicy available by other parties, and if researchers would like to access the original data files, they can contact ADA and make a case for gaining access to these data.
Document Description The Document Description consists of bibliographic information describing the DDI-compliant document itself as a whole.
Document Title:
National Police Custody Survey, August 1995
Production Production Place:
Australian Data Archive 18 Balmain Crescent Canberra ACT 0200
Version Statement Notes:
This version of the metadata was created when the holdings for this study were reviewed in 2010.
Copyright:
Copyright © 2010, The Australian National University. All rights reserved.
Bibliographic Citation:
Carcach, C. and McDonald, D. National Police Custody Survey, August 1995 [computer file]. Canberra: Australian Data Archive, The Australian National University, 2010.
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Production Copyright:
Copyright © 2010, The Australian Institute of Criminology. All rights reserved.
Distribution Contact Persons:
Carlos Carcach, Australian Institute of Criminology GPO Box 2944 Canberra ACT 2601
Affiliation:
Australian Institute of Criminology
Depositor:
Carlos Carcach, Australian Institute of Criminology, GPO Box 2944 Canberra ACT 2601
Affiliation:
Australian Institute of Criminology
Version Statement Responsibility Statement:
Methodology Data Collector:
Police Services - NSW, Vic, Qld, SA, WA, Tas, NT and ACT
Sampling Procedure:
no sampling (total universe)
Mode of Data Collection:
forms completed by police station staff
Type of Research Instrument:
Weighting:
A weight variables is included
Cleaning Operations:
The data were checked by the archive for missing variable and value labels, out of range values and wild codes, logical inconsistencies, and confidentiality. Some outlying and illogical codes were noticed by ADA staff while archiving the data. A list of Data Warnings may be found under "Related Materials".
Response Rate:
no sampling (total universe)
Data Access Access Conditions:
The depositor may be informed (by the archive) of use being made of the data, in order to comment on that use and make contact with colleagues of similar interests.
Citation Requirements:
All manuscripts based in whole or in part on these data should:
(i) identify the data and original investigators by using the recommended bibliographic reference to the data file
(ii) acknowledge the Australian Data Archive and, where the data are made available through the Australian Data Archive by another archive, acknowledge that archive;
Carcach, C. and McDonald, D. National Police Custody Study, August 1995 [computer file]. Canberra: Australian Data Archive, The Australian National University, 2010.
(iii) declare that those who carried out the original analysis and collection of the data bear no responsibility for the further analysis or interpretation of them.
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Disclaimer:
Use of the material is solely at the user's risk. The depositor, The Australian National University and the Australian Data Archive shall not be held responsible for the accuracy and completeness of the material supplied.