Police Suicide

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.

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