The Study Of Death Mentality On Taiwan Police Officers When Facing Gunfights

• Main Authors: Tien-Yueh Dai, 戴天岳
• Other Authors: Shu-Lung Yang,ph.D.
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2002
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/56099373833477532751

碩士 === 南華大學 === 生死學研究所 === 90 === Abstract Since the author has studied thanatology, this area became the main realm of his research, but it is the first time that he does such a study among the police officers. The police make out one fourth of the civil servants in Taiwan. This study focuses on the analysis of the police officers'' mentality when they face death in a gunfight. The study was very much needed, and it was really urgent. Gunfights evoke great interest in public. They are of great concern. Police officers involved in gunfights can be scared. Therefore, the focus on their death mentality can give us some insights and we can make a few conclusions about the gunfights'' recognition, their emotional impact and the police officers facing them. In this study, we dealt with the main dimensions and asked the question: what is happening between the police and the bandit? During the process we could investigate the death-mentality of the police. In concrete, we could see that the question had to be viewed in three parts: initial, middle and final mental activities in a gunfight. We also took some instances to verify the points. In the study, we emphasize the quality research method including three cases of the case study, participation- observation, and data analysis of the document etc.. As to the third case study, we focus on group interview because a lot of polices officers remain in the fighting areas. From this procedures, we can get the result of our research: (1) When the police had some previous information about facing the gunfight in the initial stage, their death-mentality seemed to be little burdensome, but this attitude did not come from their carelessness. (2) Different kind of gunfight manners could cause among the police a different death-mentality in the middle time. (3) If in the final time a death occurred among the police officers, the bandits or the common people (e.g.: one of the pedestrians was killed) the death mentality reflected different mental activities such as scare, sorrow, justice or the administrative punishment. (4) The factors of background and judicial intervention could make some differences about the death mentality of the police. But all depends on the individual difference. Finally, I would like to summarize the result of the study : suggestion of lifelong educational training of duty-free police officers in psychology, guidance, consultation in order to upgrade the efficiency of policing administration and to improve the social order by insuring the welfare of the people. Furthermore I would like to suggest:(1) We should change the traditional training material to a more realistic and attractive one. (2) We should set up gun-fighting files and collect the available statistical data in order to refresh the skills. (3) We should give up the hero-idea and have a better team work in a gunfight. (4) We should carry out the crisis management and do the living will previously.(5) We should review the coaching system-Teacher kuan and soothe the mentality after facing a gunfight efficiently. （7）We should lead the idea of thanatology to the field of the police as to upgrade the accurate dignity of life and death for the police .