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Yes, they do prevent suicide, putting up a fence on bridge A will not increase jumpers at nearby bridge B http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suicide_bridge#Preventio
by MartinCron 14y ago
Yes, they do prevent suicide, putting up a fence on bridge A will not increase jumpers at nearby bridge B
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suicide_bridge#Prevention http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suicide_bridge#Prevention
Suicide is not a rational act, common sense does not apply here.
- jlgreco 14y agoThat seems like a very poor experiment to me. What happens to the total suicide rate in a city when suicide fences go up?
- simonw 14y agoA cursory reading of http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suicide_prevention http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suicide_prevention suggests that it is widely understood that reducing access to easy methods reduces the overall incidents of suicide. This makes intuitive sense to me: it's common for people to be hospitalised for attempted suicide and then make a full physical and mental recovery - this outcome is less likely if a gun or bridge is involved.