Homework completion program in Atlantic County, NJ: The first five years

This research examined the Homework Completion Program in Atlantic County, NJ, where college students and police officers tutored children with homework. Children ( N = 154) reported their impression of police officers and perception of the program. Across 5 years and three program sites, children chose completing homework as the best part about the program and they mostly reported feeling happy when seeing a police officer and finding police officers if they needed help. In summary, the program has shown promise in achieving the goals of preparing children for a college education and building trust between children and police officers.

SAMOMORILNOST V POLICIJI

Povzetek Znanstvene ugotovitve kažejo na veliko verjetnost ponovitve samomora policista, ki je enkrat že poskušal storiti samomor, in problematizirajo zanesljivost psiholoških pregledov glede odločanja o omejitvi dostopa do orožja. Predstavljena je dobra praksa spoprijemanja s problematiko samomorilnosti med pripadniki Slovenske vojske, ki bi lahko pomenila vzorec za izvajanje ukrepov za zaščito policistov. Od leta 1991 se število samomorov v policiji postopoma zmanjšuje, kljub temu pa se od leta 2009 do 2020 zmerno povečuje, predvsem zaradi številčnejših samomorov v obdobju od leta 2018 do 2020. S statistično metodo Hi-kvadrat smo ugotovili, da številčnost samomorov v obdobju od leta 2018 do 2020 ni statistično značilna glede na obdobje od leta 2009 do 2017 oziroma je ta mejna. Ključne besede Samomor, samomorilnost, policija. Abstract The current scientific findings show a high probability of a recurrence of a suicide attempt with a police officer, who has already tried to commit suicide. They problematize the reliability of psychological examinations for limited firearm access. The article presents good practice of confronting the issue of suicide among members of the Slovenian Armed Forces, which could serve as a model for the police officer protection measures. Since 1991, the number of suicides in the police has been gradually decreasing. However, in the period 2009-2020, the number has been moderately increasing, mainly due to the higher number of suicides in the period 2018-2020. With the statistic method Chi-squared test, we have established that the number of suicides in the period 2018-2020 is not statistically significant in comparison to the period 2009-2017, or its significance is borderline. Key words Suicide, suicidality, police.