@article{ref1,
title="The frequency and nature of resolution of potential police provoked shooting encounters",
journal="International journal of law and psychiatry",
year="2014",
author="McLeod, Louise C. and Thomas, Stuart D. M. and Kesic, Dragana",
volume="37",
number="4",
pages="383-389",
abstract="Helping people in acute psychiatric crisis has become an increasingly common part of modern community policing. In certain extreme cases, police may be faced with a suicidal individual who intends to intentionally provoke police to shoot them. While fatalities are fortunately rare, anecdotal reports from frontline police suggest that these kinds of encounters are occurring on a regular basis. This paper explores 2350 psychiatric crisis incidents over an eight-month period in Victoria, Australia, and assesses the frequency and nature of potential police-provoked shootings resolved through non-fatal means. Contextual factors relating to the person's behaviour and police responses, and the person's psychiatric and criminal histories were considered to elucidate characteristics common to these incidents. <br><br>RESULTS suggest that police are potentially encountering a person who is suicidal and trying to provoke police to shoot them more than twice a week. These individuals share a number of common characteristics with those who have been fatally shot in similar circumstances and are quite different from those who attempt self-inflicted suicide. <br><br>RESULTS are discussed in relation to the impact of previous criminal contact from both the suspect and police perspectives.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0160-2527",
doi="10.1016/j.ijlp.2014.02.009",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijlp.2014.02.009"
}