Suicide
By: Margaret Haerens, book editor
Series: Global viewpoints
Publisher: Greenhaven Press
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Detroit
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 224
ISBN-13: 9780737756647; 9780737756654
Copyright date: 2012
Subjects: Terrorism; Suicide; JUVENILE NONFICTION / Social Issues / Death & Dying; Prevention; Suicide bombings
Description: "Suicide: Global Suicide Trends; Policies to Address Suicide; Political, Social, and Economic Factors Contributing to Suicide; Suicide As an Act of Terrorism"--
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Global suicide trends.; title: Global suicide rates : an overview; title: South Korea is plagued by the highest suicide rate in the industrialized world; title: Egypt is alarmed by its rising suicide rate; title: Japan's youth suicide rate is fueled by Internet suicide pacts; title: Japan is falsely stereotyped as the "suicide nation"; title: Australia's suicide rate is higher than initially reported; title: China's female suicide crisis is waning; title: India is experiencing an epidemic of farmer suicides; title: Canada is plagued by aboriginal youth suicides; title: Policies to address suicide.; title: The European Union formulates a plan to address its suicide problem; title: African development and poverty programs must improve mental health services; title: A Chinese company acts to address a rash of suicides; title: Canada considers a mental health plan to reduce its suicide rate; title: South Africa should craft a national mental health strategy to decrease teen suicides; title: Britain should legalize assisted suicide; title: Britain should resist calls to legalize assisted suicide; title: Political, social, and economic factors contributing to suicide.; title: Afghan women are killing themselves at a high rate; title: Tajikistan's economic crisis leads to higher suicide rate; title: Tajik women have a high suicide rate because of domestic violence; title: A French company is plagued by a spate of suicides; title: A Chinese company reports a rash of suicides; title: America is experiencing a rash of gay teen suicides; title: Indonesia's poor are committing suicide; title: Israel must protect itself from suicide protests; title: Suicide as an act of terrorism.; title: Israel is vulnerable to suicide bombers; title: Gaza's ghost suicide bombers are identified; title: Iraq is torn apart by unprecedented numbers of suicide bombers; title: Al Qaeda recruits female suicide bombers in Iraq; title: South Russia is threatened by suicide car bombings and sectarian violence; title: China's Xinjiang region is rocked by female suicide bombers