Full Description
This book examines what we know about the phenomenon of suicide by cop and places this behavior in a broader context. For example, some murder victims (perhaps as many as a quarter) provoke the murderer, to some extent, into killing them-so-called victim-precipitated homicide. In some cases, it has been suspected that murderers kill and act thereafter in such a way as to provoke the state into executing them. The authors then examine some of the issues specific to suicide by cop, such as whether there is a racial bias in these acts and what the legal implications are. Finally, they discuss the process of hostage negotiation (since those involved in suicide by cop often take hostages during the confrontation with police), the need to provide counseling for police officers involved in suicide-by-cop incidents, and how we might reduce the incidence of this behavior.
Contents
SECTION I
The Problem of Suicide-By-Cop
CHAPTER 1
Introduction
CHAPTER 2
Suicide-by-Cop: What We Know
SECTION 2
Suicide, Murder, and Cops
CHAPTER 3
Suicide during Confrontations with Police
CHAPTER 4
Justifiable Homicide by Police
SECTION 3
Looking at the Larger Context
CHAPTER 5
Similar Behavior in Other Cultures
CHAPTER 6
Running Amok in America
CHAPTER 7
Victim-Precipitated Murder
CHAPTER 8
Suicide at the Hands of the State
CHAPTER 9
Murder Followed by Suicide
SECTION 4
Suicide-by-Cop: A Look at the Issues
CHAPTER 10
Suicide-by-Cop and African Americans
CHAPTER 11
Legal Issues in Suicide-by-Cop
CHAPTER 12
Hostage Negotiations
CHAPTER 13
Helping the Police Officer
CHAPTER 14
How to Lessen the Incidence of Suicide-by-Cop
References
Index
