Police Suicide
Suicide has long been a problem in the United States. Often, people become so overwhelmed by the circumstances of their own lives that they feel the need to escape. Sometimes, a person may choose to “escape” via suicide simply because he or she is unable to deal with the stress in his or her life. Everyone has stress. Nobody lives an idealistic, stress-free life. However, some professions place more demands on their workers than others. One such profession is police work. Police work is one of the most stressful professions in America, so it comes as no surprise that more police officers resort to suicide. However, the true question is why do police officers commit suicide? What can be done to prevent suicide in police work?Statistics regarding the true state of the police suicide epidemic may be difficult to obtain. According to Burge, police departments are hesitant to allow the public to access any documents relevant to the issue of suicide in the force (1982 in Violanti, 1995). The Southern Medical Journal reported that the reason for such hesitation is the need to keep the internal workings of a police department from public criticism and scrutiny (Horvitz, 1994). Suicide in the force may be considered a dishonorable
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Approximate Pages = 8 (250 words per page double spaced)
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