Law enforcement worker suicide: an updated national assessment
| Autor: | Andrea Steege, John M Violanti |
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| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
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050103 clinical psychology
Proportionate mortality Public Administration Usual occupation Occupational mortality 05 social sciences Law enforcement Ethnic group Article Pathology and Forensic Medicine 050501 criminology 0501 psychology and cognitive sciences National database Death certificate Psychology Law National data 0505 law Demography |
| Zdroj: | Policing |
| ISSN: | 1363-951X |
| Popis: | PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to update the assessment of national data on law enforcement worker suicide based on the National Occupational Mortality Surveillance database (NOMS, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention).Design/methodology/approachDeath certificate data for 4,441,814 decedents, age 18–90 who died in one of the 26 reporting states were the source of NOMS data. Utilizing proportionate mortality ratios (PMRs), the ratio of suicides in law enforcement occupations in those who are 18–90 years old with a designated usual occupation was calculated.FindingsFindings indicate a significantly higher proportion of deaths from suicide for law enforcement officers (PMR = 154, 95% CI = 147–162), compared to all the US decedents in the study population who were employed during their lifetime. Law enforcement personnel are 54% more likely to die of suicide than all decedents with a usual occupation. PMRs were highest for African-Americans, Hispanic males and for females. PMRs were similar for detectives, corrections officers and all law enforcement jobs, when not stratified by race, ethnicity and sex.Research limitations/implicationsBias may arise because a PMR can be affected by disproportionate increased or decreased mortality from causes of death other than suicide.Practical implicationsA better understanding of the scope of law enforcement suicide can inform policy focused on the planning and initiation of prevention programs.Originality/valueThe use of a national database to study law enforcement worker suicide adds to other information available on law enforcement worker suicide in specific geographic areas. The discussion on prevention in this paper presents ideas for policy. |
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