Title Aboriginal suicide is different : a portrait of life and self-destruction / Colin Tatz

Edition Second edition Published Canberra : Aboriginal Studies Press, 2005

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Location	Call no.	Vol.	Availability
MELB	362.280899915 Tat/Asi 2005		AVAILABLE
W'BOOL	362.280899915 Tat/Asi 2005		AVAILABLE

Description xxv, 191 pages ; 22 cm Series Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies report series, 1038-2372 Report series (Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies) Contents 1. The social and political contexts -- 2. The origins of the 'new violence' -- 3. An anthropology of suicide -- 4. The prevalence of Aboriginal suicide - definitional problems -- 5. The prevalence of Aboriginal suicide - the data -- 6. Towards an explanation of Aboriginal suicide -- 7. Contributing factors - Aboriginal community values -- 8. Contributing factors - societal values -- 9. Lessons from abroad -- 10. Towards alleviation Summary A portrait of life, and of self destruction, by young Australian Aboriginal men and women. The author suggests we look to our Australian Aboriginal history for an understanding of this relatively recent phenomenon Notes Includes index Previous ed.: c2001 Bibliography Bibliography: pages 172-181 Subject Aboriginal Australians -- Suicidal behavior. Aboriginal Australians -- Social conditions. Author Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies. ISBN 0855754982 : 0855754982 0855754982 :

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