Citation

Lord VB. Police Q. 2014; 17(1): 79-100.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2014, SAGE Publishing)

DOI

10.1177/1098611114522040

PMID

unavailable

Abstract

Officers' responses in suicide by cop (SbC) situations often include use of deadly force. Given their training and experience, officers' use of deadly force should mean that they reasonably believe that they or other people are in immediate threat of death or serious bodily harm. Using National Violent Death Reporting System data, the current study compares police responses in SbC and non-SbC cases and the possible influences of the characteristics of the situations and of the subjects on officers' use-of-force decisions. Multivariate analysis reveals different significant predictors impacting different levels of police actions between and with SbC and non-SbC cases. © The Author(s) 2014 Reprints and permissions: sagepub.co.uk/journalsPermissions.nav.

Language: en

Keywords

use of force; suicide by cop; officer involved; violent deaths