title: Suicidology: a victimology perspective.
abstract: In this brief essay, I have tried to show that the discipline of victimology, when applied to suicidal behavior, suggests new questions for researchers to address, including survivor surveys to identify who the survivors really are and what is the role of the survivor in the suicide-survivor interpersonal dynamic.
authors.affiliation: The Richard Stockton College of New Jersey, Pomona, USA. lesterd@stockton.edu
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Lester
mesh_terms: D019548:Crime Victims / Q000523:psychology*; D006801:Humans; D007398:Interpersonal Relations; D013405:Suicide / Q000523:psychology*; D017741:Survivors / Q000523:psychology