Steven Stack is an American sociologist and professor in the Department of Criminal Justice at Wayne State University, where he is also an adjunct professor in the Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Neuroscience.
Steven Stack | |
|---|---|
| Nationality | American |
| Alma mater | University of Connecticut |
| Known for | Suicide prevention |
| Awards | 2004 Ig Nobel Prize (with James Gundlach) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Sociology Criminology |
| Institutions | Wayne State University |
| Thesis | Inequality in Industrial Society: Income Distribution in Capitalist and Socialist Nations (1976) |
He is known for his research on suicide prevention,[1][2] including on the effects of media coverage of suicides on copycat suicides.[3][4] He has also researched other forms of violence, including homicide and murder-suicide.[2][5]
Awards
editIn 2003, Stack received the Louis Dublin Award from the American Association of Suicidology.[1] Along with Auburn University's James Gundlach, Stack received the 2004 Ig Nobel Prize for medicine for a 1992 study they co-authored on the relationship between country music and suicide rates.[6][7] In 2017, he became the first sociologist to receive the International Association for Suicide Prevention's Erwin Stengel Award.[8]
References
edit- ^ a b Communications, Wayne State University Web. "Steven Stack". clasprofiles.wayne.edu. Retrieved 2018-04-12.
- ^ a b Young, Stephen (2017-05-05). "A Rash of Murder-Suicides Highlights the Lack of Understanding Why They Happen". Dallas Observer. Retrieved 2018-04-12.
- ^ Szalavitz, Maia (2009-04-23). "Is Copycat Behavior Driving Murder-Suicides?". Time. Retrieved 2018-04-12.
- ^ "Celebrity Suicide Prompts Copycats". WebMD. 2003-03-20. Retrieved 2018-04-12.
- ^ KATZ, JESSE (1997-05-20). "Executions in Texas: No Big Deal". Los Angeles Times. ISSN 0458-3035. Retrieved 2018-04-12.
- ^ Adam, David (2004-10-01). "Ig Nobel awards pay tribute to world's oddballs". the Guardian. Retrieved 2018-04-12.
- ^ Lenzer, Jeanne (2004-10-07). "Can country music drive you to suicide?". BMJ. 329 (7470): 817. doi:10.1136/bmj.329.7470.817-a. ISSN 0959-8138. PMC 521600.
- ^ "Awards". Footnotes. American Sociological Association. September–October 2017. Retrieved 2018-04-12.
External links
edit- Faculty page
- Steven Stack publications indexed by Google Scholar
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