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

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• Contact information: Troy Allard, Research Fellow, JMAG, Griffith University, Brisbane, Queensland, 4111, Australia. Telephone/Fax: (011–61) (0) 7 373 55649/55608. E‐mail: [email protected]
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