Measuring Law Enforcement Suicide

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 Contents

Front Matter 1 Introduction 2 Primary Sources for Measuring Suicide - Federal Data Sets 3 Additional Data Sources for Measuring Suicide 4 Complexities of Death Classification and Sources of Bias 5 Methods for Measuring Suicide 6 Connecting Measurement to the Human Aspect of Suicide 7 Possible Future Directions References Appendix A: Public Meeting Agenda Appendix B: Biosketches Appendix C: Sample of Relevant Data Collections Committee on National Statistics