Abstract
This study of suicide in Western Australia is part of a wider investigation of suicide in Australia generally - and of the international problem of self destruction. It was conducted with the cooperation of the Australian Bureau of Statistics and with the very generous assistance of the officers of the Crown Law Department of Western Australia, particularly the Under Secretary for Law, Mr R. Christie, who is that State's representative on the Australian Criminology Research Council and a member of the Board of Management of the Australian Institute of Criminology.