Survey of suicide cases arriving at the Prosecutor ‘s Office of the Court in Bari in the years 2014-2016
V. 170 N. 1 (2019), Research article
V. 170 N. 1 (2019)

Survey of suicide cases arriving at the Prosecutor ‘s Office of the Court in Bari in the years 2014-2016: doi: 10.7417/CT.2019.2103

Research article
Pubblicato 2019-01-10
I. Grattagliano
Department of Educational Sciences, Psychology and Communication, University of Bari “Aldo Moro
A. Ostuni
Interdisciplinary Department of Medicine, Section of Criminology and Forensic Psychiatry, University of Bari “Aldo Moro”
M. Marrone
Institute of Cancer Research and the Medical Research, IRCCS Istituto Tumori Giovanni Paolo II, Bari, Italy
A. Cassano
Interdisciplinary Department of Medicine, Section of Criminology and Forensic Psychiatry, University of Bari “Aldo Moro”
S. Tafuri
Department of Biomedical Science and Human Oncology Università degli Studi di Bari “Aldo Moro”
F. P. Bianchi
Department of Biomedical Science and Human Oncology Università degli Studi di Bari “Aldo Moro”
F. Misceo
Department of Educational Sciences, Psychology and Communication, University of Bari “Aldo Moro”
M. Miniello
Department of Educational Sciences, Psychology and Communication, University of Bari “Aldo Moro”
R. Catanesi
Interdisciplinary Department of Medicine, Section of Criminology and Forensic Psychiatry, University of Bari “Aldo Moro”
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Parole chiave

Risk and protection factors
Judicial inquiry
Suicide
Legal medicine assessment

Abstract

The issue of suicide has always been a very sensitive and important problem, that raises many questions in the society where it occurs, that is not always able to oppose an adequate response. Every scientist in the field agrees that this is an act provoked by multifaceted reasons, which include cultural, social and biographical motives. Therefore, this topic also poses ethical and civil problems, as well as epistemologic and research methodology issues, because of its complexity as a subject of study. The authors propose a case-by-case contribution, evaluating the judicial acts on 73 suicides made available by the Bari Public Prosecutor’s Office for the years 2014-2016. The authors believe collected and systematized data, and the ensuing considerations, can offer a contribution to the debate in the field of legal and socio-healthcare actors, who are often the first to deal with and confront this complex and tragic phenomenon.

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