Trends in Police Suicide
- 1 October 1995
- journal article
- research article
- Published by SAGE Publications in Psychological Reports
- Vol. 77 (2), 688-690
- https://doi.org/10.2466/pr0.1995.77.2.688
Abstract
Little empirical information is available concerning trends of suicide by police officers. Anecdotes and articles in the popular press imply that the rate is increasing but do not provide a scientific base. Data from an epidemiological mortality database are used to describe trends in police suicide in a medium-sized police department over a 40-yr. period.Keywords
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