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Police Suicide: Epidemic in Blue
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FBI Law Enforcement Bulletin
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August 1, 1998
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Copyright informationCopyright United States. Federal Bureau of Investigation Aug 1998. Provided by ProQuest LLC. (Hide copyright information)
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Police Suicide: Epidemic in Blue by John Volanti, published by Charles C. Thomas, Springfield, Illinois, 1996.
Considering the obstacles in the scientific study of suicide, the author's efforts in Police Suicide: Epidemic in Blue are courageous and admirable. Suicide remains an intimidating subject, especially because the individuals researchers really need to talk to are dead. By adding this complication to a law enforcement culture already not anxious to be studied, examining a resistant subject poses problems.
Still, the author discovers critical information regarding police suicide, not only to police officers and their families but also to the departments and communities in which ...