Police Suicide – Analysis 6 – Saul Roth

Image Credit:  Jason Lawrence, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Common By Saul Roth Family Stress Perhaps more than ever, families are experiencing stress. Many families have both mother and fathers working to support the family. Sometimes the rotating shifts can relieve some...

Police Suicide – Analysis 5 – Saul Roth

Image Credit:  Dickelbers, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons By Saul Roth Administrative Stress The term “rookie” is commonplace in police culture. It is always heard in police television shows and movies. Brooks and Piquero (1998) aptly explain how new officers try...

Police Suicide – Analysis 4 – Saul Roth

Image Credit:  Tomás Del Coro from Las Vegas, Nevada, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons By Saul Roth Stein et al. (2007) explained that those individuals that find police work thrilling and thrive on excitement have a lesser chance to experience PTSD....

Police Suicide – Analysis 3 – Saul Roth

Image Credit:  Daniel Schwen, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons. By Saul Roth A position that accumulates large amounts of acute stress will often produce dangerous chronic stress over an extended period of time. Anshel et al. (1997) explained that officers suffer...

Police Suicide – Analysis 2 – Saul Roth

Image Credit: Ryan Joseph Daley, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons By Saul Roth Prior to committing suicide, people are usually depressed. Violanti (2008) found in his study of a mid-size police department that those officers experiencing depression had a higher...