Police Suicide

Essay # 53552

Criminology
Criminology > Criminal Justice and Corrections
Psychology

Police Suicide

Discusses causes and prevention of suicide among law enforcement officers.

1,100 words () | 6 sources | MLA | 2002 United States

Paper Summary:

Police officers, by the nature of their jobs, can be exposed to more stress and trauma in one day than most people will experience in a lifetime, and for that reason, police officers also have the highest suicide rates in the United States. The article refers to statistics on police suicide, the causes of police suicide, and steps an officer can take to get assistance.

From the Paper:

"Researchers have also created and offered a "suicide prevention program" to police departments. They stress the importance to police psychologists, who work with the officers, to make sure the individual officer is the focus. Important aspects of this program are; psychological assessments, tracking high-risk officers, reducing access of guns to off-duty officers, family involvement in seminars and counseling services for family members, training at academy-level for officers to recognize psychological factors leading to suicide, stress awareness and coping skills."