Police suicide: A national comparison with fire-fighter and military personnel

Policing

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 270-286

  Violanti, John M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

Author keywords

Ethnic minorities; Gender; Police; Suicide

Indexed keywords

EID: 77952942751     PISSN: 1363951X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/13639511011044885     Document Type: Article

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