Suicide

Ronald M. Holmes is Coroner, in the Jefferson County Coroner′s office and Professor Emeritus of Justice Administration at the University of Louisville. He is the author of several books, among them Profiling Violent Crimes, Sex Crimes, and Serial Murder. He is also the author of more than 50 articles appearing in scholarly publications. He is Vice President of the National Center for the Study of Unresolved Homicides and has completed more than 500 psychological profiles for police departments across the United States. He received his doctorate from Indiana University.is Coroner, in the Jefferson County Coroner′s office and Professor Emeritus of Justice Administration at the University of Louisville. He is the author of several books, among them and He is also the author of more than 50 articles appearing in scholarly publications. He is Vice President of the National Center for the Study of Unresolved Homicides and has completed more than 500 psychological profiles for police departments across the United States. He received his doctorate from Indiana University. Stephen T. Holmes is Assistant Professor of Criminal Justice at the University of Central Florida. Prior to this position, he was a social science analyst for the National Institute of Justice in Washington, D.C. He has authored 6 books and more than 15 articles dealing with policing, drug testing, probation and parole issues, and violent crime. He received his doctorate from the University of Cincinnati.

Ronald Holmes and Stephen Holmes offer a unique text aimed primarily at criminal justice undergraduates, though other behavioral science students will find this work a helpful reference text, too. . . . What makes this work distinctive is its forensic science overlay, as the authors offer detailed coverage on suicide notes and methods.

• PrefaceChapter 1 SuicideIntroductionGeneral ConclusionsReferencesChapter 2 History and SuicideIntroductionSelected Historical Analysis of SuicideChristianity and SuicideEmerging Ideas on SuicideConclusionsReferencesChapter 3 Theories and Types of SuicideIntroductionEmile DurkheimDurkheim′s Suicide TypologyTypes of SuicideSelected Theories of SuicideConclusionsReferencesChapter 4 Youth and SuicideIntroductionStatisctics and SuicideFamily Stability and SuicideMental Health and Youth SuicideYouth Suicide and Correctional FacilitiesYouth Suicide and Substance AbusePrevious Attempts of Suicide and Completed SuicidesYouth Suicide and Sexual/Physical AbuseConclusionsReferencesChapter 5 Suicide and the ElderlyIntroductionSuicide and the ElderlySuicide of the Elderly and StatisticsSuicide by the Elderly and Psychological HealthConclusionsReferencesChapter 6 Suicide and Violence Among InmatesIntroductionViolence Among InmatesBattered Partners, Violence and Partner SuicideFamily Violence and Suicide Among AdolescentsConclusionsReferencesChapter 7 Suicide Letters: A Typology and AnalysisIntroductionSuicide Notes and LettersCategories of Suicide Notes and LettersImplications of Suicide Notes for Suicide InvestigationConclusionsReferencesChapter 8 Selected Atypical StudiesIntroductionPhysician-Assisted SuicideThe Patient in Physician-Assisted SuicideCults and Mass SuicideConclusionsReferencesChapter 9 Suicide InvestigationSuicide InvestigationHangingsPoisonsSelf-SmotheringSelf-Inflicted Knife WoundsSelf-Inflicted Gun Shot WoundsJumpingsDrowningsPedestrian Traffic SuicidesIntentional Traffic SuicidesRailroad AccidentsConclusionsReferencesChapter 10 Depression, Drugs, Alcohol and SuicideIntroductionSuicide: The Role of Depression, Alcohol, and DrugsConclusionsReferencesChapter 11 Suicide and the FutureIntroductionWhat We Have LearnedHow To Get BetterOrganizations For HelpConclusionsReferences