[Air-l] Information about online suicide pacts

[Christopher Helland]

I'm wondering if anyone knows of any studies or ongoing research concerning online suicide pacts in Japan.  The suicide rate in Japan is almost 20 times higher than their murder rate (one of the highest in the world)--and there appears to be "a frightening increase in the number of group suicides arranged over
the Internet through chat rooms dedicated to discussing suicide."

Any help researching this topic would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks in advance,

Chris Helland
 
Christopher Helland, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Sociology of Religion
Department of Sociology and Social Anthropology
Dalhousie University
6135 University Avenue, Rm. 1128
Halifax, Nova Scotia
Canada
B3H 4P9
Tel: (902) 494-6757 Fax:(902) 494-2897 
http://www.chass.utoronto.ca/~chelland/index.html





 
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