1st Edition
Police Suicide Risk Factors and Intervention Measures
Chapter 1: A Way Forward
Chapter 2: Initial Literature Survey
Chapter 3: Methodology
Chapter 4: Analysis of and Initial Comment Relating to the Primary Research
Chapter 5: Statistics: Availability and Reliability
Chapter 6: Suicide Precipitators
Chapter 7: An Analysis of the Primary Research as it Relates to the Literature Survey
Chapter 8: Organisational Preventative Measures
Chapter 9: Personal Initiatives
Chapter 10: Support Initiatives by Family and Friends
Chapter 11: Recommendations
Chapter 12: Concluding Reflections and Implications
Biography
Richard Armitage, PhD, attended King’s College London from 1969 to 1972, after which he was awarded the academic qualification Associate of King’s College. In 1974 he was ordained priest in the Church of England. He served as a voluntary police chaplain with West Mercia Police for many years, and was Senior Chaplain to Wiltshire Police (UK) from 2005 until 2016. He gained a PhD from Birmingham University in 2007 and has been awarded a research grant by the Home Office Police Research Group Award Scheme. His works include Police Chaplaincy: Servant to the Service and the published thesis Issues of Religious Diversity Affecting Ethnic Minority Personnel in the Workplace. Armitage has been invited to speak at various conferences and to advise on the development of chaplaincy to the police at national, regional and local levels.
This book is long overdue, as it deals with a subject that people do not often want to talk about. It sensitively looks at a subject that will make some people in policing feel uncomfortable, as it shows the vulnerability and humanity of the police who serve the public. --Kris Bush, Chartered Psychologist, Ascolto Ltd.
