CARACTERIZAÇÃO DOS ÓBITOS POR SUICÍDIO DOS INTEGRANTES DA POLÍCIA CIVIL DO DISTRITO FEDERAL

Flávio Messina Alvim

doi:10.1590/SciELOPreprints.6836

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Flávio Messina Alvim University of Brasília https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4866-8646

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1590/SciELOPreprints.6836

Keywords:

Suicide, Causes of Death, security forces, violence, epidemiological profile

Abstract

Objective: describe the frequency, annual distribution, age, position held and the main characteristics of suicides among members of the Civil Police of the Federal District that occurred in the geographic space of the Federal District. Methods: descriptive and cross-sectional study that includes all deaths that occurred due to completed suicide in the period from 01/01/2013 to 12/31/2022 among the researched population. The analysis included describing the cases, verifying the distribution of sociodemographic information and calculating the annual mortality rate. Results: 19 deaths caused by suicide were found among all civil police officers in the Federal District, with 17 suicides among male civil police officers (89.47%), with a higher incidence of suicides committed at home (68.42%), by people aged between 33 and 59 years (84.21%), by married individuals (73.69%), who were still in full professional activity (57.89%) and using a firearm as main method (57.89%). Of the suicide cases, the majority were committed by police officers (89.48%). Conclusion: in recent years, high suicide rates have been found among civil police officers in the Federal District, with the need for further studies on the mental health of this occupational group, including as a way of contributing to the adoption of preventive measures that provide reducing the risk of suicide.

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Author Biography

Flávio Messina Alvim, University of Brasília

Graduated in Legal and Social Sciences from the National Faculty of Law (1998) of the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro - UFRJ. He is a civil police delegate - Civil Police of the Federal District, working mainly on the following topics: public security, human rights and defense of citizenship. He teaches various subjects related to human sciences, notably law. He also has a postgraduate degree in criminal procedure from FND/UFRJ, judicial police management from Faculdade Fortium/DF and community police from Unisul/SC. He was a special student in the master's degree in human rights and citizenship at UnB. He held advisory, leadership and management positions in the Civil Police of the Federal District, having been an advisor to the Specialized Police Department and director of the PCDF Circumscription Police Department between 2015/2016. He was legal director of the Union of Police Delegates of the Federal District. He was a member of the Congregation of the National Faculty of Law (student) and member of the Undergraduate Teaching Council at UFRJ. He is a specialist in human rights and youth policy, currently working at the Children and Adolescents Police Station. He is studying for a master's degree in Public Management at the University of Brasília (UnB), as well as a postgraduate degree in Higher Studies in Public Security Management at IBMEC. He is also a visiting professor at the Civil Police School of the Federal District.