Suicide among Police in a Federal Force.

Loo, Robert

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ERIC Number: EJ345038

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Publication Date: 1986

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Suicide among Police in a Federal Force.

Loo, Robert

Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior, v16 n3 p379-88 Fall 1986

Reports the results of a study of suicide among 35 members of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police. The average annual rate (14.1 per 100,000) of suicide in this force was approximately one-half that of the comparable general population, and the most common means of suicide was by service revolver (77% of cases).

Descriptors: Federal Government, Foreign Countries, Police, Statistical Data, Suicide

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Language: English

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Identifiers - Location: Canada

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