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Advanced| Central Florida Police Stress Unit: Suicide - http://policestress.org/suicide.htm Article shares police officers are eight times more likely to die by their own hand than by homicide, that a study by University at Buffalo epidemiologists has shown. - [Read more] |
| Cultural Views of Suicide (Police Officers) - http://suicideandmentalhealthassociationinternational.org/cultviewspolsui.html The Suicide and Mental Health Association International offers this guide that notes every culture has its own contingency of traditions for dealing with suicide. - [Read more] |
| Effective Postvention for Police Suicide - http://www.massey.ac.nz/~trauma/issues/2001-2/loo.htm Read this article prepared by Robert Loo of Human Resource Management and Organizational Studies, University of Lethbridge. - [Read more] |
| Forbidden Subject: Suicide Among SAPS Officials - http://www.iss.co.za/Pubs/CRIMEINDEX/00VOL4NO5/forbidden.html Details suicide among members of the South African Police Service is a serious problem. See statistics. - [Read more] |
| Gift From Within - http://www.giftfromwithin.org/html/policesd.html Read this resource entitled, "POLICE SUICIDE: Understanding Grief & Loss" by Beverly J. Anderson, Ph.D., B.C.E.T.S. - [Read more] |
| Homicide or suicide: the killing of suicidal persons by law enforcement officers - http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=9456524&dopt=Abstract Read an abstract of this study by the Medical School, Oregon Health Sciences University, Portland, USA. - [Read more] |
| International Association for Suicide Prevention (IASP) - Task Forces: Defense and Police Forces - http://www.iasp.info/defense_and_police.php Learn about this international task force that has the goal of promoting scientific understanding of suicidal behaviors in Defense and Police Personnel. - [Read more] |
| Justice Institute of BC - Police-inflicted Suicide - http://www.jibc.bc.ca/police/main/PIIMIC/2_Suicide/police_inflicted.htm Provides a guide for the law enforcement profession related to "suicide by cop" or "victim-precipitated homicide." - [Read more] |
| Justice Institute of BC - Suicide Overview - http://www.jibc.bc.ca/police/main/PIIMIC/2_Suicide/overview.htm Offers an overview of this topic related to the law enforcement profession. See this police academy resource. - [Read more] |
| Law Enforcement Wellness Association - Suicide Prevention Training - http://www.cophealth.com/sp.html Reviews a course offered by the QPR Institute. See objectives or learning benefits. - [Read more] |
| National P.O.L.I.C.E. Suicide Foundation - http://www.psf.org/ Browse to learn about the Police Suicide Awareness Train-the-Trainer Seminar offered. See other resources provided. - [Read more] |
| NPSF - FYI - http://www.psf.org/fyi.htm Includes the guide "Steps Leading to Suicide." See "Ten Reasons Cops are Different - And how these differences impact on their stress!" - [Read more] |
| Police Officer Suicide: Frequency and officer profiles - http://www.policeone.com/health-fitness/articles/137133/ Peek at this article by Michael G. Aamodt & Nicole A. Stalnaker, published on the PoliceOne.com Web site. - [Read more] |
| Police Suicide - http://www.geocities.com/~halbrown/police_suicide.html Shares a commentary entitled, "The Tragic Outcome of Police Stress: Police Suicide," that notes olice officers are no different than anyone else when it comes to the vicious cycle of despair that accompanies suicidal depression. - [Read more] |
| Police Suicide is an Alarming Problem Rarely Discussed Publically - http://www.tearsofacop.com/police/articles/lewis.html Claude Lewis, of The Philadelphia Inquirer, notes stress is taking its toll on police officers throughout the nation, though it is a problem that many departments are loath to talk about publicly. - [Read more] |
| Police Suicide Prevention and Awarness - http://www.preventsuicidenow.com/police-suicide-prevention-and-awareness.html Read this article written by Kevin Caruso that offers a selection of resources. - [Read more] |
| Police Suicide Prevention Center, The - http://www.policesuicide.com/ Reveals that suicide is the quiet killer in law enforcementm and in many years, more police officers have killed themselves than have been killed by criminals. - [Read more] |
| Police Suicide Study Recommends Additional Training, Counseling - http://www.columbia.edu/cu/record/archives/vol20/vol20_iss2/record2002.14.html Explore this article that was published in the Columbia University Record in 1994. - [Read more] |
| Police Suicide: Can it be prevented? - http://www.cophealth.com/articles/articles_policesuicide_a.html John M. Violanti, Ph.D. offers this article, published on the Law Enforcement Wellness Association Web site. - [Read more] |
| Police Suicide: Tactics for Prevention - http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m2194/is_8_73/ai_n6184133 Browse to read this Find Articles reprint of a guide originally published the FBI Law Enforcement Bulletin. - [Read more] |
| Police suicide: What you need to know & what we as police officers need to do - http://www.policeone.com/writers/columnists/marksman/articles/123078/ Read this article by Jay Quinlan, president of Global Learning Solutions, Inc., and is a police consultant in Canada. - [Read more] |
| Policeone.com - Police Officer Suicide Prevention - http://www.policeone.com/writers/columnists/RichardWeinblatt/articles/122042/ Article by Richard Weinblatt notes that officers kill themselves at higher rate than general population. Read for details. - [Read more] |
| Preventing Police Suicide - http://www.fbi.gov/publications/leb/1996/oct966.txt Offers an article penned by Thomas E. Baker, M.S. and Jane P. Baker, M.S. See "Overcoming Obstacles to Intervention." - [Read more] |
| S.O.L.E.S - http://www.tearsofacop.com/police/SOLES.html Become familiar with this group dedicated to survivors of law enforcement suicide. - [Read more] |
| SMHAI - Police and Military Suicide - http://suicideandmentalhealthassociationinternational.org/libpolmil.html Suicide and Mental Health Association International shares a selection of resources devoted to this topic. - [Read more] |
| Suicide Among New York City Police Officers, 1977–1996 - http://ajp.psychiatryonline.org/cgi/content/full/159/12/2069 The American Journal of Psychiatry offers this article where the authors assessed the suicide rates of New York City police officers during a recent period. - [Read more] |
| Suicide among police in a federal force - http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=3765001&dopt=Abstract Offers an abstract of a study by R. Loo. Notes recommendations are made for suicide prevention and postvention actions in police forces. - [Read more] |
| Suicide Among Police Officers - http://ajp.psychiatryonline.org/cgi/content/full/161/4/767-a Read this Letter to the Editor reviewing a study by Dr. Marzuk et al. of the New York City Police. - [Read more] |
| Suicide and violence risk in law enforcement: practical guidelines for risk assessment, prevention, - http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=10481134&dopt=Abstract Delivers a review of this study that was published by the Los Angeles Police Department. - [Read more] |
| Suicide in Law Enforcement - http://njlawman.com/Feature%20Pieces/Suicide.htm Offers an editorial, followed by visitor commentaries. View this NJ Law Enforcement resource. - [Read more] |