Police suicide : risk factors and intervention measures / Richard Armitage.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Armitage, Richard Norris, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Police--Suicidal behavior--Great Britain.

Police.

Police--Suicidal behavior.

Great Britain.

Physical Description:

xi, 238 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Routledge, 2017.

Contents:

1 A Way Forward 1

Prologue 1

An Initial Hypothesis 2

Aims and Objectives 3

Initial Difficulties and Successes 4

The Chapters Ahead 7

2 Initial Literature Survey 9

Introduction 9

The Need for Further Research and Its Potential Benefits 10

Research Difficulties 11

Understanding Suicidal Ideation in the Wider Community 12

Police-Specific Causes of Suicidal Ideation 14

Identifying and Responding to the Potential Suicide of Police Personnel 15

The Consequential Impact of Police-Related Work Stress within the Context of the Family 17

Concluding Comments 17

3 Methodology 20

Introduction 20

Definitions of the Terminology Relating to the Research 21

The Resource Material to be Analysed 21

Identifying Case-Studies 22

The Methodology of the Analytical Process 24

4 Analysis of and Initial Comment Relating to the Primary Research 28

Introduction 28

Contextual Similarities of the Case-Studies 29

Identified Causes of Suicidal Ideation 43

Possible Links between Key Precipitators Leading to Suicidal Ideation 54

Concluding Comments 58

5 Statistics: Availability and Reliability 61

Introductory Comments 61

Statistical Data in the USA 61

Statistical Data in the UK 65

Difficulties in Obtaining Accurate Statistics 66

Concluding Comments 69

6 Suicide Precipitators 71

Introduction 71

Contextual Factors Leading to Suicidal ideation in the General Population 71

Contextual Factors Leading to Police-Specific Suicidal Ideation 79

Concluding Comments 96

7 An Analysis of the Primary Research as It Relates to the Literature Survey 101

Introduction 101

Contextual Trends which the Two Different Sources Have in Common 102

Precipitators Common to Both the Literature Survey and the Primary Research, and Those, which Stand Alone 104

Concluding Comments 118

8 Organisational Preventative Measures 121

Introductory Comments 121

Training 122

Welfare Support within and Initiated by the Organisation 131

Investigations: Complaints and Discipline 140

An Identification of Officers at Risk 144

Bullying, Harassment and Victimisation 145

Stress Caused by Shift Patterns 146

Concluding Comments 147

9 Personal Initiatives 153

Introductory Comments 153

Acknowledging and Understanding the Vulnerability 154

Officers' Acceptance and Identification of the Potential Stressors and Their Effects 155

Adopting Preventative Measures 157

Concluding Comments 165

10 Support Initiatives by Family and Friends 169

Introductory Comments 169

Identifying Risk Factors, Warning Signs and Precipitators 170

Understanding the Misconceptions around Suicide 174

Responding to the Warning Signs 183

Concluding Comments 191

11 Recommendations 196

Research, Acquisition of Data and Analysis 196

Working Practices 201

Training 204

Welfare 208

Personal Initiatives of Officers and Staff 209

The Initiatives of Family and Friends 211

The Required Cost and Effort in Adopting the Recommendations 212

Concluding Comments 216

12 Concluding Reflections and Implications 230

Satisfactions and Frustrations 230

Identified Weaknesses and Omissions 231

The Goals that were Reached 232

Implementation and Implications for Future Research 233

The Final Word 234.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781138221376

1138221376

9781138050822

1138050822

OCLC:

968773051