Police Suicide Research Paper

Police Suicide

Rogozina Anastasia

CJBS 250

Annotated Bibliography

Police Suicide

Introduction

Police suicide is a common topic nowadays, and it has become alarming to the whole world. There are many cases where the police have killed themselves due to various reasons. Suicide is a death done by an individual to himself. The paper provides an annotated bibliography of the police suicide, its rate, causes, as well as measures to prevent it. Some of the causes discussed below are an organizational and operational stressor, family issues, drug abuse, and alcoholism, post-traumatic stress disorder and the lack of support.

Rate of suicide among the police force

Brent, D.A., and Bridge, J.A. (2013). “Firearms availability and suicide: evidence,

(2014). “Comparing the influence of traumatic and organizational stressors on the psychological health of police, fire, and ambulance officers.” International Journal of Stress Management, Vol. 11, pp. 227-44. Brough (2014), states that the rate of police suicide has increasingly gone high in various places, but in others, it has reduced because of the measures from the law and health sectors. According to the WHO, the rate of police suicide is alarming; for instance, it was realized that 140 New York City police committed suicide in 2008. However, there are still those who went unreported. The analysis of the rates of police suicide has gone high compared to other years. This shows how the health department and law enforcement department have to find ways to reduce the main causes of these deaths. In South Africa, for instance, since 2000 to 2006, the rate has increased from 100 to 250; however, in 2008 to 2010, the rate begun decreasing. This shows that the lawmakers and the health care sector are trying hard to reduce the problems causing suicide among the

The researcher identified job-related stress as one of the main causes of suicide. Most of the police officers are associated with violence in many cases, especially in the urban areas. They also do not like the type of job they deal with, especially in the cases of suicide. Stress has been the most dominant because they have low job morale and do not get enough backing from the administration since they work more hours with little pay (Brough and Frame, 2014). Also, the author discusses a lack of acknowledgment as another cause of stress which makes them loose self-esteem as well. There are also other causes of stress such as political barriers, which make them unable to access advancement and promotions, therefore, making them stay in the same position for a long time. The senior police officers used bad motivation techniques such as giving excess punishment for a small mistake such as having an individual’s firearm confiscated for getting to work late. Besides, others have stress slated