Trends in police suicide.
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.
Violanti
J M
JM
Department of Criminal Justice, Rochester Institute of Technology, New York 14623, USA.
D002423:Cause of Death; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D016208:Databases, Factual; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D009518:New York / Q000453:epidemiology; D016495:Police / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D013405:Suicide / Q000639:trends*