Impact on Crisis Negotiators of Suicide by a Suspect (In: Suicide and Law Enforcement, edited by D C Sheehan & J I Warren)

Crisis negotiators in California who had been involved in the past 5 years in incidents in which the suspect died by suicide completed a questionnaire & provided information about: anxiety symptoms during the incident; formal support afterwards; informal support from co-workers, supervisors, administrators, & investigators; long-term effects of the incident in the form of posttrauamtic stress disorder symptoms & work-related problems; specific coping mechanisms used to deal with the feelings aroused by the incident; & present feelings about the incident. JA