Violanti J M
Department of Criminal Justice, Rochester Institute of Technology, New York 14623, USA.
Psychol Rep. 1995 Oct;77(2):688-90. doi: 10.2466/pr0.1995.77.2.688.
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.