Measuring Law Enforcement Suicide : Challenges and Opportunities: Proceedings of a Workshop

From April 25-26, 2023 the Committee on National Statistics of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine convened a workshop to identify challenges in and opportunities for measuring suicide in the law enforcement occupation.

Experts in the field met to identify ways to improve the measurement of suicide by current and former police and corrections officers, dispatchers, and other sworn and civilian personnel, in public and private organizations.

This proceedings provides a synthesis of key themes identified during the workshop. Table of ContentsFront Matter1 Introduction2 Primary Sources for Measuring Suicide - Federal Data Sets3 Additional Data Sources for Measuring Suicide4 Complexities of Death Classification and Sources of Bias5 Methods for Measuring Suicide6 Connecting Measurement to the Human Aspect of Suicide7 Possible Future DirectionsReferencesAppendix A: Public Meeting AgendaAppendix B: BiosketchesAppendix C: Sample of Relevant Data CollectionsCommittee on National Statistics