@article{ref1,
title="A comparative evaluation of police suicide rate validity",
journal="Suicide and life-threatening behavior",
year="1996",
author="Petralia, S. and Marshall, J. R. and Vena, John E. and Violanti, John M.",
volume="26",
number="1",
pages="79-85",
abstract="The authors assessed sensitivity, specificity, and predictive value of official police suicide rates and compared them to municipal workers. Deaths officially classified as suicide, accidental, and undetermined were submitted to a panel of medical examiners for validation. Six cases originally in the accident and undetermined rubric were reclassified as suicide. Official police suicide rates had less sensitivity (83.3% compared to 92.3%) of actual suicides than municipal worker rates. Police suicide rates also showed a lower negative proportion than municipal worker rates (86.2% compared to 98.7%). A generalizable sensitivity proportion equation for assessing suicide rates in other police groups is presented.",
language="",
issn="0363-0234",
doi="",
url="http://dx.doi.org/"
}