How Long to Read The Varieties of Suicidal Experience

How Long Does it Take to Read The Varieties of Suicidal Experience?

It takes the average reader 3 hours and 49 minutes to read The Varieties of Suicidal Experience by Thomas Joiner

Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more

Description

Argues that a range of behaviors such as murder-suicide, terrorism, and mass shootings are better understood as motivated by suicidal impulses than by homicidal ones Mass shooters often display behaviors that strongly mirror the warning signs for suicide: lives led in isolation, intense personal suffering, disaffection, and struggle. Letters detailing why they did what they did paint pictures of intense misery and loneliness. As this book makes clear, private despair sometimes leads to social violence. In this groundbreaking work, Thomas Joiner offers a unified theory of suicide, making the case that many acts that appear homicidal are best understood primarily as suicidal. We must recognize that there are several forms of suicidal violence, some of which masquerade as other types of acts, including terrorism and murder. These include suicide-by-cop, suicide terrorism, murder-suicide, and running amok. Though there are obvious differences among these acts, Joiner argues that framing them as stemming from a common ideology of suicide is a crucial step in preventing these atrocities. By recognizing the desire to die—not to kill—as being at the heart of many of the acts of those who choose to kill their partner, shoot up their school, or terrorize their community, we can offer more effective measures of intervention. At a time when our nation is scrambling for solutions in the fight to end gun violence, this book presents a crucial component in the detection and treatment of unwell individuals.

How long is The Varieties of Suicidal Experience?

The Varieties of Suicidal Experience by Thomas Joiner is 225 pages long, and a total of 57,375 words.

This makes it 76% the length of the average book. It also has 70% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read The Varieties of Suicidal Experience Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 5 hours and 13 minutes to read The Varieties of Suicidal Experience aloud.

What Reading Level is The Varieties of Suicidal Experience?

The Varieties of Suicidal Experience is suitable for students ages 12 and up.

Note that there may be other factors that effect this rating besides length that are not factored in on this page. This may include things like complex language or sensitive topics not suitable for students of certain ages.

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