'Suicide by cop' phenomenon occurring in over a third of North American shootings involving police

Pasadena, CA—February 18, 2009—"Suicide by Cop" (SBC) 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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<p><a href="http://www.physorg.com/news154192567.html">'Suicide by cop' phenomenon occurring in over a third of North American shootings involving police</a></p> <p>Pasadena, CA—February 18, 2009—"Suicide by Cop" (SBC) 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 <I>Journal of Forensic Sciences</I> examined the prevalence of this phenomenon among a large sample of officer-involved shootings.</p>