Aboriginal suicide is different : a portrait of life and self-destruction / Colin Tatz
- Bib ID:
- 1004758
- Format:
- Book
- Author:
- Tatz, Colin
- Description:
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- Canberra : Aboriginal Studies Press, c2001
- xiii, 249 p. ; 27 cm.
- ISBN:
- 0855753714 (paperback)
- Series:
- Report series (Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies)
- Summary:
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Aboriginal suicide is different: a portrait of life and self destruction (AIATSIS report series)
- Full contents:
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- 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.
- Notes:
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- Includes index.
- Bibliography: p. 228-240.
- Subject:
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- Aboriginal Australians -- Suicidal behavior
- Aboriginal Australians -- Social conditions
- Social identity - Aboriginality
- Substance use - Illicit drugs
- Law enforcement - Police
- Employment - Unemployment
- Substance use - Alcohol
- Housing
- Land rights
- Social identity
- Politics and Government
- Law enforcement - Prisons
- Race relations - Racism
- Sport
- Family
- Mental health - Suicide
- Sex relations - Coercive
- Demography
- Child welfare - Child / parent separation - Stolen generations
- Law enforcement - Custody - Deaths in custody - Royal Commission
- Family - Violence
- Social welfare - Social work and counselling
- Mental health - Services
- Australian Capital Territory (ACT SI55-16)
- New South Wales (NSW)
- New Zealand (NZ)
- Other authors/contributors:
- Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies
- Terms of Use:
- Colin Tatz 2001.
- Copyright:
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- Reason for copyright status:
- Until 2051 [Created/Published Date + 50 Years]
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- Material type:
- Literary Dramatic Musical
- Published status:
- Published
- Publication date:
- 2001
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