Suicide By Cop - Committing Suicide By Provoking Police to Shoot You

List of contents

SECTION I
The Problem of Suicide-By-Cop
CHAPTER 1
Introduction
CHAPTER 2
Suicide-by-Cop: What We Know
SECTION 2
Suicide, Murder, and Cops
CHAPTER 3
Suicide during Confrontations with Police
CHAPTER 4
Justifiable Homicide by Police
SECTION 3
Looking at the Larger Context
CHAPTER 5
Similar Behavior in Other Cultures
CHAPTER 6
Running Amok in America
CHAPTER 7
Victim-Precipitated Murder
CHAPTER 8
Suicide at the Hands of the State
CHAPTER 9
Murder Followed by Suicide
SECTION 4
Suicide-by-Cop: A Look at the Issues
CHAPTER 10
Suicide-by-Cop and African Americans
CHAPTER 11
Legal Issues in Suicide-by-Cop
CHAPTER 12
Hostage Negotiations
CHAPTER 13
Helping the Police Officer
CHAPTER 14
How to Lessen the Incidence of Suicide-by-Cop
References
Index

About the author

Mark, Lindsay, David Lester PhD

Summary

Examines what we know about the phenomenon of suicide by cop and places this behavior in a broader context. This work also discusses the process of hostage negotiation, the need to provide counseling for police officers involved in suicide-by-cop incidents, and how we might reduce the incidence of this behavior.

Product details

• Authors: David Lester, PhD. Lester, David Lester PhD., Mark Lindsay, Mark Lester Lindsay, Lindsay Mark
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 25.04.2019
• EAN: 9780415785341
• ISBN: 978-0-415-78534-1
• No. of pages: 128
• Series: Death, Value and Meaning Series
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Sociology; MEDICAL / Mental Health, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Death & Dying, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Law Enforcement, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Human Services, Mental health services, Police & security services, Sociology: death and dying, Sociology: Death & Dying, Police and security services