Suicide: Its History, Literature, Jurisprudence, Causation, and Prevention

"Suicide: Its History, Literature, Jurisprudence, Causation, and Prevention" by W. Wynn Westcott explores the many elements of suicide through history, books, the law, what causes it, and how to stop it. The author aims to understand why suicide rates are rising and argues that society needs to study it more as a social issue that affects laws and health. The book begins by looking at how common suicide was in the past and what caused it, such as sadness and mental problems, and the author looks at how ancient cultures sometimes saw suicide as honorable, which is very different from how it's typically viewed today. The beginning of the book explains why the author wanted to write about this subject since there wasn't much detailed information available in English. This part sets the stage for looking at moral problems connected to suicide and statistics that show suicide is becoming a bigger issue in today's world.