S U IC IDE

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SUBMITTED BY: MEHAKDE
ND SEMESTER
B.A.LL.B. (H ON S.) 2
ROLL NO. 183/22
WHAT IS SUICIDE?
• SUICIDE – DEFINED AS AN ACT WITH A FATAL OUTCOME THAT IS DELIBERATELY INITIATED AND
PERFORMED BY THE PERSON IN THE KNOWLEDGE OR EXPECTATION OF ITS FATAL OUTCOME.

• IT IS A COMPLEX PHENOMENON INSURMOUNTABLE DISPARITY BETWEEN EXPECTATIONS AND

OUTCOMES, REAL OR IMAGINED – TREMENDOUS PRESSURE ON MIND, BLINDING ITS LOGIC, FORCING IT A
CONCLUSION OF ESCAPE.

• IT IS DERIVED FROM A LATIN WORD ‘SUICIDIUM’ WHERE ‘SUI’ MEANS ONESELF AND ‘CIDIUM’ MEANS A
KILLING.
DEFINITION
• ACCORDING TO EMILE DURKHEIM:
• SUICIDE IS APPLIED TO EVERY CASE OF DEATH WHICH RESULTS
• DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY FROM A POSITIVE OR NEGATIVE ACT, CARRIED
OUT BY THE VICTIM
HIMSELF, KNOWING THAT IT WILL PRODUCE THIS RESULT.
TYPES OF SUICIDE
THERE ARE FOUR TYPES OF SUICIDE:
• EGOISTIC SUICIDE
• ANOMIC SUICIDE
• ALTRUISTIC SUICIDE
• FATALISTIC SUICIDE
EGOISTIC SUICIDE

• ACCORDING TO DURKHEIM, WHEN A MAN BECOMES SOCIALLY ISOLATED

OR FEELS THAT HE HAS NO PLACE IN THE SOCIETY HE DESTROYS HIMSELF.
THIS IS THE SUICIDE OF SELF-CENTRED PERSON WHO LACKS ALTRUISTIC
FEELINGS AND IS USUALLY CUT OFF FROM MAIN STREAM OF THE SOCIETY.
ANOMIC SUICIDE

• THIS TYPE OF SUICIDE IS DUE TO BREAKDOWN OF SOCIAL CERTAIN

EQUILIBRIUM, SUCH AS, SUICIDE AFTER WINNING A LOTTERY. IN OTHER
WORDS, ANOMIC SUICIDE TAKES PLACE IN A SITUATION WHICH HAS
CROPPED UP SUDDENLY.
ALTRUISTIC SUICIDE

• THIS TYPE OF SUICIDE OCCURS WHEN INDIVIDUALS AND THE GROUP ARE
TOO CLOSE AND INTIMATE. THIS KIND OF SUICIDE RESULTS FROM THE
OVER INTEGRATION OF THE INDIVIDUAL INTO SOCIAL PROOF.
FATALISTIC SUICIDE

• THIS TYPE OF SUICIDE IS DUE TO SOCIETY. OVERREGULATION IN UNDER THE

OVERREGULATION OF A SOCIETY, WHEN A SERVANT OR SLAVE COMMITS
SUICIDE, WHEN BARREN WOMAN COMMITS A SUICIDE, IT IS THE EXAMPLE
OF FATALISTIC SUICIDE.
FACTORS OF SUICIDE
POOR JOB PERFORMANCE/EVALUATION

BEING PASSED OVER FOR PROMOTION OR CAREER OPPORTUNITIES

REJECTION OR FAILED RELATIONSHIPS

DEBILITATING SICKNESS OR ILLNESS

DEATH OF A LOVED ONE

BULLYING

FINANCIAL PROBLEMS

LOSS OF SOCIAL SUPPORT SYSTEMS

FACING NJP OR OTHER LEGAL ACTIONS

• FEELING SHAMED OR HUMILIATED

 SUICIDE WARNING SIGNS
“IS PATH WARM”
IDEATION – THOUGHTS OF SUICIDE

SUBSTANCE USE – INCREASED OR EXCESSIVE ALCOHOL/DRUG USE

PURPOSELESSNESS – SEEING NO REASON FOR LIVING

ANXIETY – ANXIOUSNESS, AGITATION, NIGHTMARES

TRAPPED – FEELING AS THOUGH THERE IS NO WAY OUT

HOPELESSNESS – FEELING HOPELESS ABOUT ONESELF, OTHERS OR THE FUTURE

• WITHDRAWAL – ISOLATING FROM FRIENDS, FAMILY, USUAL ACTIVITIES, AND SOCIETY

• ANGER– FEELINGS OF RAGE OR UNCONTROLLED ANGER, SEEKING REVENGE

• RECKLESSNESS – ACTING WITHOUT REGARD FOR CONSEQUENCES

• MOOD CHANGES – DRAMATIC CHANGES IN MOOD, UNSTABLE MOOD

GLOBAL SCENARIO
MORE THAN 8,00,000 PEOPLE DIE BY SUICIDE EVERY YEAR.

ESTIMATED ANNUAL MORTALITY IS 14.5 DEATHS PER 1,00,000 PEOPLE.

AROUND ONE PERSON EVERY 40 SECONDS SUICIDES.

• 75% OF SUICIDES OCCUR IN LOW- AND MIDDLE-INCOME COUNTRIES.

• IT IS THE TENTH LEADING CAUSE OF DEATH WORLDWIDE.
• IT IS THE SECOND LEADING CAUSE OF DEATH IN 15-29 YEAR OLDS GLOBALLY.
CONCLUSION

SUICIDE IS NOT AN INDIVIDUAL ACT IT IS A SOCIAL ACT. PEOPLE COMMIT

SUICIDE BECAUSE THEY ARE NOT SUPPORTED BY SOCIETY OR THEY DO NOT
FEEL LOVED BY THEIR OWN FAMILY, AND FRIENDS. IN GENERAL SUICIDE HAS
SOME CONNECTION WITH SOCIAL RULES OR STANDARDS AND THE
INDIVIDUAL.
THANKYOU!