A Study of Suicidal Notes from the Perspective of Social Illness: A Forensic Analysis
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https://doi.org/10.62843/jssr.v6i2.724Keywords:
Study, Suicidal, Notes, Social Illness, Forensic, AnalysisAbstract
The paper is an attempt to explore causes of suicide at smaller scale for finding out what makes an individual to take such drastic step of extreme self-harm in a Pakistani society. Three suicide texts were selected from online newspaper sites for case study analysis under the lens of forensic linguistics. It is a destructive practice which is rising in Pakistani society day by day. However, the researchers believe that suicide is a case of social pressures that induces suicidal ideation when a suicide attempter fails to face the pressure of adversaries. Durkheim’s propositions on suicidal attempts have been applied for finding out the underlying social factors of suicide in Pakistan through qualitative data analysis. The study finds out that there are multiple reasons for suicidal deaths in Pakistan. It is a social illness and needs serious attention of the officials in Pakistan.
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