Author(s):
Helen Behn
Institution:
Polizeiakademie Niedersachsen
Title:
Results of a survey of police cadets at the Police Academy of Lower Saxony on the subject of Suicide by Cop
Abstract:
The article presents the main results of the survey of 556 police cadets (students) at the Police Academy of Lower Saxony on the subject of suicide by cop (SbC) and the possible consequences of victimization It was shown that 64 4 % of those who had been questioned had no knowledge of the phenomenon at all (response rate: 64 %) As a more specific question they were asked about the personal inhibition threshold for using the firearm More than 50 % of the respondents estimated the inhibition threshold as very high or rather high 43.2 % feared personal consequences of victimization, which would lead to the fact that there could occur problems to work as a policeofficer The results illustrate the importance of the topic that has not yet been anchored in police training.
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