北京市档案馆藏民国档案显示，民国时期北京存在警察机关安置自杀未遂者的现象。由于社会局势混乱、经济发展缓慢、外来人口众多等因素导致失业、普遍贫困、思想压抑等问题严重，一些人因贫无所依、谋事未成等原因自杀。其中包括不少自杀方式较为温和的冲动性自杀。自杀未遂者获救后无法独立生活，于是向警察机关提出安置的请求。北京现代警政制度的建立使得警察能够及时介入自杀案件的处理，经过情理兼顾的核实，基于自杀未遂者的意愿，对其进行安置。警察机关在自杀救助中发挥了重要作用，但限于其维护社会秩序的职能，对自杀未遂者的安置效果有限，无法满足他们的实际需要。自杀未遂者请求安置反映了民众对生存权利的诉求，安置未遂者的过程也是政府建构救助机制，进行社会治理实践的过程。

According to the archives of the Republic of China in Beijing Municipal Archives, during the Republic of China period, there was a phenomenon in Beijing where police agencies placed attempted suicide victims. Due to the chaotic social situation, slow economic development, large numbers of migrants and other factors leading to unemployment, widespread poverty, ideological repression and other serious problems, some people committed suicide because of poverty, lack of support, unsuccessful projects and other reasons. This included many impulsive suicides, which took place in a milder manner. After the suicide attempter was rescued, he or she could not live independently, so he or she asked the police for resettlement. The establishment of the modern police administration system in Beijing enabled the police to intervene in the suicide cases in time, and to settle suicide attempters based on their wishes after reasonable and balanced verification. The police played an important role in suicide rescue, but limited to the function of maintaining social order, the effect on the placement of suicide attempters was limited, and they could not meet their actual needs. The request for resettlement by suicide attempters reflected people's demands for the right to survival, and the process of resettlement was also a process in which the government constructed a rescue mechanism and carried out social governance practice.