Suicide and Homicide-suicide Among Police (Death, Value and Meaning)
Working with Dr. Leenaars gave me valuable insight into the underlying causes of homicide and suicide. From the psychological autopsy to the clinical terms of reference, I believe that any police officer would benefit from reading this book. --Detective David Gilmore, London Police ServiceThis book is an important contribution to the history of suicide and police. Dr. Leenaars provides a thorough examination of a sensitive and often stigmatized phenomenon. His text is a required addition to the bookshelves of police administrators, police crisis negotiators, and mental health professionals who work with law enforcement. --Peter Collins, M.D., F.R.C.P(C), Behavioural Sciences & Analysis Services, Investigation & Support Bureau, Ontario Provincial Police, Associate Professor, Department of Psychiatry, University of TorontoIn the tradition of Gregory Zilboorg and Paul Friedman's pioneering study of the wave of police suicides in New York City in the 1930s, Antoon Leenaars's Suicide and Homicide Among Police establishes a new benchmark in this area of suicide study. By linking police suicides to homicide-suicides involving police, by making recommendations for addressing these problems at every stage in their history, and by grounding his clinical interpretations in theory, Leenaars advances both the clinical and theoretical areas of the field of suicidology. In consequence, this book is essential reading for suicidologists who do research on suicide and homicide-suicide, clinicians who work with suicidal patients, and professionals in psychological services departments and employee assistance programs in police departments around the world. It is, in an overused, but in this case supremely justified phrase, a major contribution to the field. --Jack Kamerman, Ph.D., Professor, Department of Sociology and Anthropology, Kean University