A Summary Analysis of Police Deaths in Australia: Implications for Prevention

Troy Allard; Timothy Prenzler

doi:10.1080/01924036.2009.9678796

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A Summary Analysis of Police Deaths in Australia: Implications for Prevention

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A Summary Analysis of Police Deaths in Australia: Implications for Prevention

Troy Allard and Timothy Prenzler

International Journal of Comparative and Applied Criminal Justice, Vol.33(1), pp.61-81

2009

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/01924036.2009.9678796

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Criminology

police deaths

Australia

officer deaths on-duty

This paper summarises the dimensions and immediate causes of officer deaths on-duty in Australia from the establishment of police forces in the nineteenth century to 2007. Official police records were used to identify the year and the immediate circumstances of deaths. The results strongly support an emerging international knowledge base about police deaths: that up to three-quarters are ''accidental'' and as few as one-quarter are the result of an attack by an offender; that the very large majority of accidents involve motor vehicles; that as a result of improvements in procedures and technology, in the post World War Two period, officer fatalities have been declining as a proportion of police numbers; and, that further reductions are obtainable through stricter application of a wider range of prevention strategies. The paper concludes by mapping out some key strategies, including curtailing speeding in police vehicles; keeping police off the road at vehicle stops and roadblocks; and, better risk management procedures in raids, sieges, arrests, and the serving of warrants.

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Title: A Summary Analysis of Police Deaths in Australia: Implications for Prevention
Authors: Troy Allard (Author) - Griffith University
Timothy Prenzler (Author) - Griffith University
Publication details: International Journal of Comparative and Applied Criminal Justice, Vol.33(1), pp.61-81
Publisher: Routledge
Date published: 2009
DOI: 10.1080/01924036.2009.9678796
ISSN: 0192-4036
Copyright note: Copyright © 2009 Routledge. This is an Accepted Manuscript of an article published by Taylor & Francis in Journal of Applied Sport Psychology on 01 Jun 2011, available online: http://wwww.tandfonline.com/10.1080/01924036.2009.9678796
Organisation Unit: University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland; School of Law and Society; School of Law and Criminology - Legacy
Language: English
Record Identifier: 99449921102621
Output Type: Journal article

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