Discovering Suicide : Studies in the Social Organization of Sudden Death

Discovering Suicide \*11 Man had 'illusions of persecution' -coroner told 12 Teacher left notes before taking her life -coroner told \*13 Coroner is told reason for man's depression \*14 Shotgun death -Man had been depressed 15 City man's death by sleeping tablets 16 Wife returned to find husband hanging 17 Dead woman had 36 self-inflicted wounds -police 18 Cheerful man who never complained is found gassed 19 Male nurse found dead on railway left note for wife 20 Man killed on railway had left note -inquest told 21 Student dies in town centre \*22 Housewife was depressed -Took own life 23 Woman drowned while taking dog for walk \*24'Upset ' girl took an overdose of sleeping tablets \*25 Woman had visions -coroner told \*26 Man found hanging had been depressed 27 Woman took fatal overdose then told police 28 Left home to go shopping, found drowned in canal 29 Woman found drowned after visit from doctor 30 Children found man hanging 31 Former nurse 'took life' by falling from roof -inquest verdict 32 Gas tragedy inquest \*33 Woman found drowned did not want to enter hospital -coroner told \*34 Depressed at brother's death, took own life 35 'Happy' youth took his life with pipe to car exhaust \*36 Inquest hears of butcher's incessant pain 37 Inquest told -Woman took overdose after watching Churchill's funeral 38 Woman found with head in oven had taken overdose 39 Mental hospital patient found hanging after Christmas at home 40 Man dead in chair had plastic bag on his head 41 Localtown woman took overdose of tablets \*42 ' Upset by marriage break-up' -City verdict of 'took own life' \*43 Man dead in car had nervous trouble \*44 Depressed widow cut her wrists in bath 45 Man filled caravan with gas -inquest told \*46 Domestic trouble led to suicide \*47 Drowning tragedy -Man 'couldn't get used to retirement' 48 Patient hanged himself with piece of string \*49 Mother found son dead in bedroom -Radio engineer electrocuted himself. 'Balance of mind was disturbed' verdict \*50 Wife found hanging in pantry had been depressed -inquest told 51 Man in sea killed himself \*52 Man who poisoned himself had felt frustrated -coroner told Front Matter....Pages i-xvi Front Matter....Pages 1-1 Background and Introduction to the Research....Pages 3-8 The Suicide Problem in Sociology....Pages 9-32 Suicide Research and Data Derived from Official Sources....Pages 33-67 Alternative Sociological Approaches to Suicide Research....Pages 68-83 Front Matter....Pages 85-85 Registering Sudden Deaths: Official Definitions and Procedures....Pages 87-109 Some Relevant Factors in Imputing Suicide....Pages 110-147 Common-Sense Theorizing about Suicide....Pages 148-174 Ethnomethodology and the Problem of Categorization....Pages 175-197 Back Matter....Pages 198-225