Suicide And Social Intervention In Nineteenth-century Britain

In the 19th century,Britain not only made great achievements in material matters and completed the transformation of industrialization,but also initially experienced great changes in social concepts.As an ancient problem,suicide had shown new feature of high-speeded growth in the 19th century.The attitude of the whole society also had changed during this period.After got rid of the bondage of religion,people began to use a scientific and rational attitude to the social problems,and from the college to secular all levels take many measures to intervene suicide behavior,cognitive and intervention analysis of British society of "suicide",reveals the changes of the society,reflects the progress of the society as a whole during this period.Foreign scholars have written a lot on this topic,but domestic research is still limited.This paper attempts to discuss the phenomenon of suicide and the intervention environment of the whole society in Britain in the 19th century and to reveal the development and change of the whole society on this basis.From the layout of the paper,this paper consists of three parts:the introduction,main body and the peroration.The introduction part discusses the research origin of the article,sorts out the research status at home and abroad,explains the research methods used in the article,and summarizes the significance of the topic.The body part consists of four chapters.The first chapter sumnmarizes the phenomenon of suicide in Britain in the 19th century."The first chapter mainly expounded the basic situation of suicide in England in the 19th century.Examples of suicide have been around for a long time in British history,with numerous accounts and varied causes.The attitudes of individuals,churches and countries towards suicide were not always the same.By the 19th century,British suicide took on new characteristics in terms of gender,age and method.Although suicide is a personal phenomenon,it is also a social phenomenon.Therefore,through the analysis of suicide factors such as the number of suicides,methods,and age of different sexes,the following chapters mainly lay a foundation for each subject’s attitude and response to suicide.The general public’s attitude towards suicide is mixed withsadness,evil,strangeness and farce.For those who have power and authority,as well as those who help suffering people in spirit and body,suicide and attempted suicide are problems that must be solved.Efforts to prevent suicide in the 19th century were multifaceted and multifaceted.In this paper,the second chapter first expounds on the British and the transformation of the government’s attitude toward suicide intervention on suicide problem,the government as a political authority,change since the middle ages old attitude towards suicide,suicide is regarded as a normal social problems,and the use of various power sources intervention suicide problem,its legislative intervention suicide problemmeasures mainly include suicide and suicide prevention.Through revising laws and regulations,such as the suicide of person and property civil rights and interests got equal to ensure that suicidal behavior by the shameful crime transformed into a normal social phenomenon,greatly promoted the suicide "crimes",on the basis of this concept,the use of administrative power,including taking control of dangerous goods source,use the new law enforcement force intervention to commit suicide,the construction of public facilities for suicide prevention and so on,to intervene suicide behavior,thereby maintaining the public order and promote the social reform.The third chapter discusses the intervention of the church of England on suicide in the 19th century in detail.Through the debate on the burial of suicide victims,the church generally acknowledged the burial of suicide victims in the church,but the church still did not change its hostile attitude towards suicide.Based on the anti-suicide attitude,the church took Jmany measures to prevent suicide.Due to think suicide is one of the root causes of crime and poverty,a 19th-century evangelists will organize suicide as part of the religious work,in an attempt to suicide of the Gospel is naturally necessary work,the fifties and sixties to the 19th century,low church sent priests,family missionaries,Anglican clergy,even the chaplain have introduce practical jobs to attempt to suicide.In 1907,the salvation army established an anti-suicide bureau to help people in crisis due to financial difficulties,marking the beginning of organized suicide prevention efforts.The fourth chapter focuses on the medical profession in the 19th century,and focuses on the doctors’,attitude and intervention to suicide.The development of medical models in the 19th century expanded the understanding and understanding of suicide attitudes in the 18th century.Psychiatrists see suicide as a medical and social problem within the emerging psychiatric profession.The profession offers a psychiatric explanation for the irrational and depressive origins of suicide.General practitioners,prison medical staff,and psychiatrists,the three groups most exposed to suicide,have made unique contributions to suicide prevention and intervention,but in each case,these contributions have inherent limitations and shortcomings.In the conclusion,the paper evaluates the attitude change and interventionbehavior of the British society towards suicide in the 19th century,and discusses the reasons for the change of social values in this period,and discusses the social progress behind the concept of suicide.