Police suicide: Prevalence, risk, and protective factors

Policing

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 91-118

  Chae, Mark H ^a   Boyle, Douglas J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY OF NEW JERSEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Individual behaviour; Law enforcement stress; Police; Police management; Police suicide; Risk and protective factors; Stress; Suicide

Indexed keywords

EID: 84874413431     PISSN: 1363951X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/13639511311302498     Document Type: Review

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