Scholarlink

<p>This paper explores what the study of work-related suicide can contribute to emerging discussions of a “criminology of work.” It does so by chronicling work-related suicide as an under-researched and largely unrecognized phenomenon that requires a social justice lens in which the focus is on <i>work</i>-related suicide, not work-related <i>suicide</i>. The vast majority of suicides today occur amongst working-age adults and work or working conditions are contributory factors in 10% to 13% of all suicides. Extending beyond a potentially narrow mental health perspective in which suicide is framed as the outcome of individualised psychology, a social justice framework emphasizes the need to confront the varied (social, economic, political, cultural, historical) conditions that make life unliveable for some workers. It is concerned with transforming the structural conditions of work in contemporary globalized economies, not just interventions that address the impact of work for individual workers. In this sense, the paper challenges those interested in a “criminology of work” to consider the harmful conditions of work as a collective social justice issue that reflects the rules, policies and laws, and underlying ideologies and values, that shape all our working lives.</p>

错误：搜索内容不能为空，请输入英文关键词
错误：关键词超出字数限制，请精简
高级检索

Work-related suicide: an international social justice perspective

  • 期刊论文

  • 发表日期：

    2025年11月11日

查看全文
  • Steven Bittle,
  • Sarah Waters,
  • China Mills,
  • Loic Lerouge

摘要

This paper explores what the study of work-related suicide can contribute to emerging discussions of a “criminology of work.” It does so by chronicling work-related suicide as an under-researched and largely unrecognized phenomenon that requires a social justice lens in which the focus is on work-related suicide, not work-related suicide. The vast majority of suicides today occur amongst working-age adults and work or working conditions are contributory factors in 10% to 13% of all suicides. Extending beyond a potentially narrow mental health perspective in which suicide is framed as the outcome of individualised psychology, a social justice framework emphasizes the need to confront the varied (social, economic, political, cultural, historical) conditions that make life unliveable for some workers. It is concerned with transforming the structural conditions of work in contemporary globalized economies, not just interventions that address the impact of work for individual workers. In this sense, the paper challenges those interested in a “criminology of work” to consider the harmful conditions of work as a collective social justice issue that reflects the rules, policies and laws, and underlying ideologies and values, that shape all our working lives.