'Suicide By Cop' Phenomenon Occurring In Over A Third Of North American Shootings Involving Police

Wednesday, February 18, 2009 - 21:21 in Psychology & Sociology

"Suicide by cop" is a suicide method in which a person engages in actual or apparent danger to others in an attempt to get oneself killed or injured by law enforcement. A new study in the Journal of Forensic Sciences examined the prevalence of this phenomenon among a large sample of officer-involved shootings.

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