{"product_id":"9781930899193","title":"The Suicide Lawyers: Exposing Lethal Secrets","description":"Dallas-based Simpson and Stacy is one of the most unique law firms in the nation. The partners, Skip Simpson and Michael Stacy, handle suicide cases almost exclusively.\u003cp\u003e In this fascinating book the author has pried into the minds of the two attorneys to discover what motivates their focus on suicide, and how the high-profile cases they handle affect them personally. The result is an unusual but profound who, why, and how of suicide in America -- an easy to read book with shocking statistics, plus it highlights the frightening realization that you, or someone you know, is a suicide risk.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Why look at suicide through the eyes of attorneys? The author explains that, unlike psychiatrists, these attorneys have to look at the subject from every possible angle in preparing a case, and they also have to make their findings easily understandable to a jury. \"They're also two of the most ethical men I've ever met,\" he says. \"They're genuine in their desire to prevent as many suicides as they possibly can.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e From this intriguing book you learn that each year in America 30,000 or so people die by suicide, that it is the second leading cause of death among college students, the third leading cause of death among persons 15 to 24 years of age, that current death by suicide is more than three times greater than death by AIDS, that there are 10,000 plus more suicides than murders, and that in the past 15 years more Americans were suicide victims than died in battle in the entire 20th Century.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e As to why this book is a must-read, most suicides are preventable if loved ones and friends understand the danger signals. After reading this book you will not be one of the many Americans who, after the suicide of a loved one or friend, says, \"If I had only known...\"  \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Brazos Currents Worldwide, LLC","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47039688737008,"sku":"9781930899193","price":24.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781930899193_p0.jpg?v=1763637746","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781930899193","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}