Suicide
How Best Protect Your Force Against Officer Suicide, Interview with John Violanti
Date Published
May 2017
Agencies
NIJ
Publication Type
Research (Applied/Empirical)
How Best Protect Your Force Against Officer Suicide
May 2017
John Violanti, Research Professor at Buffalo, discusses the importance of making police departments aware that officer suicide is a problem. According to Violanti, police officers have a significantly higher rate of suicide than the general public. Reasons for this higher risk include the accumulative effects of trauma and stress.
Violanti describes steps police agencies are taking to help police officers, including teaching recruits what they may experience on the job.
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Creating a Culture of Safety: Sentinel Event Reviews for Suicide and Self-Harm in Correctional Facilities
Date Published
December 2016
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Publication Type
Research (Applied/Empirical)
The Impact of Correctional Officer Suicide on the Institutional Environment and on the Well-being of Correctional Employees
2016-MU-MU-0010
Closed
Funding First Awarded
2016
$500,000
Suicide Prevention and Intervention Strategies by Law Enforcement Agencies: Utilization, Characteristics and Costs
2015-IJ-CX-K004
Closed
Funding First Awarded
2015
$499,106
A Sentinel Events Approach to Addressing Suicide and Self-Harm in Jail
2014-IJ-CX-0030
Closed
Funding First Awarded
2014
$399,861
Unobtrusive Suicide Warning System, Final Technical Report, Phase III
Date Published
September 2012
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Publication Type
Research (Applied/Empirical)
Unobtrusive Suicide Warning System, Final Technical Report
Date Published
October 2011
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Publication Type
Research (Applied/Empirical)
Suicide Watch Technologies Could Improve Monitoring, Reduce Staff Time
Date Published
January 11, 2012
Analyzing Terror: Researchers Study the Perpetrators and the Effects of Suicide Terrorism
Journal
NIJ Journal
Date Published
July 2006
Agencies
NIJ
Publication Type
Issue Overview
American Indian Suicides in Jail: Can Risk Screening Be Culturally Sensitive?
Date Published
June 2005
Agencies
NIJ
Publication Type
Research (Applied/Empirical)
Assessing Suicide and Risk Behaviors in an Incarcerated American Indian Population: Investigating Culturally Sensitive Risk Assessment Instruments and Procedures in a Border Jail, Final Report
Date Published
July 2002
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Publication Type
Test/Measurement,
Program/Project Evaluation