Threatened suicide and baiting crowd formation: a replication and extension of Mann (1981)

Using the lens of Deindividuation Theory, Leon Mann explored the formation of baiting crowds in a small sample of public suicides/suicide attempts. Instead of attempting to prevent the suicide, baiting crowds encourage the victim to jump. Our aim was to replicate Mann's study with a larger more...

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Main Authors: Christine M. Smith, Paulina Dzik, Errin Fornicola
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Taylor & Francis Group 2019-10-01
Series:Social Influence
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Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/15534510.2019.1669488