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Suicide / Margaret Haerens, book editor.

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Detroit : Greenhaven Press, c2012.

Suicide -- Juvenile literature.

Suicide -- Prevention -- Juvenile literature.

Suicide bombings -- Juvenile literature.

Terrorism -- Juvenile literature.

9780737756647 (lib. bdg.) :

0737756640 (lib. bdg.)

9780737756654 (pbk.)

0737756659 (pbk.)

Global viewpoints.

230 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.

Global suicide trends. Global suicide rates: An overview / Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development -- South Korea is plagued by the highest suicide rate in the industrialized world / Blaine Harden -- Egypt is alarmed by its rising suicide rate / Jano Charbel -- Japan's youth suicide rate is fuled by Internet suicide pacts / David McNeill -- Japan is falsely stereotyped as the "suicide nation" / Kris Kosaka -- Australia's suicide rate is higher than initially reported / Ruth Pollard -- China's female suicide crisis is waning / Megan Shank -- India is experiencing an epidemic of farmer suicides / Vandana Shiva -- Canada is plagued by Aboriginal youth suicides / Juhie Bhatia -- Policies to address suicide. The European Union formulates a plan to address its suicide problem / Kristian Wahlbeck and Mia Mäkinen -- African development and poverty programs must improve mental health services / Charissa Sparks -- A Chinese company acts to address a rash of suicides / Gillian Wong -- Canada considers a mental health plan to reduce its suicide rate / Charlie Fidelman -- South Africa should craft a national mental health strategy to decrease teen suicides / Valencia Talane -- Britain should legalize assisted suicide / Joel Joffe -- Britain should resist calls to legalize assisted suicide / Cristina Odone -- Political, social, and economic factors contributing to suicide. Afghan women are killing themselves at a high rate / Sudabah Afzali -- Tajikistan's economic crisis leads to higher suicide rate / Bakhtior Valiev -- Tajik women have a high suicide rate because of domestic violence / Mukammal Odinaeva -- A French company is plagued by a spate of suicides / Emma Charlton -- A Chinese company reports a rash of suicides / Wieland Wagner -- America is experiencing a rash of gay teen suicides / Naseem Rakha -- Indonesia's poor are committing suicide / Indra Swari -- Israel must protect itself from suicide protests / Caroline B. Glick -- Suicide as an act of terrorism. Israel is vulnerable to suicide bombers / Pierre Heumann -- Gaza's ghost suicide bombers are identified / Abdul Hameed Bakier -- Iraq is torn apart by unprecedented numbers of suicide bombers / Robert Fisk -- Al Qaeda recruits female suicide bombers in Iraq / Kholoud Ramzi -- South Russia is threatened by suicide car bombings and sectarian violence / Kyiv Post -- China's Xinjiang Region is rocked by female suicide bombers / Richard Lloyd Parry.

The Global Viewpoints series provides students and other readers with the information they need to explore global connections and think critically about the worldwide implications of global issues. Each volume focuses on a controversial topic of worldwide importance and offers a panoramic view of opinions selected from a diverse range of international sources, including journals, magazines, newspapers, nonfiction books, speeches, government documents, organization newsletters, and position papers. Each volume contains an annotated table of contents; a world map, to help readers locate countries or areas covered in the essays; "for further discussion" questions; a worldwide list of organizations to contact; bibliographies of books and periodicals; and a subject index. By illuminating the complexities and interrelations of the global community, this excellent resource helps students and other researchers enhance their global awareness.

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