Funding for this research was provided by:
Equality and Human Rights Commission
Article History
Received: 16 May 2018
Accepted: 3 August 2018
First Online: 21 August 2018
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: This research was approved by the Faculty Research Ethics Committee at Sheffield Hallam University. Reference number: 183-PHI.
: The data presented in the article were collated by the Ministry of Justice and passed to us through a data sharing agreement. We have consent to publish these analyses for the purpose of improving policy and practice around the prevention of deaths amongst offenders in the community.
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