TY  - JOUR
PY  - 1996//
TI  - A comparative evaluation of police suicide rate validity
JO  - Suicide and life-threatening behavior
A1  - Petralia, S.
A1  - Marshall, J. R.
A1  - Vena, John E.
A1  - Violanti, John M.
SP  - 79
EP  - 85
VL  - 26
IS  - 1
N2  - 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.
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SN  - 0363-0234
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/
ID  - ref1
ER  -