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…For my Research Essay I chose the subject of ‘Teenage Suicide', because the rate of suicide is too high and I want to know more about the causes, the ways we can prevent it, and I want to know the warnings made by a suicidal person. Suicide…

…Since the 1800th century, and the Industrial Revolution, suicide rates have drastically risen ,stealing lives from around the world. Perceived attributes of suicide and ‘what to do about it’ have varied with each time and place; however, suicide has…

…Suicide haunts our literature and our culture. It’s the taboo subtext to our successes and our happiness. The reporting of a suicide of any public figure disturbs each of us. Amid our dreams of happiness and achievement lurk our nightmares…

…Danny Pullman was only nine years old when he first considered suicide. At summer camp and away from home for the first time, he felt that was the only solution to end his anxiety and unhappiness. Although he didn't go through with it at that time, when…

…1.<Tab/>Durkheim suggests that suicide is tied with "moral life as a whole" (p. 45) not only in the text, but through tables of many different countries. On page 47, Table I, Stability of Suicide in the Principal European Countries, shows…

…<Tab/><Tab/><Tab/><Tab/><Tab/> Assisted suicide should be legal if the person asks or agrees to it. If someone is ill or about to die from other causes they should have the right…

…The causes of suicide (especially in males) will try to be explained by using the theories of Emile Durkheim and numerous other ideas by familiar sociologists. Modern approaches to the study of suicide are preoccupied by the idea of 'risk…

…Durkheim distinguished between types of suicide according to the relation of the actor to his society. When men become "detached from society," when they are thrown upon their own devices and loosen the bonds that previously had tied them to their fellow…

…An advocate of assisted-suicide, Dr. Kevorkian, has recently been convicted of 2nd degree murder for an assisted-suicide and faces up to 25 years. Kevorkian claims to have assisted in over 130 suicides since 1990. Three earlier juries have acquitted…

…The United States is plagued by a countless number of social dilemmas. Although not in constant public scrutiny, suicide is a serious problem which has seemed to have lost importance. When suicide is coupled with arrest and incarceration it becomes…